Tag: Lorient Festival

Low numbers but high spirits as Lorient marks its 50th

Low numbers but high spirits as Lorient marks its 50th

By Tom Johnstone, Scottish Delegate of the Lorient Interceltique Festival The 50th Lorient Interceltique Festival has gone ahead despite COVID-19. Strict measures have been put in place whereby anyone entering the festival area or venues must produce a certificate – a ‘Pass Sanitaire’ – to prove the person is COVID-free. […]

Lorient plans bagadoù concert / More online solo contests

Lorient plans bagadoù concert / More online solo contests

This year’s Lorient Interceltic Festival may be cancelled but its organisers are planning a live bagadoù concert. Entitled simply ‘2020 Bagpipes Celebration’, the concert will take place on the evening of August 8 at the Stade du Moustoir in the Breton town. Four leading bagad are taking part: Bagad Quimper, […]

The rose-tinted glasses of time

The rose-tinted glasses of time

GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #58, 2012. There’s one sure thing about being involved in the piping game: there’s never a shortage of memory-making material. The bagpipe seems to have a way of finding the centre of the most percolating social action. Or maybe it’s the pipes that […]