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· By Armelle Hillairet
10 FESTIVALS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2024
As you may know, this year we will be working with some very wonderful festivals and we are very proud to support them in their 2024 editions. We have therefore selected 10 festivals for which the programming (and the atmosphere!) looks incredible. 🤩
1. Les Ardentes
We have to start this top with the festival that trusted us first and that we love: Les Ardentes. The festival takes place like every year in Liège in Belgium , and this year it will be the second weekend of July (from July 11 to 14, 2024).
At the top of the bill, you will find for the moment (other names will arrive later):
- Thursday: Offset, Gazo, Tiakola, Josman, Naps, Werenoi, Ziak...
- Friday: Doja Cat, 21 Savage, Ninho, Niska, La Fève, Shay, Morad, Sexyy Red, So la Lune...
- Saturday: Central Cee, Hamza, Zola, Ayra Starr...
- Sunday: DJ Snake, PLK, Leto, SDM, TIF...
Their online store is here. Two official products from the 2024 edition are already on sale (A sublime blue hat and a black sweatshirt with the 2024 visual identity).
2. Francofolies
The Francofolies festival takes place this year at the same time as the Ardentes, from July 10 to 14, 2024, in La Rochelle. If you love the sea and are looking for a festival with different types of music, you are in the right place.
This year, the program is once again diverse with:
- Wednesday: Sting, Etienne Daho, Eddy De Pretto, Charlotte Cardin.
- Thursday: Patrick Bruel, Pascal Obispo, Grand Corps Malade, Santa.
- Friday: PLK, Josman, Zola, Vladimir Cauchemar, Bianca Costa.
- Saturday: Ninho, BigFlo and Oli, Luidji, Werenoi.
- Sunday: Jean-Michel Jarre, Phoenix, Sofiance Pamart, Zaho De Sagazan, Hervé.
Their 2023 store is online here (and 2024 will arrive on the same page).
3. Solidays
The green and Parisian festival will be this year at the end of June: meet from Friday June 28 to Sunday June 30, 2024 at the Paris Longchamp racecourse. The Solidays are the Green festival of the moment: circular economy, energy saving, eco-responsible approach...
The programming this year is incredible:
- Friday: Gazo and Tiakola, Adèle Castillon, SDM, Trinix, Sam Smith...
- Saturday: PLK, Diplo, Brutalismus 3000...
- Sunday: Tif, Louise Attaque, Martin Garrix, Zola, Pomme...
The official Solidays products are here .
4. Rock in the Seine
Parisian Augustians will be happy to be in Paris to attend the Rock En Seine festival which will take place from Wednesday August 21 to Sunday August 25, 2024 at the Domaine National de Saint Cloud.
This year, the organizers have already announced some very nice names:
- Wednesday: Lana Del Rey...
- Thursday: Maneskin, The Hives...
- Friday: Fred Again, Jungle, Olivia Dean, Soulwax...
- Saturday: Massive Attack, The Offspring, Blonde Redhead, Inhaler, The Kills...
- Sunday: LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, The Smile, Roisin Murphy, Zaho De Sagazan...
The Rock en Seine store is online here.
5. Montreux Jazz Festival
The Swiss festival returns in 2024 with two editions: one in Villars in February and March, and one in July 2024 in Montreux. Jazz is the common thread of this festival, however you will find other styles of music. Last year, the festival welcomed very big names like: Iggy Pop , Bob Dylan, Lil Nas
See you from July 5 to 20, 2024 to attend the festival! Tickets for the festival are here, and the official merchandise store is here.
6. Moths
Find the Norman Papillons de Nuit festival from Friday May 17, 2024 to Sunday May 19, 2024 in Saint Laurent De Cuves. Over the three days of the festival, find 4 stages with 36 concerts:
- Friday: Lost Frequencies, Ko Ko mo, Dub Inc, SCH, Hoshi.
- Saturday: Trinix, Ninho, Eddy de Pretto, Pierre de Maere.
- Sunday: La Yegros, Christophe Mae, Grand Corps Malade, Matt Pokora, SDM, Zaho De Sagazan.
Their store is online here with official 2023 products but also two new exclusive products from the 2024 edition created in collaboration with Offstage.
7. Nancy Jazz Pulsations
The Nancy Jazz Pulsations is like every year in Nancy, and this year will take place from October 11 to 19, 2024. The program for the 2024 edition will be released in June 2024, but if you are wondering which artists can be present, take a look on the 2023 lineup: Emilie Simon, Sixun, Pierre de Maere, Magma, Zaho de Sagaza...
To grab the spots, log in June 2024 here, and we have all their official merchandise here.
8. Transmusicales
The winter festival took place last year from December 6 to 10, 2023 in Rennes. This year, it's still a little early to have the dates and programming (even if we assume that it will be around the same dates), but we can already tempt you with last year's edition.
Last year, some artists present (aspiring artists, pushed to the forefront) were: Hanna Ouassim, Yame, Jacques, Sextile, Hanry, Creeds, Raul Refree.
Their website with all the festival info is here, and their official merchandise store is here.
9. Bourges Spring
The Bourges spring is coming quickly as the festival will take place from Tuesday April 23 to Sunday April 28, 2024, in Bourges. The festival, which announces the arrival of spring, has already released its program (and what a program!):
- Wednesday: Mika, Martin Solveig, Kyo, Santa, Zaho De Sagazan, Sage, Clara Luciani, Thomas Dutronc, Voyou...
- Thursday: Cat Power Sings Dylan '66
- Friday: PLK, Luidji, Bon Entendeur, Trinix, Mezerg, Silly Boy Blue, Worakls Orchestra, Matt Pokora, Nej
- Saturday: Josman, Niska, SDM, Bianca Costa, Werenoi, Bekar...
- Sunday: Matt Pokora, Nej...
The official Printemps de Bourges products are here. You will find the products of the 2023 edition (and 2024 very soon).
10. Hellfest
How not to end this top with one of the most imposing rock, metal and hard-rock festivals in France? Hellfest takes place this year from Thursday June 27 to Sunday June 30, 2024 in Clisson and the program promises to be crackling:
- Thursday: Avenged Sevenfold, Megadeth, Very Special Guest, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Omens, Baby Metal...
- Friday: Machine Head, Tom Morello, Fear Factory, The Prodigy, Shaka Ponk, Steel Panther...
- Saturday: Metallica, Mass Hysteria, Extreme, Saxon Castles And Eagles Show, Bruce Dickinson, Accept...
- Sunday: Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood, The Offspring, Corey Taylor...
The program is much larger, and you will find it in full here as well as the tickets and passes. Their store is on their own site, but we have official merchandise from one of the festival bands here, Shakaponk.
We can't wait to discover the next artists from certain festivals who have not finished announcing their programming! And you, which festival are you going to? This year, we are definitely going to take a trip to Les Ardentes, as well as perhaps to Les Solidays ✨
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