Festival Interceltique de Lorient

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Festival Interceltique de Lorient is a major annual cultural festival in Lorient, Brittany, celebrating Celtic music, dance, and traditions from Celtic nations around the world.

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instanceOf annual event
cultural festival
music festival
country France
duration about 10 days
focus interceltic exchanges
promotion of Celtic arts
promotion of Celtic languages
formerName Fête des Cornemuses
founder Jean-Pierre Pichard
Polig Montjarret
frequency annual
impact major cultural and economic event for Lorient and Brittany
inception 1971
includes bagadoù competitions
concerts
conferences
craft markets
dance performances
exhibitions
fest-noz
gastronomy events
parades
pipe band competitions
languageUsed Breton
English
French
other Celtic languages
locatedIn Lorient
locatedInRegion Brittany
Morbihan
locatedOn Brittany coast
notableEvent Grande Parade des Nations Celtes
organizer Festival Interceltique de Lorient self-linksurface differs
surface form: Association Festival Interceltique de Lorient
representsCultureOf Asturias
Brittany
Cornwall
Galicia
Ireland
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
surface form: Isle of Man

Scotland
Wales
other Celtic diaspora communities
significance one of the largest Celtic festivals in the world
theme Celtic cultures
Celtic dance
Celtic music
Celtic traditions
typicalAttendance hundreds of thousands of visitors
typicalStartTime early August
website https://www.festival-interceltique.bzh/

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Brittany hasFestival Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Lorient knownFor Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Lorient hasFestival Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Festival Interceltique de Lorient organizer Festival Interceltique de Lorient self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Association Festival Interceltique de Lorient