Music festival provides “soundtrack for WEG”
It won’t only hold upwardly horses at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inwards Normandy, the musos convey too hitting town.
For 8 nights during the Games, the Alltech Music Festival inwards the Games Village has “musical amusement for all ages”, organisers say. And best of all, the festival is complimentary to everyone belongings an number ticket or a Games Village ticket (€5).
Starting from Sunday, August 24 from 7pm, an estimated 10,000 Games visitors volition get together inwards the oculus of the Games Village on Alltech Music Festival nights for alive amusement from a diversity of international together with local artists, including American Grammy Award winning R&B grouping Kool & The Gang, French songstress Joyce Jonathan, traditional Irish Gaelic instrumentalist Sharon Shannon through to American vocaliser songwriter Aloe Blacc.
“The Alltech Music Festival volition offering musical amusement for all ages,” said Catherine Keogh, Alltech principal marketing officer.
“When nosotros embarked on the journeying to sponsor the Games, nosotros e'er viewed the Games every bit to a greater extent than than an equestrian event. The Games volition hold upwardly an number non only for equestrians but for Equus caballus lovers together with non-equestrian enthusiasts alike. Alltech wished to travel manus inwards manus amongst the Normandy Organising Committee to add together value together with heighten the Games sense for the 500,000 people coming from only about the world, together with of course of education from the local Normandy region.”
Dr Pearse Lyons, president together with founder of Alltech, said the fact that the World Equestrian Games, similar the Olympics, come about entirely every 4 years, “it’s displace for a celebration”.
“We’re looking frontward to lighting upwardly the Games Village through the Alltech Music Festival every bit nosotros celebrate the ability together with passion of the world’s greatest equestrian event.”
The Alltech Music Festival line-up is every bit follows:
| Date | Theme | Opening Act | Main Act |
| Sunday August 24 | Opening Night | Soul Vintage Orchestra (Motown) | Kool & The Gang (R&B, Soul) |
| Monday August 25 | Québec Night | Misteur Valaire (Electro Jazz) | Mes Souliers sont rouges (French together with Quebecois) |
| Thursday August 28 | Irish Night | We Banjo 3 (Irish) | Sharon Shannon & her band (Traditional Irish) |
| Friday August 29 | Country Night | Kevin Buckley & the Yee Haw Band (Country) | Flynnville Train (Country Rock) |
| Saturday August 30 | Caennaise Night | Oldelaf (French Comedy Pop) | Casseurs Flowters (Hip Hop) |
| Thursday September 4 | Family Night | Joyce Jonathan (French Pop) | Louis Bertignac (French Rock) |
| Friday September 5 | US Night | Nick Waterhouse (Blues, Soul,Jazz) | Aloe Blacc (Rap, Soul) |
| Saturday September 6 | Closing Night | Malo’/Granville/The Lanskies (Folk/ Pop/ Pop Rock) | Superpoze vs Fakear (Electro, World Music) |
Tickets for some events are still available.
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