International Festival of folklore in Montoire

Festival CIOFF which takes place every year in August

Programme 2024

Programme 2024

Under its comfortable Palais de Toile (2,000 seats), the 50th Festival invites you to meet 320 artists presenting their different cultures.

Detailed programming for 2024 coming soon!

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official opening

Tuesday 12 August 17H00
Hotel de ville
Réception duration : 1 H 00
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reception

Bélisaire

Tuesday 12 August 19H00
Avant-scène
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Avant-Scène duration : 1 H 30

Join us every evening from 7pm to 8:30pm at L'Avant-Scène at the Montoire Festival for live concerts. Enjoy a festive atmosphere with barnums, tables, chairs and fast food on site.

Tonight, discover Bélisaire. Their Cajun music is unanimously acclaimed: warm, festive and danceable. Already present at the Festival's 50th anniversary, these “Francadiens” are back to kick off this new edition in style. Accordion, guitars, bass, traditional percussion and vocals... it's all there to transform the Quartier Marescot into a bayou for an evening!

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Turquie dance workshop

Wednesday 13 August 10H30
Avant-scène
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Dance course duration : 1 H 00
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Conférence sur l'héritage culturel d'Ahmedabad Inde

Wednesday 13 August 10H30
Hotel de ville
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Conference duration : 1 H 00

4€

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Photos avec le Sri Lanka

Wednesday 13 August 11H00
Cour Sainte-Cécile
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Children's village duration : 1 H 00
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Animation Inde

Wednesday 13 August 15H00
Avant-scène
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Animation avant-scène duration : 0 H 30
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Mongolian Tales

Wednesday 13 August 15H30
yurt
Yurt entertainment duration : 0 H 30

4€, places limitées à 19 personnes.

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Animation Turquie

Wednesday 13 August 16H00
Avant-scène
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Animation avant-scène duration : 0 H 30
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Chant avec l'Inde

Wednesday 13 August 16H30
Cour Sainte-Cécile
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Children's village duration : 0 H 30
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Yurt tour/lecture

Wednesday 13 August 17H30
yurt
Yurt entertainment duration : 1 H 00

4€, places limitées à 19 personnes.

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La Chimba

Wednesday 13 August 19H00
Avant-scène
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Avant-Scène duration : 1 H 30

Join us every evening from 7pm to 8:30pm at L'Avant-Scène at the Montoire Festival for live concerts. Enjoy a festive atmosphere with barnums, tables, chairs and fast food on site.

Tonight, discover La Chimba. Hailing from Tours, La Chimba brings together musicians with diverse roots (Colombia, Chile and France) around cumbia chicha, a popular music born in Lima in the 60s. Their Latin-tropical ambience is a blend of rural Peruvian melodies and Colombian cumbia.

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Conférence sur les danses Amazoniennes

Thursday 14 August 10H30
Hotel de ville
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Conference duration : 1 H 00

4€

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Pérou

Dance workshop Cuba

Thursday 14 August 10H30
Avant-scène
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Dance course duration : 1 H 00
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Cuba

Ecriture avec le Kirghizistan

Thursday 14 August 11H00
Cour Sainte-Cécile
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Children's village duration : 1 H 00
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Animation Sri Lanka

Thursday 14 August 11H00
Cour de l'Hopital
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Animation Hôpital duration : 1 H 00
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Animation Turquie

Thursday 14 August 15H30
L'Hospitalet
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Animation Hôpital duration : 0 H 30
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Jeux traditionnels Mongols

Thursday 14 August 15H30
yurt
Yurt entertainment duration : 0 H 30

4€, places limitées à 19 personnes.

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Animation Taiwan

Thursday 14 August 16H00
Avant-scène
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Animation avant-scène duration : 0 H 30
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Animation péruvienne

Thursday 14 August 17H00
Bar de l'Avenue
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Animation Musicale duration : 1 H 00

Retrouvez le Pérou autour d'un verre !

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Yurt tour/lecture

Thursday 14 August 17H30
yurt
Yurt entertainment duration : 1 H 00

4€, places limitées à 19 personnes.

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Double Double

Thursday 14 August 19H00
Avant-scène
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Avant-Scène duration : 1 H 30

Join us every evening from 7pm to 8:30pm at L'Avant-Scène at the Montoire Festival for live concerts. Enjoy a festive atmosphere with barnums, tables, chairs and fast food on site.

Tonight, discover Double Double. When Celtic traditions meet those of Morvan and Auvergne, the result is Double Double, an exceptional quartet of French, Irish and Scottish musicians. Bagpipes, accordion, guitar and piano interact in a ball that promises as much emotion as energy.

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Gala Panorama

Thursday 14 August 21H00
Palais de toile
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Gala duration : 2 H 30

Presentation of all groups. Troops from India, Togo and Peru will make a longer presentation.

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Kirghizistan

Conférence sur la route de la Soie

Friday 15 August 10H30
Hotel de ville
Conference duration : 1 H 00

4€

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Colombie dance workshop

Friday 15 August 10H30
Avant-scène
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Dance course duration : 1 H 00
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Animation Pérou

Friday 15 August 11H00
Camping
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Animation Camping duration : 1 H 00
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Percussions avec le Togo

Friday 15 August 11H00
Cour Sainte-Cécile
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Children's village duration : 1 H 00
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Animation Cuba

Friday 15 August 12H00
Avant-scène
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Animation Musicale duration : 1 H 00
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Dans(e) la rue

Friday 15 August 15H00
Quartier Marescot
Show duration : 2 H 00

Spectacles en continu et animations tout l'après-midi
Participation de tous les groupes présents

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Šaban Shukar

Friday 15 August 19H00
Avant-scène
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Avant-Scène duration : 1 H 30

Join us every evening from 7pm to 8:30pm at L'Avant-Scène at the Montoire Festival for live concerts. Enjoy a festive atmosphere with barnums, tables, chairs and fast food on site.

Tonight, discover Šaban Shukar. Šaban Shukar pays tribute to the great Šaban Bajramović, a charismatic Serbian artist of Roma origin. The repertoire, a blend of deep emotions and lively rhythms, is revisited by a passionate quartet committed to conveying the gypsy soul to the audience.

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Dîner kirghize

Friday 15 August 19H00
Salle des Fêtes
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Resto Typico duration : 1 H 30

Les plats traditionnels Kirghize à découvrir !

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Conférence sur le Kirghizistan : le pays des nomades

Saturday 16 August 10H30
Hotel de ville
Conference duration : 1 H 00

4€

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Maquillage avec Cuba

Saturday 16 August 11H00
Cour Sainte-Cécile
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Children's village duration : 1 H 00
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Animation Colombie

Saturday 16 August 12H00
Avant-scène
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Animation Musicale duration : 1 H 00
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Colombie

Calligraphie mongole

Saturday 16 August 15H30
yurt
Yurt entertainment duration : 0 H 30

4€, places limitées à 19 personnes.

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Animation Inde

Saturday 16 August 16H00
Avant-scène
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Animation avant-scène duration : 0 H 30
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Danses turques

Saturday 16 August 16H30
Cour Sainte-Cécile
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Children's village duration : 0 H 30
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Yurt tour/lecture

Saturday 16 August 17H30
yurt
Yurt entertainment duration : 1 H 00

4€, places limitées à 19 personnes.

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Hungarian dinner

Saturday 16 August 19H00
Salle des Fêtes
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Resto Typico duration : 1 H 30

Les plats traditionnels cubain à découvrir !

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Grand Loup

Saturday 16 August 19H00
Avant-scène
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Avant-Scène duration : 1 H 30

Join us every evening from 7pm to 8:30pm at L'Avant-Scène at the Montoire Festival for live concerts. Enjoy a festive atmosphere with barnums, tables, chairs and fast food on site.

Tonight, discover Grand Loup. A violin-piano duo, GrandLoup explores folk music with lightness, mischief and a touch of poetry. Mazurkas, waltzes, scottishes... each dance is a surprise, carried by Louise Legrand's elegant fiddle and Patrick Chamblas's infectious enthusiasm.

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Official reception

Sunday 17 August 11H00
Hotel de ville
Réception duration : 1 H 00
free
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reception

Animation Pérou

Sunday 17 August 12H00
Avant-scène
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Animation Musicale duration : 1 H 00
free
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The fresco of the world

Sunday 17 August 16H30
Cour Sainte-Cécile
Children's village duration : 1 H 00
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Visite/ Conférence de la yourte

Sunday 17 August 17H30
yurt
Yurt entertainment duration : 1 H 00

4€, places limitées à 19 personnes.

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Dîner taïwanais

Sunday 17 August 19H00
Salle des Fêtes
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Resto Typico duration : 1 H 30

Les plats traditionnels taïwanais à découvrir !

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Aälma Dili

Sunday 17 August 19H00
Avant-scène
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Avant-Scène duration : 1 H 30

Join us every evening from 7pm to 8:30pm at L'Avant-Scène at the Montoire Festival for live concerts. Enjoy a festive atmosphere with barnums, tables, chairs and fast food on site.

Tonight, discover Aälma Dili. An explosive finale with Aälma Dili - “the soul of fools” in gypsy. Violins, mandolin, baglama, guitar and double bass respond to each other in a joyous trance, carried by powerful vocals. This Balkan ball will thrill you to the very last note of a colorful festival.

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