French Storytelling celebrates La Bretagne 

Storytelling with Mélanie : Le Monde englouti - Flotsam, by David Wiesner.

Wednesday 17th August. 5.00 pm. Free entrance. Followed by a snack.

As is celebrated in France the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany (Bretagne) from 5th to 14th August, our monthly French storytelling will bring our kids to this region located on the West of France, and will lead us to discover its littoral and underwater mysteries !

The Festival Interceltique de Lorient (French), Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant (Breton) or Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient in English, is an annual Celtic festival, located in the city of Lorient, Brittany, France. It was founded in 1971 by Polig Montjarret.

This annual festival takes place in the heart of the city every August and is dedicated to the cultural traditions of the Celtic nations, highlighting celtic music and dance and also including other arts such as painting, photography, theatre, sculpture, traditional artisan as well as sport and gastronomy.

Participants come from Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Wales, Cumbria, the Isle of Man, Cape Breton Island, Galicia, Asturias, Acadia, and the entire Celtic diaspora.