Agenda

According to the ancient texts, the Sandlakis are time and colour keepers… Once a year they reappear to bring colours and pigments to the world in a blazing, luminous parade. They move forward to the beat of percussion and pipes…
Like a cloud, an optical illusion… A mirage!

In line with the “fashion and accessories” theme of this 35th edition , members of the encampments will give a fashion show complete with doublets, gambesons, breeches and pointed shoes…

This medieval shoemaker makes the shoes of the period in front of you: he introduces the tools and techniques for making and assembling shoes, compares them with modern shoemaking, and there’s an exhibition on the history of shoes from ancient times to the 19th century

“The lions” recreate civil and military life in a Breton militia during the period (1458-1488) when the Duke of Brittany was François II. They aim to recreate the everyday life of people in the late Middle Ages as faithfully as possible.

Discover how people dressed, were educated, fought, received treatment and were operated, painted, cut stone and used lighting in the Middle Ages.

Recreation of a Norman civil and military encampment at the time of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.

Activity for children: enrolment and training for young knights aged between 7 and 12 on the theme of the Battle of Hastings (3 times a day).

Goldsmith: engraving, chasing, fire enamelling, metal casting, jewellery…

Felt-maker: sheep’s wool felting. Trimmings maker: weaving wool and silk trimmings.

And for kids aged 3 upwards: “Young and Curious” workshop, fun exhibition for children about textile crafts.

Trollball is a full-scale fantasy role-play game, a clever mix of “rugby” and fencing. Demonstrations and introduction to playing by young people from 3 DIX-HUIT.

Traditional wooden toys and games for all children. Discover the rich heritage of play with various games of shuffleboard, bowls, skill and balance - games that are always fun for all generations.

Seven imps with strong personalities have just arrived from their Forest of Argonne and will carry you off into their world. Led by their Patriarch, they retrace the trail of their ancestors. They search for their source of energy over the course of life and its ups and downs. Will they manage to find it? A show combining poetry, humour, feats and ridicule

Discover the everyday lives of artisans, nobles and warriors in a Carolingian encampment with workshops, demonstrations and introductions to weaponry, illumination and calligraphy, textiles and fashion, blacksmithing, woodworking, furniture and trade.

Exhibition of a 1/72 scale model of Bayeux Castle from east to west in the 13th century, a castle mound and its enclosure (fortification from 10th to 12th centuries), and a model of the castle of Osaka in Japan. A display of intricate craftsmanship!

From their travelling kitchen-workshop, our two painter-cooks Bosch and Bruegel are determined to cook you the finest dishes out of the most revolting animals... Actors and puppets manipulated in full view bring you a beguiling social satire, inspired by the paintings of these old masters, in three delicious stories….

These mystical dahu trainers come down from the mountain once a year, at the solstice, to bring blessings to the villagers. They chase away evil spirits, ensure the populace will have a peaceful year, and leave offerings to guarantee a good crop.
A show inspired by pastoral folklore.

Traditional Norman dances and songs accompanied by a hurdy-gurdy.

Get yourself a hat right now! Hats and flower wreaths were part of the dress code in medieval times. In part performance, part animation, noble ladies, gentlemen, damsels and young lads will be hatted with tourettes, crowns, single and double hennins or troubadour hats, produced in about 15 minutes out of brown paper, tissue paper, gift ribbon and raffia.

Skilled craftsmen and journeymen share their ancestral know-how in building : blacksmiths, stone masons, sculptors, carpenters…..

Six musicians whose energy connects! Their music is always a voyage of discoveries in sound that they share with the audience, taking the listener into a musical bubble with a space devoted to sound as a backdrop. Their compositions are inspired by traditional music with a touch of rock, and make
you want to dance….

Goupil ou Face is a wacky version of part of the famous medieval fable “Le roman de Renart” (Renart the Fox). It’s a clown show bringing together two zany sidekicks - who are acrobats, jugglers, singers and actors - and these two jokers string together gags at top speed without giving the audience a moment to catch their breath!

Smedelyn are musicians from the Kingdom of the Veze in the Retz region between Brittany and Poitou, who will take you on a festive musical journey across several centuries, from the end of the Middle Ages to the glorious period of the Renaissance. With oboe, flute, veuze (a Breton bagpipe) and various drums…. What you hear will give you an irresistible urge to dance, putting you under a spell and filling you with joy.