The accordion festival featured continuous free music on outdoor stages, plus some paid concerts in the theatre. We went to an indoor one all three nights, they started at 6PM so we could even watch the footie after.
First one, on Friday evening, was by a female group under the name of Oum Pa Pa, who presented very well-played music with a humorous stage show. There were two flutists with the accordion, they played piccolos as well as the normal C flutes, very well and in tune. Hard to do. You can find them on YouTube.
On Saturday there was a pair of musicians, Ablaye Cissoko and Cyrille Brotto who played gentle improvised music on an accordion and a multi-stringed instrument I can't identify.
The last evening, Sunday we had tickets for Théo Ould and his solo show. Fabulous. With adaptations of classical music (Rameau, Bach, Shostakovitch), and modern electronic/acousic (Thomas Gubitsch, Régis Compo) pieces, he amazed me. You can find him on YouTube too.
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