Les Nuits du Sud, 2008

“Les Nuits du Sud” is a series of eleven open-air concerts in Vence in July/August. The official program [PDF] is again online this year, but the HTML version is rather difficult to read (overlapping text…), so I made a more readable version here. Program as of June 28, subject to change.

All concerts take place on the Place du Grand Jardin, Vence at 20:30 h.

• Friday 11 July, 20:30–24:00
  • Moriarty (France/USA);
  • Salif Keita (Mali).
• Saturday 12 July, 20:30–24:00
  • Santos Chillemi Quartet (Argentina);
  • Ramiro Musotto (Brazil);
  • Orchestre National de Barbès (Algeria/France/Morocco).
• Friday 18 July, 20:30–24:00
  • Nilda Fernandez (France);
  • Goran Bregovic et l'Orchestre des mariages et des enterrements (Serbia).
• Saturday 19 July, 20:30–24:00
  • Alvaro Bello Quintet (Chili);
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – A Malian Journey (USA);
  • LA33 (Colombia).
• Friday 25 July, 20:30–24:00
  • Richard Galliano Tangaria Quartet (France);
  • Angélique Kidjo (Benin).
• Saturday 26 July, 20:30–24:00
  • Dominique Fillon Quartet (France);
  • Vanessa Da Mata (Brazil);
  • Jimmy Cliff (Jamaica).
• Thursday 31 July, 20:30–24:00
  • Maîtres Tambours du Burundi (Burundi);
  • Magic System (Côte d'Ivoire).
• Friday 1 August, 20:30–24:00
  • Orchestra Baobab (Senegal);
  • Sinsemilia (France).
• Thursday 7 August, 20:30–24:00
  • Les Squatters (France);
  • Stephan Eicher (Switzerland);
  • Nortec Collective (Mexico).
• Friday 8 August, 20:30–24:00
  • Winner of the July 17 & 24 talent hunt;
  • Buika (Spain);
  • Omara Portuondo (Cuba).
• Saturday 9 August, 20:30–24:00
  • Aronas (New Zealand);
  • Ska Cubano (Cuba);
  • NG La Banda (Cuba).

For info (in French): tel. +33.(0)4.93.58.40.17; fax: +33.(0)4.93.58.03.69; e-mail: nuitsdusud@ville-vence.fr) and on-line. Handicapped parking available.

Tickets 17 €, 75 &euro per 5; children under 12 free:

• at the event itself, or
• office de tourisme, tel. 04 93 58 06 38
• France Billet: FNAC/Carrefour, tel. 08 92 68 36 22
• Ticketnet: Virgin/Auchan/Galfa Voyages (CAP 3000)

Last year's program is still on-line.

(This page uses hCalendar mark-up. Here is the iCalendar version, thanks to Technorati.)

Created by Bert Bos, 28 June 2008
Last modified $Date: 2009/05/08 22:24:20 $