Les Tombées de la Nuit (Nightfalls) – Rennes: 2-7 July, 2012

The Nightfall Festival

Picture 1 Les Tombées de la Nuit (Nightfalls) – Rennes: 2-7 July, 2012 Picture 2 Les Tombées de la Nuit (Nightfalls) – Rennes: 2-7 July, 2012

A truly unique festival, Les Tombées de la Nuit (Nightfall) brings street art and performance into the spotlight and offers artists and inhabitants a chance to come face to face in some rather unexpected places. Every year, in early summer, surprise and wonderment take over in the streets of Rennes.

It’s a well-known fact that the ancient people of Gaul were afraid that the sky would one day fall on their heads. But here, each summer, it’s completely the opposite, and the people of Rennes just can’t wait for the Tombées de la Nuit (Nightfall) festival. A pop concert at the opera house, the French ‘whatever’ championships in a sports hall, a disorganised village fete in a school playground, or a play on the roof of a block of flats - anything and everything goes at Les Tombées de la Nuit. Whether the show’s XXL or Lilliputian in scale, a concert or a circus, the public always leaves with a surprised smile on its face, because this festival is about artistic exchange and dialogue. When artists and locals come face to face in a public place, and the former encourage the latter to participate in their work, the result is bound to be both surprising and moving. The festival was created in 1980 to breathe new life into the town centre and draw attention to creativity in Brittany. Since then it has succeeded in cultivating the art of artistic surprise, under the direction of a Franco-Belgian team, Claude Guinard and Philippe Kaufman.

Further details from: www.lestombeesdelanuit.com