Baguette Off CourseA practical guide for exploring France.HomePlan my trip ↗An Atlantic-facing route through distinct local identities: Brittany’s coasts, Nantes and the Loire estuary, Bordeaux’s wine country and the French Basque coast. Treat them as connected stops, not one uniform terroir.
Recurring cultural and folkloric traditions, followed by events announced for the next three months (30 September 2026 to 30 December 2026).
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The 48th edition presents new and emerging music across the city and festival venues.
Local meaning: Since 1979, the festival has built a reputation for introducing audiences to emerging artists and new sounds.
Audience: General public; concert tickets and passes
Usual attendance: Attendance varies by year; the organiser does not state one comparable total on the event page.
Photos are credited destination images used to illustrate the location, not documentary photos of the events. Attendance figures appear only when organisers publish them. Dates, access and tickets can change.
Browse the official local events calendar ↗A creative Loire-Atlantic city with riverfront walks, maritime history and contemporary art.
TGV from Paris reaches Nantes directly. The city is an easy rail base for the Atlantic Loire and nearby coast.
Walled towns, coastal walks and Breton heritage.
Rennes is a rail gateway from Paris. Continue by rail to Saint-Malo; rural coastlines need further planning.
Historic Bordeaux, vineyards and Atlantic landscapes.
Rail from Paris to Bordeaux, then regional trains for Arcachon. Vineyards and beaches can need local transfers.
Atlantic coast, Basque villages, surf, food traditions and the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Fly to Biarritz or Bordeaux, or use rail to Bayonne. A car helps for inland villages and the Pyrenean foothills.
The Atlantic shaped this region through ports, fishing, shipbuilding and trade. Brittany’s maritime heritage, Nantes’s river port, Bordeaux’s wine commerce and the Basque Country’s cross-border culture each have their own history.
Follow the tides and coastal paths in Brittany, the Loire and former shipyards in Nantes, the historic centre and vineyards around Bordeaux, then the food, language and surf culture of the Basque coast.
Nantes’s former shipyard on the Île de Nantes is now home to the Machines de l’île, including a giant mechanical elephant. The project turns the city’s industrial setting into a public art and performance space.
Jules Verne was born and grew up in Nantes, where the port and ships helped feed his imagination.
Explore the reference ↗Painted in Pont-Aven; the work belongs to the National Galleries of Scotland, not a local museum.
Explore the reference ↗Try buckwheat galettes in Brittany, canelés in Bordeaux and gâteau Basque or piperade in the Basque Country. Oysters and Ossau-Iraty cheese are other regional markers.
Bordeaux’s appellations, Muscadet near Nantes and Irouléguy in the Pyrenean foothills are separate wine areas. Breton cider is an important local drink, not a grape-wine appellation.