featuring

+
The International House Band
featuring
Jeff Boudreaux & Janot Hanela (drums),
Paul Susen (fiddle) & Mickey Benjelloun & Ronnie Caryl (guitar)
and the Hermione Horns
Remi Dumoulin, Sebastien Llado & Rob Armus

Festival Imprévisible (unpredictable) & Inattendu (unexpected)
view the documentary trailer

to watch the entire hour long documentary click on the camera

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Hey Karel,
Recovered from the Rochefort 2009  hangover ???
I'm still a bit dans le vap , but it was worth every drop***
Always,
My best,
LadyChild (aka) Natalia

hey karel!
many thanks again for putting on the best and most musician friendly and vibe-comfortable fest. in france!....it's great that everyone jams and creates bands off the cuff....
be sure to read ken stringfellow's website diary and his account of his days in rochefort!!...
it really sums the whole thing up perfectly.....
cheers and many many many thanks again!
jeff boudreaux

Cheers Karel
Great festival please say thanks 2 all the team from the Faccini Clan
see you
Piers

Hi Karel,

Thanks Karel. It was great fun with great music & lovely people & good food & wine. What could be better?
I liked the news clip on the podcast & what I could understand of the Le Monde review seemed good too. Excellent.
Thanks a lot for including me in the line up for the festival.
all the best,
Roger Beaujolais

Dear Karel,
thank you so much for inviting us to take part in the festival. We really loved it all. I was trying to think of my favourite bits but it was all so great that I found myself thinking of everything, right down to the citron presse I had in the Place Colbert on my own in the Saturday early evening sunshine.
All the people were so great, the musicians and the volunteers. It was hard to say goodbye.
I hope you organise another festival somewhere else and that we can be part of it, and I hope Rochefort carries on in a good way whatever.
Many thanks again for all your help and a really great time.
Love Rebecca and Andy x

merci encore de l'accueil  que vous nous avez réservé
on a vraiment passé un bon moment
Berline

typical, le monde is an inside job,
Rob Armus

Merci à toi Karel, d'avoir été le ciment entre nous, le rire, la blague, le sérieux.
J'ai trouvé tout ça excellent !
J'ai rencontré des gens merveilleux.
J'ai énormément bu et bouffé.
Merci !
mathias/usthiax

Thanks to you and Philippe, to everyone,
Magics moments for us 4..
Hope to be with all of you again
Sarah Hajlblum/78 RPM

Bonjour Karel,
Et merci de ce lien que je regarderai chez moi en rentrant d' oleron. Merci encore mille fois de m'avoir permis de jouer a Rochefort cette année, et j'espère avoir pu y apporter quelque chose. De mon cote, j'ai adore cette expérience humaine, ces rencontres superbes comme ses rencontres rates, mille merci pour tout. Et bonne route pour la suite, car il m'a semblé entendre que tu arrêtais l'année prochaine ? On se verra sur Paris bientôt, ok ? En tout cas merci et bravo pour tout !
Bise
Sebastien Llado


Concert Schedule
Jeudi 27

17h River Songs
Pont Transbordeur
Ken Stringfellow & Marisa Yeaman
Usthiax
Rob Armus
Piers Faccini
Rob Reynolds
Gary Lucas
LadyChild
Rebecca Hollweg
& Andy Hamill, Daniel Yvinec, Nicolas Mingot, Paul Susen, Sebastien Llado, Remi Dumoulin

Sebastien Llado
BJ Cole - Roger Beaujolais - Andy Hamill

11-30 Retour Jardin de la Corderie Royale(2)
Sebastien Llado
BJ Cole - Roger Beaujolais - Andy Hamill

15-30 Aire des Gréements (3)
Nicolas Mingot
Usthiax
+
Daniel Yvinec, Nicolas Mingot & Jean-Francois Pauvros

18-00 Jardin du Theatre (4)
Rebecca Hollweg & Andy Hamill
Ken Stringfellow
Piers Faccini
Rob Armus - Paul Susen - Andy Hamill - Nick Harper

Main Stage Laperouse (1)
78-RPM Selector
+ LadyChild
Marisa Yeaman
+ Micky Benjelloun, Jeff Boudreaux, Andy Hamill, BJ Cole
Rob Reynolds
+ Jeff Boudreaux, Andy Hamill, BJ Cole, Roger Beaujolais, Rob Armus
Gary Lucas
+ BJ Cole, Rob Armus,, Piers Faccini, LadyChild
Ladychild
+ Jeff Boudreaux, Andy Hamill, BJ Cole, Roger Beaujolais, Nicolas Mingot, Sebastien Llado, Gary Lucas
Nick Harper
Jean-Francois Pauvros
+ Gary Lucas, Daniel Yvinec & Jano Hanela

11-30 Place Colbert
Jeunes en Accords

14-30 Jardin Maritime Museum (6)
Rob Reynolds
+ Rob Armus
Marisa Yeaman
+ Micky Benjelloun

16-30 Jardin du Theatre (4)
Geraint Watkins
+ Jeff Boudreaux, Andy Hamill, Rob Armus & Ronnie Caryl
Ronnie Caryl
+ Jeff Boudreaux, Andy Hamill, Rob Armus, Geraint Watkins & LadyChild
Gary Lucas
+ Jeff Boudreaux & Andy Hamill
Ladychild
+ Remi Dumoulin, Gary Lucas, Jeff Boudreaux & Andy Hamill
Nick Harper

18-30 Rue Lafayette (5) Concert Apero
Marisa Yeaman, Gabriela Arnon, Geraint Watkins, Rob Reynolds, Ronnie Caryl
Rob Armus, Sebastien Llado, Gary Lucas, 78RPM Selector

20-30 Main Stage Laperouse (1)
BJ Cole + Roger Beaujolais + Andy Hammil
Usthiax
Rebecca Hollweg et Andy Hamill
+ Jeff Boudreaux, Roger Beaujolais, Geraint Watkins, BJ Cole, Paul Susen, Sebastien Llado, Remi Dumoulin
Berline
Ken Stringfellow
+ Rebecca Hollweg, Andy Hamill, Jeff Boudreaux, Geraint Watkins, BJ Cole,
Piers Faccini
+ Andy Hamill, Jeff Boudreaux, BJ Cole,
Autour du Blues
de Daniel Yvinec
avec
Marisa Yeaman, Rebecca Hollweg, Piers Faccini, LadyChild, Rob Reynolds
+ Nicolas Mingot, Gary Lucas, Jano Hanela, Jeff Boudreaux, Geraint Watkins
BJ Cole, Ronnie Caryl, Sebastien Llado, Remi Dumoulin

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The town of Rochefort is almost on the Atlantic coast and used to be an important
military port out of which Lafayette sailed to that skirmish in America.
There is a lot less naval gazing going on these days and the town's main claim to fame (apart from this festival)
is the 1967 movie "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" made by Jacques Demy starring
Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac, Gene Kelly and George Chakiris.

Sites
The Main Stage la Perouse 1
Patio Médiathèque Corderie Royale 2
Aire des Gréements 3
The Theatre Garden 4
Rue Lafayette 5
The Maritime Museum garden 6
The Pont Transbordeur 7



During the festival period Rochefort can get pretty crowed so it is advisable to book a hotel well in advance
to help you on your way check out hotels.

Access
For those of you who live in the UK (or Europe) getting to Rochefort isn't too much of a problem, Ryan Air fly there from London Stansted, FlyBE fromSouthampton and Birmingham, EasyJet from London Gatwick and Bristol.
Of course there is always travel by rail with frequent trains from Paris Montparnasse to Rochefort via La Rochelle.

Where it's at !

and this is the Corderie Royale
a very long building in which they used to make a load of old rope

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