The Top 5 Weekend Activities Near Dinan: Dancing and Antiquing are a Must-Do!

This first weekend of April 2023, everyone can dance until their thirst is over Tadenvibrate in music at Saint-Andre-des-Eauxremember the toys of his childhood (or that of others) and buy them at Dinandiscuss with craftsmen at Lehon or find trinkets while wandering around the stalls of garage sales. Varied, right?

Notice of fest-noz and fest-deiz in Trélat

To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the association La Note Buissonnière invites to a double event Saturday April 1 and Sunday April 2. Fest-noz Saturday evening, fixed-dec on Sunday afternoon, it’s going to be guincher dry at the village hall of Trélat en Taden.

SATURDAYfrom 9 p.m., the dancers will reunite with the clarinet and accordion duo Jaï, the duo Pont-Poidevin (violin and double bass) and the musicians of Note Buissonnière for song and music interludes. The evening will end with a beef.

Sunday, the fest-deiz begins at 2 p.m. In the program : Jean-Luc RevaultSav Da Rar, Ken Dilun, Les Couch’tôt, Les Bows du Clos-Poulet, Sans Souci and the Rouzinous.

Prices: fest-noz (7€), fest-deiz (5€/free for participants in the fest-noz the day before), free for children. refreshment bar. Such. 07 81 28 75 67, lanotebuissonniere @lavache.com

The 7th European Days of Crafts in Léhon

Gilder, ceramist, weaver, art embroiderer, marquetry… trades that we sometimes know just by name and that perpetuate know-how that enhances the objects around us. THE European Days of Crafts (JEMA) are an opportunity to meet these artisans at living professionsto discuss, to attend demonstrations and to follow workshops.

A Dinan, it is at the abbey of Léhon that the 7th edition and its 36 artisans take place on Friday March 31 (2 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) and Saturday April 1 and Sunday April 2 (10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.). Some craftsmen announced will be absent (Berthe and Paulette, Mathilde Bernard, William Gicquel and Véronique Van Brabandt), they are replaced by Vital Lainé (designer), Catherine Lancelot (ceramist), Marie Färber (art binder), Camille Guilmain (creator jewelry).

Free admission. Parking recommended at the Vieilles-Tours car park (Tennis club). NB: the two rooms on the floors of the abbey are not accessible to people with reduced mobility. Information on the website of the City of Dinan

Music at the Chenillades of Saint-André-des-Eaux

The 18th edition of the Papillonades will be back on Saturday June 10 and Sunday June 11, 2023 in Saint-André-des-Eaux.

But the effervescence around the musical rendezvous begins this Saturday, April 1 at L’Etrialette, with Les Caterpillars and their springboard which will decide between the four music groups (or musicians) candidates for the festival, thanks to the public vote of the day: Charlotte Ly (folk songs), Wyll (urban pop), Chillers (soul funk rock) and Les Saumons fumés (drinking punk sailor songs).

The Chenillades also act the associations to which the Papillonades festival will donate part of their profits, among 6 selected.

Doors open Saturday at 3:30 p.m. (afternoon games). At 5 p.m., the public has an appointment with the Cie Le Grand Ô for Nanabozho, a show full of poetry. The musical springboard begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission free.

The 20th Collectible Toy Fair, in Dinan

The Collectible Toy Fair de Dinan has, over the years, been recognized well beyond the borders of Brittany. Her 20th edition is held on Sunday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Clos-Gastel de Léhon hall. Sixty stalls will offer all kinds of old toys – from fire trucks to trains to collectible dolls, to look at or to buy. “There are only quality toys, we refuse to take, for example, early plastic toys”, explains Jacky Hamoniaux, president of the organizing association Les Amis du rail dinannais. Two train networks will be on display.

Entry: €2. Free for children under 12.

A garage sale to get some air and hunt

The season of garage sales begin. Here are four to do on Sunday, April 2 not far from Dinan :

• Year: garage sales and jumble sale childcare from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Jean-de-Beaumanoir village hall. Contact : [email protected]
• Pleslin-Trigavou: sale of the Saint-Joseph school Sunday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the village hall (Trigavou). Such. 06 48 77 27 37.
• Crehen: APEL garage sales at the Immaculée-Conception school from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the village hall (Louis-Hamon complex). 50 exhibitors. Such. 06 02 08 48 57.
• Medreac: Garage sales from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the sports hall. Such. 07 69 67 33 04, [email protected]

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