Events and festivals in Brittany on September 26-27, 2026: the Tolkien convention in Plestin-les-Grèves draws more than 7,000 visitors, alongside a running race in Rennes, sea shanties in Cancale and a fest-noz in Pluvigner.
Saturday afternoon, in Plestin-les-Grèves. The Tolkien convention sets up its fantasy medieval market there through September 27, 2026 (9/26-27). The Tolkien convention in Plestin-les-Grèves draws more than 7,000 visitors, alongside a running race in Rennes, sea shanties in Cancale and a fest-noz in Pluvigner.
The Tolkien convention in Plestin-les-Grèves
6, passage Yvonne Le Fustec, in the Kerilly district of Plestin-les-Grèves. Since 2018, the Sur les Terres de l'Unique association has gathered fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's work there every year, in Côtes-d'Armor. The convention runs the whole weekend, from Saturday, September 26, through Sunday, September 27, 2026, in that same district.
A fantasy medieval market, workshops, costume contests, talks and a grand parade follow one another over the two days.
The talks bring together speakers from illustration and Tolkien scholarship, on both Saturday and Sunday. The fantasy medieval market, for its part, takes up most of the available space around passage Yvonne Le Fustec, between costumed stalls and craftspeople set up for the occasion. The costume contests and workshops run along the same street, throughout both days.
More than 7,000 visitors attend the convention over the whole weekend, across the market, the workshops, the costume contests and the talks. The grand parade closes the programme, on Sunday, September 27, 2026, in the same streets of Kerilly, in Plestin-les-Grèves.
The rest of the weekend
In Rennes, the Georges Festival pays tribute to Rennes architect Georges Maillols and questions, every two years, how the city builds itself, across some twenty venues in the metropolitan area, galleries, wastelands, heritage buildings and schools. In La Gacilly, in Morbihan, the Festival Photo La Gacilly keeps its streets, squares and gardens as an open-air gallery, with around thirty monumental exhibitions mixing fine-art photography and photojournalism, through October 4.
Three events run for a single day, this Saturday. In Bulat-Pestivien, the clown festival Est-ce que tu Breizh turns the Callac area, in central Brittany, into a street-art gathering, with clown shows, burlesque characters and workshops for children. At the fort de Bertheaume, in Plougonvelin, the Festival Fort de Sens mixes street theatre, music and local crafts, run by the association La Pilhoù Production for its third edition. In Douarnenez, Breskebil brings the Pouldavid district together around minority languages, with brass bands, choirs, workshops and an "Archipel des Langues" where the city's tongues meet.
At Roazhon Park, the Roazhon Run lines up eleven races over the two days, from a timed 10K to a night run, plus a 15K trail and a certified Nordic walk. In the port of la Houle, in Cancale, the Bordées de Cancale sing maritime repertoire without amplification, among the audience, in the port's cafés and under a marquee, a tradition going back to 2000. In Pluvigner, Breizh au Galo offers a fest-noz preceded by a singing workshop open to all, in the Gallo-Vannetais and Breton repertoire. In Pipriac, the Confrérie Piperia la Galette organises, around the Fête de la Galette, a local-produce fair and a national crêpe-makers' contest, giving competitors fifteen minutes to prepare their galette in front of the public.