Les Passeurs de Blues
A blues festival in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, in the heart of the Val de Saire.
2026
About Les Passeurs de Blues
Every year, Les Passeurs de Blues brings together blues and southern rock bands in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and the surrounding Val de Saire villages for a weekend of indoor and street concerts. Founded by three passionate guitarists, the Norman association behind the festival held its first edition in late October 2022. The program is built around the spirit of sharing and transmission: alongside the concerts, the two-day event features guitar, harmonica, and vocal workshops, as well as a vinyl record stall and a specialized bookstore.
Les Passeurs de Blues — edition 2026
For its fifth edition, Les Passeurs de Blues brings two days of concerts to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, preceded by an event in Saint-Pierre-Église and a film night in Cherbourg. Little Peter and the Mellowtones, a Toulouse-based band renowned for their Stevie Ray Vaughan-inspired solos, will close the weekend at the Salle Max-Pol Fouchet alongside the local duo Mannheim. In addition to the ticketed concerts, fourteen bands will perform for free in the streets of the town.
A fifth edition spanning indoor and outdoor stages
The 2026 edition features three main events: a film-concert evening in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin on September 24th, an evening in Saint-Pierre-Église on October 14th, and the heart of the festival in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue on October 24th and 25th. The Blues Collectiv', an eighteen-piece band led by Didier Cantegrit—one of the association's three founders—will open the weekend with a concert-lecture on the Texan and Southern roots of the blues.
Alongside the concerts, the festival village in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue will host artist meet-and-greets, a luthier, an instrument exhibition, and a record stall.
Programme Les Passeurs de Blues 2026
Thursday, September 24th, 2026
- 7:00 PM — Free concert by Black Mattie · Cinéma Le Palace, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
- 8:30 PM — Screening of The Blues Brothers (original version) · Cinéma Le Palace, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
- 8:30 PM — Aymeric Simon & Howling House Band, followed by Ocean Boulevard (an Eric Clapton tribute) · Salle 901, Saint-Pierre-Église
Saturday, October 24th, 2026
- 8:30 PM — The Blues Collectiv': concert-lecture "From Texas Blues to Southern Rock" · Salle Max-Pol Fouchet, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
- Free street concerts in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Réville, open mic, and gospel choirs, featuring Banana Blues Band, Black Mattie, KJD, Stealer Fingers, and Héritage · specific times and locations to be announced by the association closer to the festival
Sunday, October 25th, 2026
- 2:30 PM — Little Peter and the Mellowtones, with the local folk-rock duo Mannheim as the opening act · Salle Max-Pol Fouchet, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
- Continued free concerts in town and blues aperitif · specific times and locations to be announced by the association closer to the festival
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