Les Vieilles Charrues
The biggest music festival in France
2027
About Vieilles Charrues
Vieilles Charrues — edition 2027
The 35th edition of Les Vieilles Charrues will take place from Thursday, July 15th to Sunday, July 18th, 2027, at the Kerampuilh site in Carhaix-Plouguer. Muse, the first headliner to be announced, will kick off the festival on Thursday, July 15th.
Programme Vieilles Charrues 2027
The 2027 program has not yet been released by the organizers; it will be added as soon as it becomes available.
Practical information — Vieilles Charrues
Getting to the festival
By train
Carhaix station is a ten-minute walk from the Kerampuilh site. The TER BreizhGo network offers special festival fares, starting at 4 € per trip for those under 26 and 5 € for everyone else.
By bus
BreizhGo bus lines serve Carhaix from all over Brittany starting at 2 €, and 10 € from Rennes.
By car
Carhaix-Plouguer is accessible via the RN164 from Rennes (approx. 2 hours) and Brest (approx. 1 hour 15 minutes). Follow the signs or enter « parking mauve · Les Vieilles Charrues » if you are arriving from Rennes, Paris, or Saint-Brieuc, and « parking orange · Les Vieilles Charrues » if you are arriving from Brest, Quimper, Vannes, Lorient, or Pontivy. Free shuttles connect the parking lots and Carhaix station to the festival site. Carpooling is highly encouraged.
By bike
Bike racks are available at the main entrances to the site.
2026 Tickets
4-day pass: from 196 € (Presto rate) — 3-day pass Thu-Fri-Sat: from 149 € — 3-day pass Fri-Sat-Sun: from 144 € — 1-day ticket Thursday: from 61 € — 1-day ticket Friday/Saturday/Sunday: from 52 €. The Presto rate is available in limited quantities: once the quota is sold out, only Regular rate tickets will remain on sale. A 3-installment interest-free payment plan is available for 4-day and 3-day Regular rate passes. The official ticketing site is accessible via vieillescharrues.asso.fr, which also offers a ticket resale platform and ticket personalization.
Camping
The Charrues campsite is free for all festival-goers with a valid ticket, but online booking is mandatory via your Charrues account starting in June 2026, depending on your ticket dates. It is reserved for tents only: vans, trucks, and motorhomes are not permitted and must park in the designated parking areas. Facilities include dry toilets, cold showers, a snack bar and bar open from noon to 9 p.m., breakfast from Friday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., free milk provided every morning by local farmers, a 24/7 first-aid station, a quiet rest area, and a recycling program with rewards. The reception is open 24/7 from Thursday to Sunday, and the campsite village offers activities from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Payment: Moneiz cashless
The festival site and campsite operate entirely on a cashless system using the Moneiz wristband provided at the entrance: it is the only accepted payment method on site. Activation is free until July 12, 2026, at 11:59 p.m., after which a 1 € fee applies to the first top-up. You can top up your account in advance via the app, and any unspent balance is refundable after the festival.
Food and Drink
Around 40 vendors offer up to 65 different dishes, with 80% of ingredients sourced from Brittany. All cups require a 1 € deposit, which can be refunded at dedicated stands.
Accessibility
Every year, the festival welcomes nearly 900 people with disabilities, supported by around 100 volunteers, including healthcare professionals. PSH (disabled access) tickets provide access to raised platforms, adapted toilets and showers, and wheelchair charging stations, and allow one companion to enter for free. A dedicated welcome desk is located at the entrance to the site.
Good to know
Single-day ticket holders cannot leave and re-enter the site: all exits are final. The organization no longer distributes paper programs — the official Les Vieilles Charrues app provides schedules, the site map, and real-time updates.
Les Vieilles Charrues: France's Biggest Festival
Since 1992, Les Vieilles Charrues has established itself as the largest music festival in France and one of the most important in Europe. Born from a simple get-together among friends by the water in Landeleau, this exceptional human adventure has become a major cultural event, welcoming hundreds of thousands of festival-goers each year to the Kerampuilh site in Carhaix-Plouguer, in the heart of Finistère.
An Eclectic and Ambitious Program
The strength of Les Vieilles Charrues lies in the diversity of its programming. Each edition offers a skillful mix of international headliners and discoveries, covering all musical genres: rock, pop, electro, rap, French chanson, world music, folk, and many others. Legends like Bruce Springsteen, Radiohead, Muse, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones have graced the Kerampuilh stage, alongside emerging artists who enrich the contemporary music scene.
An Exceptional Site in the Heart of Brittany
The Kerampuilh site, a vast meadow of several dozen hectares, offers a unique setting for the festival experience. With its multiple stages, food areas, free camping, and entertainment, the site transforms each summer into a true ephemeral city where conviviality and sharing reign. The organization, driven by the Association Les Vieilles Charrues and its thousands of volunteers, makes it a point of honor to offer affordable prices and to defend universal access to culture.
Exemplary Associative Commitment
Les Vieilles Charrues is above all a human adventure. The association, founded by a group of friends from Carhaix, mobilizes over 7,000 volunteers each year to help organize the festival. This associative commitment makes Charrues a unique model in the French festival landscape, combining artistic ambition, affordability, and local roots to foster cultural and economic dynamism in Central Brittany.
A Legendary History
On July 4, 1992, a handful of friends organized a party by the canal in Landeleau, bringing together 500 people. From this convivial village fair, one of the world's largest festivals was born. In 1998, the festival moved to the Kerampuilh site, which became its permanent home. Over the years, attendance has steadily grown: 5,000 spectators in 1994, 50,000 in 1999, 200,000 in 2007, reaching the historic record of 346,000 festival-goers in 2023.
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Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .
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