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Festival Cric Crac 2026

  • Atelier
  • Danse
  • Fête - Festival
  • Musique
  • Spectacle

For twelve days, the association Cric Crac Compagnie invites the public to discover or rediscover its musical and festive universe through a rich and friendly program combining balls, concerts, collective creations and workshop restitutions.
The festival showcases a wide variety of musical practices, from traditional repertoires to the most contemporary forms. Traditional music, contemporary music, original creations and collective projects intersect over the proposed appointments.
On the agenda:

• June 12: PunkTrad Ball with Jack Larrache at 7:30 p.m. in the courtyard of Ferme Saint-Sauveur

On the border between tradition and modernity, the duo Jack Larrache will invest the courtyard of the Ferme Saint-Sauveur for a ball with explosive sounds. A children’s ball with trombones, hurdy-gurdies, accordions, bagpipes, violins and flutes. Price: €5. Booking: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/cric-crac/evenements/bal-avec-jack-larrache

• June 13 and 14: "ensemble play and creation" workshop with Camille Raibaud

The association Cric Crac is offering an internship dedicated to collective practice and musical creation on June 13 and 14, 2026. This educational event is intended for musicians (all instrumentalists) wishing to deepen their listening and their ability to arrange in a group.
Presentation of the internship
Under the direction of Camille Raibaud, this workshop explores the mechanisms of ensemble music. The goal is to transform an individual practice into a coherent collective experience, by working on the arrangement, dynamics and structure of the pieces.
The internship will end with a professional situation: the interns will be the first part of the Raibaud/Tanghe ball on Sunday evening at 6:30 pm.
Saturday, June 13: from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 14: from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Workshop open to all instruments. A minimum autonomy on the instrument is necessary to fully enjoy the teaching. It is advisable to bring writing material (musical notes or text) and a recording device.
Rates: Members 2025/2026: €30 - Non-members: €45. Registrations: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/cric-crac/evenements/2026-juin-stage-jeu-d-ensemble-et-creation

• June 14: Bal Trad with the duo Raibaud / Tanghe at 6:30 p.m.

Cric Crac is pleased to welcome the Duo Raibaud / Tanghe on Sunday, June 14, 2026. This ball concert marks the culmination of a long-awaited artistic encounter by these two essential musicians of the folk scene. Price: €5. Booking: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/cric-crac/evenements/bal-raibaud-tanghe

• June 16: concert by the teaching team - open stage - Free admission

As part of the Cric Crac Festival and its theme In the sky, the courtyard of the Ferme Saint-Sauveur becomes a space for music and open-air sharing
A real open stage for young and old:
come play a piece, sing, improvise, listen or just enjoy the atmosphere.

  • The evening will be hosted by:
  • teen group games
  • adult group games
  • the ukulele workshops
    and a few pieces of Racines Nomads, the group formed by Cric Crac’s teaching team.
    Everyone brings their picnic, their instrument, their voice or just their desire to be there. A simple, joyful and friendly evening under the sky in the courtyard of Ferme Saint-Sauveur

• June 18: "La Bricole – The songs forbidden from the port of Boulogne" concert starting at 6 p.m.

An immersion in the maritime history of our region. The duo La Bricole invests the Ferme Saint-Sauveur to give voice to the "strong heads" of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer through a repertoire of forgotten and forbidden songs.
Price: 5€ - Reservation: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/cric-crac/evenements/concert-la-bricole

• June 19: talk-show with Maxime Chevrier starting at 7:15 p.m. - Free

An exceptional evening dedicated to history and oral transmission on Friday, June 19, 2026. Through his talk-show, the storyteller and musician Maxime Chevrier plunges us into the fascinating world of the popular violin.
On registration: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/cric-crac/evenements/causerie-spectacle-avec-maxime-chevrier

• June 20: closing ball with Valérie Imbert and Maxime Chevrier - starting at 7 p.m.

The evening will be hosted by Valérie Imbert and Maxime Chevrier. Together, they deploy a communicative energy in the service of dance. Their musical complicity, forged by an in-depth knowledge of traditional repertoires, promises a dance that is both rhythmic, nuanced and accessible to all, beginners as well as experienced.
Price: 5€ - Upon reservation: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/cric-crac/evenements/bal-avec-valerie-imbert-et-maxime-chevrier
More information: https://criccrac.fr/programme-festival-2026/

Festival Cric Crac 2026

Information

Dates and hours
12 - 20 June
  • June 2026
    Friday 12
    19:30 - 23:00
    Saturday 13
    14:00 - 18:00
    Sunday 14
    10:00 - 12:30
    14:00 - 17:00
    18:30 - 22:00

    Tuesday 16
    19:00 - 22:00
    Thursday 18
    18:00 - 20:00
    Friday 19
    19:00 - 23:00
    Saturday 20
    19:00 - 23:00
Tariffs
Some animations are not free.
Place
53 Av. du Bois, 59650 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
59491 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Location accessibility
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