At the beginning of July, the town of Hendaye in France begins to resonate with a thousand guitar chords... What is happening? There is the metronome of the waves, the ocean that sets the tempo, the children running on the sand shouting with joy, and suddenly the six-strings of our souls begin to vibrate: it's Guitaralde!
Robben Ford will perform in an original power-trio format, with the Honnet brothers (Davy at the drums, and Anthony on Hammond organ).
Since 2012, when the festival was created, all guitarists and guitar lovers have gathered there to roll up their sleeves around Jean-Marie Ecay, its artistic director. Rock, blues, jazz, pop, bossa, classical, folk, flamenco… The small Basque town, pinched between the French thumb and the Spanish index finger, has no more borders than music.
Ideal sounding board: sand or sound, in Hendaye, the beaches work wonders. Because now, for a few days, they open their arms wide to welcome the fine flower of regional, national and international instrumentalists: the heart is on vacation!
An unmissable event for all music lovers, eager to start the summer in the warmth of a friendly festival, which asserts itself year after year as the essential crossroads of one of the flagship instruments of music.
With Guitaralde, at the beginning of July, it's time to set your watch on the meridian of guitars.