Concerts

The festival is also a musical one thanks to the variety and richness of its programme with more than 30 rock, folk, country, bluegrass, and hard rock concerts throughout the weekend, the Canadian Music Night, the concerts in the Western & Rodeo Hall, the Roofestitours OFF festival and three exceptional headliners including ZZ TOP on Friday evening, LES INSUS (ex Telephone) on Saturday evening and BRIAN SETZER’S ROCKABILLY RIOT on Saturday evening .

AMAZING CONCERTS!

Tours Speedway outdoor stage

THE TOURS SPEEDWAY OUTDOOR STAGE

Discover our new area: the Tours Speedway outdoor stage! Installed in the centre of the track of the same name, more spacious, more comfortable, to welcome you in optimal conditions so that you enjoy those 3 outstanding concerts!

ZZ TOP CONCERT

Friday, July 7th - 10:30 pm

ZZ TOP, mythical and extravagant blues rock trio, will electrify the Speedway Tours Outdoor Stage on Friday, July 7! With their powerful vocals and sharp guitars, the legendary bearded Texan cowboy-styled Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill will turn on the power with their frenzied riffs accompanied by their drummer Franck Beard. Order 3 days PASS or Order your Daily PASS

LES INSUS CONCERT

Saturday, July 8th - 10:30 pm

True phenomenon, Les Insus will fire the American Tours Festival for an explosive concert on Saturday July 8! Jean-Louis Aubert, Louis Bertignac, Richard Kolinka and Aleksander Angelov will turn out the Tours Speedway stage as they will perform the band Telephone’s mythical hits.
Beginning at 9:20 pm, come and discover the first part: The Elder Scream and their blend of blues and rock, which will plunge you directly into the 70s.
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TROUBLE VINTAGE CONCERT

Sunday, July 9th - 6:00 pm

Since 2011, Vintage Trouble is spending extensive periods on the road and in clubs in the UK with their debut album The Bomb Shelter Sessions, that then got its break in the English charts. Their perfect blend of blues, groovy and soul-folk has quickly been noticed by the biggest names of the rock scene and notably by AC / DC who invited them to play as their last tours supporting band.
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BRIAN SETZER’S ROCKABILLY RIOT
CONCERT

Sunday, July 9th - 7:30 pm

BRIAN SETZER, iconic guitarist, songwriter and singer, is an artist whose musical styles are innovative and daring, resurrecting Rockabilly in the 80’s and Swing in the 90’s. With more than 13 million records sold and 3 Grammy Awards, he will honour us with his ROCKABILLY RIOT band with a performance on the Outdoor Scene Speedway Tours on Sunday July 9th at 7: 30 pm.

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COUNTRY CONCERTS

Country floor stage- Saturday July 8

CANADIAN NIGHT

The Canadian Music Night is an exceptional concert party initiated in 2009 by Franck Boucheraud, an internationally recognized programmer, where the best Canadian Country artists will perform exclusively to make you thrill and share their passion. More information on the Concerts page and on canadianmusicnight.fr

TRISTAN HORNCASTLE

Saturday July 8th - 9: 00 pm

Awarded “rising star” of the Canadian Country Music in 2015 at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards, Tristan Horncastle is a singer-songwriter from New Brunswick. He has already shared the stage with the biggest stars, such as Travis Tritt, Dean Brody, Joe Diffie and Leann Rime. He will be performing exclusively at Canadian Music Night and for the first time in Europe.
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PRESCOTT BROWN

Saturday July 8th - 11: 00 pm

Originally from Ottawa, through 3 generations, Prescott Brown is the most rewarded band in the history of English Canadian Country music. An impressive number of awards, more than twenty albums produced. The Prescott Brown family has travelled the whole world. A unique concert, for the first time in France and exclusively for the Canadian Music Night.
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ROCK CONCERTS

Rock & Vintage Hall

MISS DEY &THE RESIDENTS (FR)

Friday, July 7th - 9: 30 pm

Miss Dey & the Residents, a band from Nice with a 100% female repertoire, is made up of Audrey's fabulous voice and 4 musicians who have been travelling in the universe of Country, Boogie, Rock'n'Roll and Rockabilly for over 20 years. Pure happiness! More information

THE RED ROOSTERS (FR)

Friday, July 7th - 10: 15 pm

The Red Roosters is in line with the small formations of Rhythm & Blues that appeared in the 30's and 40's. His singer Richard Genipa reminds us of the blues shouters and Big Joe Turner, the main inspiration for their repertoire, who he is often compared with. More information

JOHN LEWIS TRIO (UK)

Friday, July 7th - 11: 45 pm

John Lewis, an exceptionally gifted English musician, has a perfect voice and is a great guitarist: he comes to spread the word of Carl Perkins and Eddie Cochran Rockabilly styles, with his two mates. More information

LOOLIE & THE SURFING ROGERS (FR)

Saturday, July 8th - 2: 00 pm

At the crossroads of Brenda Lee and Wanda Jackson, the charming and aggressive voice of the divine Loolie will enchant you! Accompanied by the Surfing Rogers, a Tarantino-styled band with Surf, Early Soul and Rock'n Roll sounds, you will be transported in the universe of the 60's. More information

JOHNNY TROUBLE (DE/SU)

Saturday July 8 - 3: 45 pm

Do you like Johnny Cash in his early days? Johnny Trouble is his best European representative. This German-Swiss band, whose famous Paul - organizer of the Hangar Rockin festival - is part of, has travelled all the roads that lead to Rock 'N' Roll stages. More information

LAURA B & HER BAND (UK)

Saturday July 8 - 8: 15 pm

Laura B seduces all kinds of audiences thanks to her talent and her musical choices. She will be accompanied by the best musicians of England, a group of friends who are fans of New Orleans and US Big Bands of the 40's for a unique and dynamic show. More information

GIZZELLE (USA)

Saturday July 8 - 10: 00 pm

Gizzelle is a diva of the same calibre of fabulous singers like Big Mama Thornton or even Etta James. The Wild Records label star, who's pretty sought-after by the biggest international stages, will come from Los Angeles to let you discover her talent. More information

JAKE CALYPSO & HIS RED HOT (FR)

Saturday July 8 - 11: 45 pm

1977, Elvis Presley disappeared and Jake Calypso - aged only 13 - discovered Rock'n'Roll. Since then, he has fired the world music halls and recorded at the Sun Record Studio mythical Memphis (USA) label. Born performer like his idol, you should not miss his concert under any circumstance. More information

NICO DUPORTAL & his RHYTHM DUDES (FR)

Sunday July 9 - 1: 15 pm

They spend intensive periods on the roads, go from festival to clubs in Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and California! Their arousing performances galvanize both listeners and dancers. Nico and his mates revive with ardour and style the original Rhythm & Blues and Rock'n'roll. More information

LAWEN STARK & SLIDE BOPPERS (BE)

Sunday July 9 - 2: 45 pm

In Belgium, there is good beer, but there is mostly Lawen Stark, 40's and 50's music fan, passionate DJ and creator of the group Lawen Stark & The Slide Boppers. They will come to tell you with talent the famous history of the US Rockabilly of the 50's. More information

MIKE SANCHEZ and his BAND (UK)

Sunday July 9 - 4: 00 pm

Mike Sanchez, an unparalleled pianist, frenzied killer of "Black Rhythms", is a bomb on stage. Recognized by the greatest artists in the world, he will electrify your senses, with his English band and his style Little Richard or Fats Domino-like, or other legends of the good times of the Fifties Sounds. More information

BLACK CAT JOE & MISS CORINA (FR)

Sunday July 9 - 5: 15 pm

True duet with an unusual instrumentation, Black Cat Joe & Miss Corina take you on a trip from the roots of the 30's blues to a most rousing Chuck Berry-style Rock'n'Roll Fifties. They will unleash their irresistible sound for you! More information

CONCERTS

Western & Rodéo Hall

CACTUS PICKERS

Cactus Pickers is a bluegrass & country music trio. With humour and fantasy, they hold a series of standards of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs or Jimmy Martin in bluegrass style, and of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam or Marty Stuart in country style.

RIENDANSTONFOLK

RienDansTonFolk is a folk / country music trio created at the beginning of 2012 in Bourges. They transform hits from the 70’s and 80’s into a US-style folk / country and pay tribute to the biggest names of folk-music such as Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, etc.

SLAN IRISH DANCE/ OWEN FRIEND’S

Slan Irish Dance is an Irish dancers company, they switch between frenzied sessions of tap dancing and legs straight up quite high. It is accompanied by Owen’s Friends, who explore brilliantly Celtic, Irish and Scottish music with the sounds of violin, guitar, bodhrán, flutes and whistles.

LONESOME DAY & MARY-LOU

Lonesome Day & Mary-Lou personify the perfect match between Folk, Country and Western. These two Breton bands offer an exceptional diversity of sounds when creating their songs in French. American culture and music lovers will be delighted.

Grand Hall - Parc des expositions

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