Belle & Sebastian, La Femme, and Tindersticks for La Route du Rock

La Route du Rock 2016

Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th August 2016
St Malo, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine, France MAP
£75 for a 3 day ticket with camping

Daily capacity: 25,000

Last updated: Mon 1st Aug 2016

Belle & Sebastian, La Femme, and Tindersticks lead the first acts for Brittany's eclectic alternative music festival La Route du Rock. The 26th edition of the festival runs from Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th of August 2016.

Also confirmed are Battles, Minor Victories, Lush, Suuns, Kevin Morby, Julia Holter, Haelos, Rival Consoles, Fat White Family, Fidlar, Sleaford Mods, The Field, Gold Panda, La Colonie De Vacances, Requin Chagrin, Halo Maud, and Aquagascallo.

The four day festival takes place in and around a seaside town in Brittany, with the main stage in the ruins of an old French castle. A ferry ride across the Channel. The festival will play host to thirty fresh and largely undiscovered acts. The event lasts three days, attracts around twenty five thousand festival goers, and promises bands and musicians on three stages.

The cobbled fort town of Saint Malo, Brittany in France hosts The Soft Moon, Thurston Moore Band, Hinds, Ride, Daniel Avery, Algiers, The Districts, Lindstrøm, Ratatat, Kiasmos, Sun Kil Moon, Flavien Berger, Wand, Jimmy Whispers,The Notwist, Rone, Only Real, Savages, Girl Band, Viet Cong, Father John Misty, and Jungle.

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A three day ticket which enables access to all venues is priced at £71 or £75 with camping.

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