Every year, the Zef & Mer festival lays the groundwork for summer festivals by getting the party started… in winter! The festival aims to create a stage, springboard and platform for innovative, risk-taking and creatively daring bands from Brittany. The artists invited are often young, steeped in tradition, but also open to other influences and musical styles. Once again this year, the types of music presented are surprising, colourful, varied, different and yet somehow complementary. Headliners for 2020 include Castor et Pollux, Faest, Kaolila, Le Gall-Carré / Moal trio, Lina Bellard, O’Tridal and Matao Rollo.

Each band will have 20 minutes to play some of their latest songs. Zef & Mer is an opportunity for them to play their work in front of an audience and to observe its reactions. The festival also aims to convince professionals from the performance sector to include these new artists in their programmes, in front of large audiences, to promote the dynamic and eclectic Breton scene, which is always looking for new ideas and other creative traditions with which it can engage and experiment.