Music events Loire-Atlantique

Every Thursday in July and August in front of the collegiate, animation in the heart of the medieval city. Discovery of music with different styles and styles.

Hellfest is THE meeting place for metal, hardcore and punk music in France, with a reputation that extends far beyond the borders of France. At the end of June each year, the festival welcomes more and more people from England, Germany and elsewhere. For this fourteenth edition, the poster is appealing to fans and lovers of the genre, with groups such as Manowar, Anthrax, Gojira, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Slash, ZZ Top, Mass Hysteria, The Sisters of Mercy or King of Diamond, Ultra Vomit and Slayer to name but a few of the 150 groups programmed during the 3 days of this now emblematic festival and having contributed to developing the image of the town of Clisson, the region and more globally of the department. The name of the festival was chosen in reference to another festival of the same style created in the United States. With more than fifty thousand festival-goers each year and the presence of internationally renowned cult groups, Hellfest has established itself as one of the main European music festivals and one of the main cultural events in France.

In July, this festival brings together harmonies and communal music from 8 to 10 communes of Loire-Atlantique and Vendée.