Marciac Travel Guide

  Madeleine Peyroux
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  • Madeleine Peyroux
      Madeleine Peyroux
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  • Off festival stage
      Off festival stage
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  • Restaurant on the village place
      Restaurant on the village place
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  • Singing
      Singing
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  • Sunset on cornfields
      Sunset on cornfields
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Women voices (2)

Women voices (2), Marciac

 kokoryko Says:  Dianne Reeves is a strong woman and her voice fits to her appearance. I am not a music critic, just a listener and can tell I had a wonderful evening; she was in Marciac two times before and loved to perform in front of a public she likes and who likes her! It was a great... 

Women voices (1)

Women voices (1), Marciac

 kokoryko Says:  That night I wanted to listen to women voices and there were two artists there, first Madeleine Peyroux. Despite her name she is American but communicated in French with the public. One hour songs, guitars, percussions. . . here is a sample of what she sings and if you want... 

On the way to the rugby field

On the way to the rugby field, Marciac

 kokoryko Says:  The main event of the evening will begin soon, and it is time to leave the shade of the arcades on the main village place (Picture1). You walk past the church of the village, surrounded by comfortable and appealing green grass; some “festivaliers” will not go to the main... 

Off festival

Off festival, Marciac

 kokoryko Says:  As written above, the off festival is attended by amateur or less known musicians and groups; but some of them are very good and for dinner it makes a difficult choice: you have to look at the menu and listen to the musicians; if the musicians you like are in a place where... 

Arrive there in late afternoon

Arrive there in late afternoon, Marciac

 kokoryko Says:  As the festival takes place in July, there is daylight till 9:30 pm, and the main shows on stage do not begin before; There is plenty of time for a walk in the small streets, have a look at what shops have on sale for the special festival days, listen to the musicians on the... 

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Countryside and village

Countryside and village, Marciac

 kokoryko Says:  The green countryside of Gers is really pleasant, with its little fields, small woods, small villages, skies, well, rural life in general; small hills, lakes, villages appearing at the turn of the road, it is like all had been done for the pleasure of the eyes.In Marciac... 

Marciac is not the end of the world!

Marciac is not the end of the world!, Marciac

 kokoryko Says:  In Marciac are jazz lovers and their website has lots of information about what happens round the year in the Marciac musical world; there are even music courses (telephone: 05 62 09 39 55) for children in this 1200 inhabitants village. . . The municipality website] offers... 

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 As the festival takes place in July, there is daylight till 9:30 pm, and the main shows on stage do not begin before; There is plenty of time for a walk in the... 

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Jazz in Marciac

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 This festival takes place every year in the small village of Marciac in the Gers depertment in France, not far from Pau or Toulouse; this festival is less known than Montreux (Switzerland) or Vienne... 

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