La Route du Rock 2009

The cobbled fort town of Saint Malo, Brittany in France hosts this electic alternative music festival. The nineteenth edition of the festival runs from Thursday the 14th to Saturday the 16th of August.

The three 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.

Acts confirmed are as follows:
Friday:
Castle stage: My Bloody Valentine, Tortoise, The Horrors, A Place To Bury Strangers, Deerhunter, Crystal Stilts.
Palais Sony Ericsson stage: Marissa Nadler, Mark Kozelek.
Beach stage: The Delano Orchestra, Kütu Folk DJ set, Ethel.

Saturday:
Castle stage: The Kills, Peaches (with Sweet Machine), Camera Obscura, Four Tet, St. Vincent, Papercuts.
Palais Sony Ericsson stage: Forest Fire, The Present.
Beach stage: The Patriotic Sunday, Collectif-Effervescence DJ set, Ethel.

Sunday:
Castle stage: Dominique A, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Simian Mobile Disco (live), Bill Callahan, Autokratz.
Palais Sony Ericsson stage: Gang Gang Dance, Telepathe.
Beach stage: That Summer, Talitres DJ set, Ethel.

A three day ticket which enables access to all venues is priced at 94 Euros in advance. To buy electronic tickets, click here.

There will be more information here when available.

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