• Programme & Venues
  • The Bands
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The Street Festival takes place on Wednesday evening and Friday lunchtime, where bands play the terraces of the bars and restaurants around the town centre.
2 other off site concerts in venues around the town, in private locationss are open to the public.
All Street Festival concerts are free
If you wish to eat during the Street Festival, best to reserve. Phones numbers are given. 
STREET FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 2023
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Restaurant & venue guide
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Bars & restaurants for concerts
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Other venues nos. 6 & 7 on map
BLUEGRASS DELUXE (FRA)
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Friday, Brasserie Mino
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4 veteran Bluegrass musicians come together from several different national and international bands over the years to produce a repertoire of mostly traditional Bluegrass played with instrumental dexterity and great harmony singing.
Jean Marie Troupeau (Voc, Gtr), Tristan de Sainte Foy (Voc, Fdl), Gérard Vandestoke (Voc, Bs), Claude Rossat (Voc, Bjo)
BLUE LASS (GBR)
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Wendesday, Brasserie Mino
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This 5-piece band from the north of England plays a combination of original and traditional bluegrass and old-time songs. Their music has a raw and organic sound and their sets range from energetic instrumentals to moody songs which transport the listener with their stories.
Philippa Ogden (Voc, Fdl), Abbey Thomas (Voc, Mdn), Ruth Eliza (Bjo), TBC (Bs), Max Vizard (Gtr
B. CARDINEAU BAND (FR/US)
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Wednesday, La Gavroche & Café de la Poste & Thursday Foyer des Rocailles
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Raised half in the United States and half in France, Jean-Baptiste Cardineau has taken his guitar, mandolin and songs to some of the biggest bluegrass stages in the world and gained many fans with his iconic delivery, tender songwriting, and old timey sensibilities. This trio is planning to unleash the heavy bluegrass picking artillery.
Baptiste Cardineau (Voc, Gtr, Mdn), Frank Soucy (Gtr), Jonathan Sunshine (Bs
COW COMINO TRAIN (FRA)
Friday, Le Petit Café
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From the Lyon region of France, these four women with a passion for American roots music cover and modernise tradtional Bluegrass standards using shades from country, folk and blues. They use their voices and instruments to create the sounds of far off empty plains with joyous, rhythmic instrumentals or 4-part harmony songs

Myriam (Mdn, Fdl, Gtr), Noémie (Bs), Caroline (Gtr, Bjo), Coraly (Hmc
DAISY  BELLE (FRA)
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Friday, EPSM
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This trio, formed in 2018 around a repertoire that goes from swing to jazz via Bluegrass and French “chanson”, performs on a regular basis around its native Normandy and beyond.
Hervé Lascaux (Voc, Bjo, Mdn), Isabelle Lascaux (Voc, Bs),  Thierry Sicard (Voc, Gtr)
FIDDLE LEAVES (FRA)
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Wednesday, Le Grain de Folie
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The Fiddle Leaves sap rises from the roots of American acoustic music tradition up to form new branches. Their repertoire of Bluegrass, Old Time and Americana music is full of warmth and emotion echoing in the woods of the fiddle, mandolin, bass, banjo and guitar.
Nathalie Tournier (Voc, Fdl, Bs), Thomas Marinello (Voc, Mdn, Gtr), Ti' Pierre (Voc, Bjo, Mdn, Gtr, Fdl)
FIVE & DIME (FRA)
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Wednesday, Bistro Tokyo & Efsan Kebab
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The Five & Dime trio play a repertoire of original songs from the Bluegrass, Blues, Folk and Old Time traditions. The members also share a love of the mountains where they take their music (and their instruments) on trekking concerts. Their first album “Viriginia Hills” was released in 2022 and the music and composing continues … 
GRASSY STRINGS (IND)
Wednesday, Noor Jahan, Friday, Le Grain de Folie. Also playing the Lunchtime Stage on Saturday
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This is the first band from India at La Roche. The guitar-mandolin duo play excellent covers of Bluegrass standards and compose their own material. This is their first time performing outside India and spending time in an all Bluegrass environment. It is an honour for us. Please make them welcome!
​Souvik Hazra (Voc, Gtr), Subhankar Dhar (Mdn)
THE HOGRANCH (GBR)
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Friday, Bistro Tokyo & Efsan Kebab
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The Bristol based band has been playing together for many years, including festivals in the UK, the USA and The Netherlands and the Edinburgh Fringe.  They play a mixture of Bluegrass, Americana and personal compositions with an emphasis on story songs.  Much of their work features all four voices with a variety of harmony mixes.
Keith Howard (Voc, Gtr), Sean Hogan (Voc, Bjo), Bob (Chilli) Pepper (Voc, Mdn), Deb Howard (Voc, Bs)
OFF LIMITS STRING BAND (FRA)
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Wednesday, Le Point Rouge
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Off limits SB is a fusion between musicians from the Fabulous All Strings Band raging for 15 years in the Hauts de France and in the Vexin and Alsatian musicians met over the years of festivals. They play mostly traditional Bluegrass for the pleasure of sharing. 
PONIXPRESS 2.0 (FRA)
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Wednesday, Le Petit Café
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This band was active in the Lyon-Alps region back in the 80s and 90s. They decided to get back together after meeting up at the festival in 2022. The chemistry is still there and it is a joy to be playing at Bluegrass in La Roche more than 24 years after their last gig!
Patrick Brunet (Voc, Bjo), Christopher Howard-Williams (Voc, Gtr), Jean-François Ouvrier (Bs) Jean-Martin Simon (Dbr)
THAT'S ALL FOLK (FRA)
Friday, Le Point Rouge
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That’s All Folk have played over 400 shows over 10 years around the French Alps. From the Tarentaise area the band plays a repertoire of traditional Bluegrass and Folk music.
Adrien Garlin (Voc, Gtr), Laurent Chicoisne (Bjo), Michael Clement (Bs)
TRI LOGIS (FRA)
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Wednesday, La Brasserie Rochoise - Friday, Noor Jahan
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Three musicians who have been coming and performing at Bluegrass in La Roche since the beginning (Watson Bridge and Chapeau de Paille) come together to bring you a tasty repertoire of French “chansons” full of tenderness and humour.
Christophe Constantin (Voc, Mdn), Jean-Paul Delon (Voc, Bs), Isabelle Groll (Voc, Gtr)