Every year on Ascension weekend, Leucate Village transforms itself into an open-air theater, with the streets alive with brass bands, magic, orchestras, bodegas, music, theater, folklore and children’s entertainment!
Sol Y Fiesta in pictures
It's party time on Ascension Day!
2 exceptional days of festivities
Enjoy two exceptional days of festivities in the heart of Leucate Village. Music and theater companies from all over the world have been coming together for this extraordinary festival for over 20 years. The festivities begin at 6pm, with street parades and concerts to delight young and old alike. As the day draws to a close, it’s time for a night of entertainment, each more grandiose than the last. One event follows another, and no two are alike! Come and enjoy unforgettable experiences with family and friends.
The program
For 2 days, it’s a feast for the eyes and ears on every street corner in Leucate Village! Fanfares, batucadas, dance, choirs, folklore, theater and parades await you!
This group of 7 musicians will take you on an itinerary of festive, livelymusic with a southern accent!
Come and enjoy festive music for all ages with the Harmonie Leucatoise, directed by Lionel Torra, from Leucate’s municipal music school!
The Batucada class from Leucate, led by Christian Ky, will be bringing the house down! Follow the tempo and let your body express itself as they play!
Enjoy tunes from yesteryear and today performed by Leucate’s accordion class, directed by Cécile Camarasa!
Who hasn’t dreamed of an explosive cocktail of mayhem, disorder, madness, batucada explosions, fiery energy and crazy musicians ? Get ready for 100% OAI Spirit !
Fierce dignity. Untamed elegance. The city is a jungle. The fauna has undermined itself. The jungle beat sounds, all the monkeys are stirring. On the dance floor, the great lion emerges in a trance and starts to roar.
Don Quixote de la Mancha, lead character in a musical? The Grooms have done it! Trading in their instruments for helmets, they set out in search of injustices to correct.
As you stroll through the streets, you’ll come across the E-CRIEURS d’AMOUR singers aboard their TRIBORDEUR. In their cheerful and inspiring company, write your own love message throughout the festival.
This urban brass band reconciles comedy and musical excellence in a festive, funny and wacky atmosphere! A surreal pocket orchestra with a brilliant, offhand comic-theatrical verve!
The Grooms are masters of artistic imposture, with “baron“, an accomplice hidden in the crowd who never reveals his true identity. Can you recognize them before they appear?
A vintage flea market, “ movie faces” and a singer with a devastating wit… La Camelote unpacks its stall of tunes from yesteryear and offers you anecdotes and dusted off French songs.
Playing on interactions, La Complet’Mandingue has young and old singing along to intoxicating tunes inspired by pop icons and traditional West African music, and groovy, funky refrains.
A hybrid musical machine whose aesthetic is furiously inspired by the agricultural machinery of the Roaring Twenties. Wild rhythms (Rock – Reggae – Blues), electric concert & popular ball…
For 20 years, the Tchovènes of the Bal Tralalaïtou have been travelling the world, sharing the culture and traditions of their homeland, Tchévonie: music, dance, cuisine, festivities and sharing! 20 years, 2 decades… A time to mark and celebrate. A high point. Music everywhere! For the past 20 years, the Bal Tralalaïtou has offered a journey between northern Moldavia and western France.
The great Professor Jean and his assistant Jean (a former forensic pathologist) have been approached to head up the research for this urban safari. For our two companions, your everyday life will become their adventure! Backed by dodos, this expedition will roam the cities in search of new tribes…
The ladies from EHPAD des Mots Bleus are shattering the walls of the institution. Wired from all sides, they take to the streets in music, with the joyful determination to put old people back in the public eye.
The daily grind! For months now, colored shadows have been stealthily crossing the courtyard of building C and making their way towards the garage… From little bumps to big ducks, little by little, the tohu-bohu of the beginning is becoming organized and becoming music. In other words, this whim has become a reality!
But what is this intriguing fanfare of colorful costumes? If you cross their path, don’t turn away… just follow in their wake. The question is, who’s leading the dance?
Les Z’improvistes is a hsitorical peña with a Basque-Landes repertoire: 10 musicians with 10 years’ experience! A peña full of music and good humor for an inimitable atmosphere.
Les Po’Boys offer a Brass Band in its purest form: rhythmic vitality, lyricism, unsuspected warmth, disconcerting airs of freedom and contagious energy.
Four musician-characters perched on a URO (Unidentified Rolling Object) nicknamed ” the Karriole “, roll out their joyful music with humor and poetry.
Where do we eat?
Eating out!
The festival is also a feast for the taste buds! All over Leucate Village, restaurants, bars and associations are setting up their own bodegas, so take a stroll around the village to find yours!