LA ROUTE DU ROCK FESTIVAL 2010 is GO!

France’s premier summer music festival La Route Du Rock will take place this coming August 13-15th 2010.

This 20th birthday of the festival has a characteristically daring lineup of internationally renowned artists, including Massive Attack, The Flaming Lips, The National, Caribou, Liars and Owen Pallett.

Held in and around the beautiful walled seaside city of St. Malo on Brittany’s Emerald Coast, La Route Du Rock has seen headline sets from Sonic Youth, Portishead, PJ Harvey, The Cure, Sigur Ros, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, TV On The Radio and Tindersticks in recent years, and always has a great international supporting bill of up-and-coming bands. With a beach stage in the daytime and a spectacular castle stage by night, La Route Du Rock mixes amazing lineups with a truly stunning setting.

Over the years, La Route du Rock has carved out a place in the cultural landscape of European festivals, becoming an unmissable summer gathering for curious, open minded festival goers who are eager for exciting sounds.

Thirty bands will perform in three amazing venues on the glorious Emerald Coast:

– Beach stage: the days begin with concerts and downtempo mixes on one of the most beautiful beaches in Saint-Malo. – Casino stage: an amazing, intimate theatre venue in the Sony Erikson branded Palais Du Grand Large. – Castle stage: the nights step up a gear at the spectacular Fort de Saint-Pere, an 18th Century Vauban castle.

St. Malo is easily accessible by ferry from Poole on the south coast – with discounts available for UK festival goers.

Friday 13 August 2010

Main stage “Le Fort de Saint-P