Semaine du Golfe 2025 - Locmariaquer

13th edition: a maritime heritage and culture event open to the international scene, with all the natural sites of the "Petite Mer" (Mor Bihan in Breton) taking part. A week of sea festivals, music and song.

Over a thousand traditional and classic boats, divided into 10 coherent and identifiable flotillas, sail from port to port and anchorage to anchorage. The crews maneuver in full view of the public on routes that change daily according to the tides and current reversals. Each flotilla is supervised by volunteers from the Gulf's nautical clubs and associations, who regulate movements on the water with skill and good humor.

Locmariaquer program

- Wednesday May 28, Port de Locmariaquer :
5pm to 10:30pm - Les Copains du Bord (Chantsde marins), lesFulltree (Jazz) and Raul y Manoloco (Brazil/Brittany)
- Thursday May 29, Port de Locmariaquer :
10am to 12:30pm - Kaer E Men Bro Choir and Saint-Philibert Breton dances
4pm to 10:30pm - Doon (Irish/Quebec Folk), Duo Menguy Berenguer (Irish Folk), and the Groove Boys (Festive/70s/80s revival)
-Thursday May 29 to Friday May 30, Jardin du Presbytère :
Workshops and activities for young and old
Guided tours of the Mané Rutual, Men Bronzo & Manéer Hroeck sites (AQTA and Office de Tourisme Baie de Quiberon)
On the Table des Marchands site:
Guided tours and archaeological activities on the theme of prehistoric fishing (Centre des monuments nationaux)
- Friday May 30, Port de Locmariaquer
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Sailors' songs
- Saturday May 31st - Jardin du Presbytère
8pm to 9:30pm- Altavoz (original, joyful, psychedelic music)

Other highlights :

Monday afternoon, May 26 - Opening parade.

A nautical parade opens the Semaine du Golfe on Monday: passing through the Port-Navalo lighthouse, the parade gets underway in the late afternoon. All the boats present will join the Grands Voiliers flotilla off Méaban, then take to the Grand Chenal to accompany them as they enter the Gulf.

Saturday afternoon, May 31 - Grand Parade

This is the high point of the event, and the real "grand nautical spectacle"! The parade brings together all the flotillas and tall ships, which until now have sailed separately, for a majestic sail from Quiberon Bay to the heart of the Gulf.
At the end of the morning, with the ebb tide, the boats converge on the exit of the Gulf, taking up position across the Méabans, and when the current reversal is well established, they enter the gully between Locmariaquer and Port Navalo. The parade fleet, exclusively reserved for boats registered for the "Semaine du Golfe", is structured into 4 groups, each framed by 2 spectacular sailing boats, one opening the route and serving as a landmark for the smaller boats, the other closing the march.

19 associated communes:
Arradon - Arzon - Auray - Baden - Crac'h - Île aux Moines - Île d'Arz - Larmor-Baden - Le Bono - Le Hézo - Locmariaquer - Plougoumelen - Sarzeau - Séné -Saint-Armel - Saint-Gildas de Rhuys - Vannes . New: Houat and Hoedic.

See the full program in PDF.