Festival International spans the globe with virtual concerts
Festival International de Louisiane, a premiere international music and arts festival known for bringing a variety of unique and emerging performers to Lafayette, Louisiana, will be presented as a virtual event from Friday, April 23, to Sunday, April 25. With an emphasis on global Francophone cultures, more than 50 acts will be broadcast via Facebook Live.
“We have lined up an eclectic spectrum of artists and music,” said Lisa Stafford, programming director of Festival International, “ranging from contemporary pop, all the way down to fiddles and feet tapping.”
This second second virtual festival will boast a lineup representing a tapestry of cultural sounds and sights. The polyrhythmic, funk-melodic sounds of Cuban sensation Cimafunk are primed to please after the pandemic placed a pause on his rise to superstardom. Fest favorites and Grammy-nominated Tank and The Bangas will provide a cross-section of aural
Festival International de Louisiane announces schedule for Virtual Festival 2021
Festival International
and last updated 2021-04-13 16:54:32-04
Festival International de Louisiane has released the schedule of performances for Virtual Festival 2021, which is streaming Friday, April 23 - Sunday, April 25. Festivalâs second annual virtual edition, and 35th annual overall, will feature more than 50 original performances from artists representing more than 15 countries, interspersed with archival footage from Festivals past.
Following the traditional opening ceremony on Friday night, Virtual Festival will feature The Reminders, a hip-hip duo rising in prominence with a positive message from Belgium and the United States, and Thomas Dutronc, French jazz guitarist, vocalist and son of French icons Jacques Dutronc and Françoise Hardy.