10 Best Performing Arts in Brittany, France

During July and August, stretches of the Clair de Lune promenade become a nighttime son-et-lumière wonderland, thanks to spotlights and recorded music.

July and August bring a two-month-long religious music festival, the Festival de Musique Sacrée.

The city hosts a weeklong festival of world folk music and dance in July.

During the first three weekends in July, Les Tombées de la Nuit (or "Nightfalls" Festival) features Celtic music, dance, and theater performances staged in the streets and in churches around town.

The famous annual international rock-and-roll festival, Les Trans Musicales, happens the first half of December in bars around town and at the Théâtre National de Bretagne.

Brittany's top classical music venue is the Opéra de Rennes.

In summer, assorted performances are staged at the Théâtre Chateaubriand.

Nantes's principal concert hall was built in 1788, ravaged by fire in 1796, and rebuilt by the grace of Emperor Napoléon I in 1811. Today it’s home to the acclaimed Angers Nantes Opéra.

A range of performances are staged at the Théâtre National de Bretagne.

An informal "speakeasy," Univers has live jazz concerts the first and third Wednesday of the month—and 60 brands of whiskey every day.