PARTENAIRE
The Marsinne Folk Festival is organized by the non-profit organisation «Musiques et Traditions» since 1992. This three-day long Folk Festival features balls, concerts, dancing workshops, a free stage, sessions, street and puppet theatre, as well as a market for instrument makers and craftsmen.
Whether you are an experienced dancer, an enthusiastic music lover or a one-day passer-by, this is the place to be if you want to indulge in traditional music in a peaceful and easily accessible setting. Expect to find a friendly and family-oriented festival with a unique atmosphere and set in a spectacular location. When it is not on one of the three stages, musicians play spontaneously together, in the middle of the public or in the craft market.
The lovely surroundings of the Marsinne castle-farm offer a unique atmosphere to the festival. We invite you to discover and enjoy what the oldest festival of traditional music Wallonia has to offer!
More information (FR) on www.folkfestivalmarsinne.be
gare la plus proche
By train: Andenne station.
Itinéraire vers le point de RDV
The meeting point is at the Andenne train station on 4 September at about 4:30 pm.
The two well-connected cities near Heron are Namur and Liège, where there are bus connections to these cities. The nearest train station to the Festival is Andenne. Train timetables on: https://www.belgiantrain.be/fr
By plane: the nearest international airports are Brussels (Zaventem) or Brussels-Charleroi (note that the latter is in the city of Charleroi). Coming from Brussels-Charleroi airport, it takes about 1h45 to reach Andenne station. It is the same time from Zaventem airport.
Use google maps.
Informations supplémentaires
The language of the workcamp is English. Basics of French are useful but not necessary.
Remarques
• This workcamp requires hard physical efforts at some moments and an active participation and involvement of volunteers during the workcamp, due to the deadlines set for the good progress of the festival. Volunteers are asked to prove a strong interest for the thematic of the festival. There will be 3 free days during the workcamp: two days during and one day after the festival.
• It is also important to take into account the fact that the organisation of a festival might be subject to last minutes changes or unforeseen events (for example: the truck to unload doesn’t show up at the predicted time, a technical issue will delay the assembly of a stage,...). We are therefore expecting volunteers to be flexible and understanding in this kind of situation.
• Please bring good working shoes, gloves, clothes that can get dirty and a raincoat in case of rainy weather (+ sleeping bag & mattress). If you have a music instrument or juggling material, feel free to bring it! and your dancing outfit!
• One or two evening will be organize to initiate volunteers to folk dances.
• We aim to encourage the participation of refugees living in Belgium on this workcamp
The castle-farm of Marsinne, built in the XII century, is located in the old village of Couthuin (Commune of Héron), in the Province of Liège in Wallonia in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium. The site of the festival is about 10km away from the city of Huy and 40km away from the city of Liège. The caste-farm hosts also a brewery that produce a craft beer: the «Léopold 7».
