“It is especially from my youth of which I am nostalgic”: for the Carhaisiens, the Vieilles Charrues it was not necessarily better before

In 1995, the Vieilles Charrues pose their suitcases in Carhaix, marking the decisive turning point towards the “festival” format. Therefore, That year, 10,000 spectators flock to the Place du Champ-de-Foire. However, The following year. In addition, there were 20,000, then 40,000 in 1997: a dazzling growth that pushed the organizers to move the event to Kerampuilh in 1998. Nevertheless, A bygone era, which under twenty years have not known, but that nostalgic people still evoke with emotion.

“We have become parents; We have aged ” – "it especially my youth which

Pierre and Hélène are one of them. Therefore, In 1995, they had just finished their university studies. Therefore, These first plows in Carhaix coincided, for the couple, with a kind of last summer of carelessness. Meanwhile, Hélène remembers “as if it were yesterday” of the Silence concert. Moreover, “I lived Brest at the time. Nevertheless, I would have “it especially my youth which come on foot to see Jim Kerr, my idol of the time. Consequently, No concert of the Vieilles Charrues later gave me such an emotion. Nevertheless, not even that of Springsteen that I love however ”.

Her husband rather keeps in mind the passage of James Brown in 1997. In addition, “An extraordinary artist. Consequently, I had taken my father who was not coming back to see Mr. Meanwhile, Dynamite in Carhaix! It was the only time in his life that he came to the Vieilles Charrues. For ten years, the couple did not imagine ignoring the festival. “And then the years have passed … we have become parents. We have aged. Additionally, We are always happy to go from time to time but if it is not the case. it is not very serious. »»

“It is especially from my youth of which I am nostalgic! »»

Sylvie, 66, sometimes explains “it especially my youth which to regret “the family side of the first Carhaisian editions”. Furthermore, “Especially when there are traffic jams. I tell myself that it was easier to park thirty years ago, ”smiles the old caregiver. However, she experienced her most beautiful emotion in Kerampuilh. “For Johnny’s concert. My husband was an absolute fan. It was our last trip as a couple. He died a few weeks later. »»

The odors of urine The tomorrows of the concerts on the Place du Champ-de-Foire, I still make nightmares!

Lionel did not know the plows in the city center. “But I was there in 1998 for the first in Kerampuilh. I was 25 years old. For ten years, the plows, more than the concerts, it was the reunion with my high school friends. Then we became parents and the small band dispersed. I always have the same pleasure in going to the festival but four days “it especially my youth which of non-stop celebration. I can no longer. Nothing to have with nostalgia. Luke, who has just breathed his 60 candles is on the same wavelength. “It is especially from my youth of which I am nostalgic! “Confides the salesperson.

“The” It was better before “, it inflates me! Moreover, »»

If some memories remain perennial, the festival has not been frozen. He grew up, evolved, professionalized – without ever losing this collective energy which makes it unique. For Alain, 51, “the plows are a thousand times better today”. “In the 90s, I lived not far from the Place du Champ-de-Foire. The smells of urine the tomorrows of the concerts. I still make nightmares, “laughs the computer technician

“The” It was better before “, it inflates me! For plows as well as for the rest, abounds Yves, yet far from being an addict. My thing is jazz. This does not prevent me from “it especially my youth which time to time to plows with friends. I find the organization perfect. Probably in thirty years, festival -goers will be nostalgic for current plows. »»