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Festival August 21, 2026 → August 23, 2026

36th Flobart Festival

Festival August 21, 2026 → August 23, 2026

About the event

On August 21, 22, and 23, 2026, Wissant will be transformed into a seaside stage. Three days of music, sea shanties, flobart exhibitions, and street parades. Local artists, such as Krab Mango, Apolline Lannoy, Les Vareuses Porteloises, Foggy Dudes, Chiens d’Mer, Ta Gran’Mer, Noémie Fourny, and Les Soleils Boulonnais, will liven up the evenings.

Visitors will discover maritime crafts, local cuisine, a sailors’ mass, the blessing of the flobarts on the beach, a boat launch with Boulogne horses, and a closing karaoke session. The festival promises a total immersion in the traditions and warm hospitality of the Opal Coast.

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