Postponed once, not twice. Canceled last year, even if its organizers had long hoped for its maintenance, the Watts festival in Bar will indeed take place in 2021, at the Château de Marbeaumont in Bar-le-Duc. With even one more evening: three, from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 August, against two until then. “The technique will be in place, it doesn’t add a huge production cost. »And it’s a nice way to celebrate the 10e editing.
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Its programming was only recently broadcast, much later than usual. “It is adapted to health conditions, there is no mega headliner,” said Thierry Guigné, programmer at the organizing association Be Real. Delaying the announcement as much as possible made it possible “to move forward quietly” and above all to allow oneself some freedom in relation to the latest government bonds. Also in relation to the artists’ bias: if some waited to be able to go back on stage, others preferred to wait to go back on tour or have, in terms of cachet, maintained their claim. “Two months ago, we were not well advanced. We left with only one group per evening, with the audience seated. “The evolution of the situation has made it possible to set up a festival more in keeping with the idea that one has of it,” with a festive program “.
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“We come back to the essence of the festival”
How do you qualify it with just one word? “Eclectic”, assumes Thierry Guigné. Watts à Bar really wants to be the meeting place for current music, without favoring one genre over another. No “slightly mythical” groups like Trust (2017), Les Négresses verte (2018) or Le Bal des enrrages (2019), “we come back to the essence of the festival which was the promotion of groups in development. “. Little known, but which can potentially put “a good slap” to those who see them for the first time on stage.
This is often the effect felt by music fans who discover Fire! Chatterton; Thierry Guigné confirms having attended his performance at the Bourges Festival in June. It will be the headliner of the festival, to be seen on Saturday. Thierry Guigné speaks of “a more electro and disco evening”, recommends Onyvaa, an American DJ and producer who has attended the biggest festivals on the planet.
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“It’s all public, accessible”
The day before, two golden generations of French hip-hop will follow one another. After those of Neg’Marrons, we know them since the 90s, we will discover Josman, a rapper in full rise followed by 1.2 million listeners on the Spotify streaming platform. We do not omit the Barisien Benjamin Epps, that the magazine “Les Inrockuptibles” did not hesitate to present as the future of French rap: Bar-le-Duc is one of the many dates he will be doing this summer and then to autumn. “Normal that we take it here.” ”
On Thursday, we will appreciate the return of Java, which has not toured for 10 years, and its rap musette. In a completely different genre, we will like the set of DJ Guts, quite simply one of the founders of Alliance Ethnik, which now offers more instrumental albums as a solo artist. Also not to be missed are the reggaemen Pierpoljak and Daddy Mory.
“It’s all public, accessible. Young and old alike will recognize themselves there, ”promises Thierry Guigné. It is also the spirit of Watts at Bar.
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