The award winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing it’s hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences.
Featuring button accordion, guitar and fiddle, the band’s sound is defined by the hurdy-gurdy, which adds an earthy, rough-hewn flavor to even the most buoyant dance tunes.” — Boston Herald
Since its inception in August 2002, Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed meteoric success, performing well over 2,000 concerts over five continents and racking up several prestigious awards, including a Grand Prix du Disque Charles Cros, two Junos (Canada’s Grammys), a Félix at ADISQ, a Canadian Folk Music Award, and “Artist of the Year” at the North American Folk Alliance Annual Gala.
The group exhibits great finesse and flexibility, appearing regularly on Canadian, American, French, and UK television and radio, and participating in a wide variety of special musical projects. They’ve collaborated and performed with a diverse range of artists including: Harry Manx, Väsen, Dervish, The Chieftains, Breton musical pioneer Yann-Fañch Kemener, Québecois roots legend and master storyteller Michel Faubert, the Scottish folk band Breabach, singer Julie Fowlis, and the trans-Mediterranean ensemble Constantinople.
Not content with standard approaches to tradition, Le Vent du Nord has also created a symphonic concert that, according to Voir Montreal, “puts all traditional folk naysayers to shame.”
On stage these friends create intense, joyful and dynamic live performances that expand the bounds of tradition in striking global directions. This is the modern sound of tradition, a music of the here and now.
April 2019
Le Vent du Nord
Thu 4. Union Chapel Compton Terrace, Islington, London N1 2XD
Tel: 020 7226 1686 Tickets £18.00 -- Doors 7:00 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Fri 5. Mid Border Arts Market Hall & Assembly Rooms, Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Wales LD8 2AD
Tel : 01544 267163 Tickets £12.00 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Sat 6. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Music Room) Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 9BP
Tel: 0151 709 3789 Tickets £21.00 & £19.00 Doors 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Sun 7. The Stoller Hall Hunts Bank, Manchester, Greater Manchester M3 1DA
Tel: 0333 130 0967 Tickets £20.00 -- Doors 7:30
Le Vent du Nord
Tue 9. East Riding Theatre 10 Lord Roberts Rd, Beverley, Yorkshire HU17 9BE
Tel: 01482 874050 Tickets £17.00 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Wed 10. Djanogly Theatre Nottingham Lakeside Arts, University Park, Nottingham, E. Midlands NG7 2RD
Tel: 0115 846 7777 Tickets £18.00 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Thu 11. The Sage St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear NE8 2JR
Tel: 0191 443 4661 Tickets £17.40 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Fri 12. Saltaire Live Victoria Hall, Victoria Rd, Saltaire, Shipley, W. Yorkshire BD18 3JS
Tel: 0113 245 5570 £18.00 -- Doors 7:15 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Sat 13. Guildhall Arts Centre St Peter's Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 6PZ
Tel: 01476 406158 Tickets £15.00 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord
Sun 14. Hazlitt Theatre 36 Earl St, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1PP
Tel: 01622 758611 Tickets £15.50 -- Doors 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord Catalogue
Territoires (2019)
Le Vent Du Nord & De Temps Antan Notre Album Solo (2018)
Têtu (2015)
Tromper Le Temps (2012)
Le Vent Du Nord Symphonique (2010)
La Part Du Feu (2009)
Mesdames Et Messieurs! (2008)
Dans Les Airs (2007)
Les Amants Du Saint-Laurent (2005)
Maudite Moisson! (2003)
