Vive La France! 2012 Line-Up Announced

18 November 2011, 14:13 | Written by The Line of Best Fit

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Earlier this week, we here at The Line of Best Fit were very excited to announce that we are partnering up with Brighton’s brilliant Melting Vinyl and the lovely folks over at the Bureau Export to bring you Vive La France! festival, taking place in Brighton town on the 26-28 January 2012. Well, now we have more exciting news, in that we can announce the acts that will be entertaining our ears and eyes at the event. Performances and DJ sets are planned from Domino’s first ever French signing Francois & the Atlas Mountains, plus shows from sultry songstress Mesparrow, Polarsets and Concrete Knives amongst many others, showing that Vive la France! has once again outdone itself in tracking down the best of new French talent for the showcase.

And if you find yourself with a spare five minutes on Saturday afternoon, why not head on down to The Green Door Store to listen to yours truly talk (rubbish) on a panel discussing the French music industry with MOJO’s Kieron Tyler and Les Inrockuptibles’ JD Beauvallet?

Click here for more information on the event, and see below for the festival’s programme.

Thursday 26 January

Francois & the Atlas Mountains, Mesparrow, Les Zuts
At The Green Door Store
Doors 7:00 pm
Price – Free

Francois & the Atlas Mountains DJ
At Plateau
Doors 11:00 pm
Price – Free

Polarsets (Kitsune), College, Air Bag One, JD the DJ (Les Inrocks)
At The Hope
Doors 8:00 pm
Price £5 / £6

Friday 27 January

Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Straws, Justine Taton, Sing Sing My Darling, Transformer DJs (French Connection)
At The Green Door Store
Doors 7:00 pm
Price – Free

Turzi, Concrete Knives, Halfway (French Connection), L’Amour Electronique DJs
At The Hope
Doors 8:00 pm
Price £5 / £6

Melanie Pain & Phoebe Killdeer (Nouvelle Vague) DJs
At Plateau
Doors 11:59 pm
Price – Free

Saturday 28 January

Open Discussions on the French Music Industry
Featuring JD Beauvallet (Les Inrockuptibles), Francine Gorman (The Line of Best Fit) and Kieron Tyler (MOJO)
At The Green Door Store
Doors 2:00 pm
Price – Free

Late Night Screening of Amelie, with Live Performance from Melanie Pain (Nouvelle Vague)
At Duke of Yorks Picturehouse
Doors 11:00 pm
Price £7 / £8

L’Amour Electronique
At Plateau
Doors 11:59 pm
Price – Free