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The Printemps de Bourges is a music festival, started in 1977 by Jean Christophe Dechico (director of the Maison de la Culture at the time), Alain Meilland (actor and singer) and Daniel Colling (music booking agent). Despite a recurrent lack of profitability, the city of Bourges continues to host the music festival to this day (as of December 2004), even though a recurrent financial deficit spelled its doom many times. Daniel Colling is the current director.

The music festival

Only a few well known musicians and comedians come the festival. The most interesting characteristic of the PdB are the new talents : many famous bands made their first major concerts in Bourges. The appeal of the event is focused on inexpensive tickets and up-and-coming performances. The artists are classified by genre on the program. The event is held in the city centre (most events are at walking distance from each other) for 4 to 7 days.

Free events : Apart from the numerous food & clothes stalls, there are 3 or 4 open air stages where bands perform for free. Potential performers are permitted to perform on one of the stages with a request only a few days (or hours, depending on availability) in advance. The music played on these stages is often quite varied, and sometimes eclectic. Local bars host bands during the event as well, even though most bars in Bourges are quite modest in size. For more info on the current event, please check the official website.

Related web sites

[1] Official site (in French)

[2] How it all started (in French)

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 == Quick history ==
-The Printemps de Bourges was started in 1977 by Jean Christophe Dechico (director of the [[Maison de la Culture]] at the time),Alain Meilland (actor and singer) and Daniel Colling (music booking agent). The city of [[Bourges]] is still hosting this music festival when this article was written ( December 2004), even though a recurrent financial deficit spelled its doom many times.
+The Printemps de Bourges is a music festival, started in [[1977]] by Jean Christophe Dechico (director of the [[Maison de la Culture]] at the time), Alain Meilland (actor and singer) and Daniel Colling (music booking agent). Despite a recurrent lack of profitability, the city of [[Bourges]] continues to host the music festival to this day (as of December 2004), even though a recurrent financial deficit spelled its doom many times. Daniel Colling is the current director.
-Daniel Colling is now the Director the music festival Le Printemps de Bourges.
 == The music festival ==
+Only a few well known musicians and comedians come the festival. The most interesting characteristic of the PdB are the new talents : many famous bands made their first major concerts in [[Bourges]]. The appeal of the event is focused on inexpensive tickets and up-and-coming performances. The artists are classified by genre on the program. The event is held in the city centre (most events are at walking distance from each other) for 4 to 7 days.
-Just a few well known musicians or comedians come the festival. The most interesting characteristic of the PdB are the new talents : many famous bands made their first major concerts in [[Bourges]]. It is not always tempting to see a band you never heard of, but the tickets are cheap and the artists are classified by genre on the program. You could be surprised.
-The action happens in the city centre (most events are at walking distance from each other) for 4 to 7 days.
 '''Free events''' :
-Apart from the numerous food & clothes stalls, there are 3 or 4 open air stages where bands perform for free. You (and your band) can perform on one of the stages if you ask a few days (or hours...) in advance. This being said, you can understand the music being played on these stages can be quite varied, and sometimes eclectic.
+Apart from the numerous food & clothes stalls, there are 3 or 4 open air stages where bands perform for free. Potential performers are permitted to perform on one of the stages with a request only a few days (or hours, depending on availability) in advance. The music  played on these stages is often quite varied, and sometimes eclectic. Local bars host bands during the event as well, even though most bars in [[Bourges]] are quite modest in size. For more info on the current event, please check the official website.
-The bars are hosting bands as well, even though most bars in [[Bourges]] are quite modest in size.
-For more info on the current event, please check the official website.
 == Related web sites ==