- How to get there
- Tariffs
- Accommodation / Meals / Parking facilities
- Practical information
- Contact



HOW TO GET THERE :



By train and bus :
- Departure from Paris : Paris Austerlitz station
- Connection: Châteauroux station
  Take the bus going to La Châtre
- Arrival : special stop at the Festival in Saint-Chartier

Information
SNCF
(French Railways) : 36 35 - www.sncf.fr



TARIFFS :

• Subscription passes :

On sale from now until 9th June (not refundable)
 - 4 days subscription : 73 € *
 - 12 to 16 year-olds : 65 € *
 - free for children under 12
* including 2€ booking fee


• Entry fees :
There are two kinds of tickets : separate tickets (for instrument-maker show room / for concerts) and day passes including both show room and concerts of the day.
For the concerts at the Bergerie of Nohant, please book your seat at the festival office
Payment accepted : cash, bank cards, €cheques
There are no cash dispensers on the site !

Day passes (without booking fees) :

1 day Pass Tariffs
Friday 30,00 €
Saturday 30,00 €
Sunday 30,00 €
2 day Pass Tariffs
Thursday / Friday 45,00 €
Friday / Saturday 55,00 €
Saturday / Sunday 55,00 €
3 day Pass Tariffs
Thursday / Friday / Saturday 70,00 €
Friday / Saturday / Sunday 80,00 €
Parc Pass Tariffs
Friday / Saturday / Sunday 30,00 €
4 day Pass (from 9th June) Tariffs
Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday 93,00 €


Separated tariffs :

  Parc
(+ afternoon concerts)
Bergerie de
Nohant
Evening concerts
Scène des Maîtres
Sonneurs
Thursday
July 12th
    20h30
Thierry Bertrand

21h
Sloï invite Yannick Jaulin

23h
Pain d'Epices
      22,00 €
Friday
July 13th
10h-19h
Salon de Lutherie
Stands des associations de musiques traditionnelles

16h30
Les Musiciens du Nil (Scène des Maîtres Sonneurs)

18h30
Boréale
(La Trinquette)
  20h30
Wang Li

21h
The Vallely Brothers
& Karan Casey

23h
Grands-mères et soufflets
  13,00 €   22,00 €
Saturday
July 14th
10h-19h
Salon de Lutherie
Stands des associations de musiques traditionnelles

16h30
Heleno dos 8 Baixos (Scène des Maîtres Sonneurs)

18h30
Opa Tsupa
(La Trinquette)
14h
Neapolis Ensemble
20h30
Yan Cozian

21h
L'Ham de Foc

23h
Lo Drac
  13,00 € 15,00 € 22,00 €
Sunday
July 15th
10h-19h
Salon de Lutherie
Stands des associations de musiques traditionnelles

16h30
Bagad St Nazaire
(Scène des Maîtres Sonneurs)

18h30
Duo Tourny en Cie
(La Trinquette)
14h
Neapolis Ensemble
20h30
Thierry Nouat

21h
Bratsch

(* concerts du dimanche soir également vendus
à l'Office de Tourisme
de La Châtre)
  13,00 € 15,00 € 22,00 €
On sale Festival office Festival office
Office de Tourisme
La Châtre
Festival office
Réseaux FNAC and Ticketnet

Concerts : free placing, seated / standing.
Admittance from 8.15 pm.
Recording, filming and photographing of the concerts is strictly forbidden without prior written agreement.
The organising committee reserves the right to modify the programme.


Subscription passes may be reserved :
 - By post : Rencontres de Saint Chartier
7 avenue George Sand – 36400 La Châtre – France
Please enclosed a self-adressed envelope with your payment
French residents : payment by cheque made ou to “Comité George Sand”
Foreign residents : payment by credit transfer to our account (please contact us for details).
 - Office de tourisme
134 rue Nationale – 36400 La Châtre – Tel : 02 54 48 22 64
 - R.F. Charle (Paris)
17 galerie Véro Dodat – 75001 Paris – Tel : 01 42 33 38 93
 - CMTRA (Lyon)
77 rue Magenta – 69100 Villeurbanne – Tel. : 04 78 70 81 75 - www.cmtra.org
 - Réseau FNAC : FNAC, Carrefour, Géant, France Billet
Tel : 0 892 68 36 22 – 3615 Billetel - www.fnac.com
 - Réseau TIKETNET : Virgin Megastore, Auchan, E. Leclerc, Cultura, Cora
Tel : 0 892 390 100 – www.ticketnet.fr



ACCOMODATION / MEALS / PARKING FACILITIES :

• Plan :




• Accommodation :

Festival campsites (open on July 11th) :
 - camping n°14 : reserved access for instrument-makers.
 - camping n°13 : reserved access subscribers who bought a 1, 2, 3 or 4 days pass.
Running costs 5€ per person.
 - camping n°12 : opened to all.
Running costs 10€ per person.

Municipal campsites :
 - Saint Chartier - Tel : 02 54 31 19 06 (no reservation)
 - Montgivray, camping Solange Sand** - Tel : 02 54 06 10 34
or 02 54 06 10 36
 - La Châtre, camping Le Val Vert*** - Tel : 02 54 48 32 42

Hotels, self-catering, bed and breakfast : list available from the Tourist Office :
134 rue Nationale – BP 115 – 36400 La Châtre – France - Tel : 02 54 48 22 64
ot.la-chatre@pactlachatre.com
www.pays-george-sand.com

Youth hostel :
Rue Moulin Borgnon – 36400 La Châtre – France – Tel : 02 54 06 00 55


• Parking facilities :
Festival car park : free, controlled access (11)


• Meals
 - In the castle grounds, in “La Trinquette”, lunch and dinner (4).
 - Farm produce on sale at the farm opposite the festival (10)



PRACTICAL INFORMATION :

• Hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe contest
Information and inscription :
Grenier à Sons – 7 avenue George Sand – 36400 La Châtre – France
Tel : 02 54 48 60 60 – grenierasons@pactlachatre.com
Enrolment before July 9th
Hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe contest
Gaston Guillemain Trophée

• Left-luggage office for musical instruments (7)
- Daytime (from 10.30 am to 6 pm) : 1 €
- Night-time (if an item is left after 6 pm, you may retrieve it until 0.30 am or on the following day from 10 am) : 3 €

• Record stall
In partnership with FAMDT
Open from 13th to 15th, from 10 am to 7 pm



CONTACT :

Rencontres de Saint Chartier – Comité George Sand
7 avenue George Sand - 36400 La Châtre – France
Tel : 02 54 48 60 60
Tel administration : 02 54 06 09 96
info@saintchartier.org
www.saintchartier.org

Festival office, from 11th July - Tel : 02 54 31 03 62


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