Spring of Bourges

The Printemps of Bourges is one of oldest the festivals musical of France. Since 1977, it is held each April to Bourges (Cher).

This initiative is the work of three characters of the medium of the spectacle: the director of the House of the Culture, Jean Christophe Dechico, Alain Meilland, singer and actor, and Daniel Colling, an agent of spectacle. This festival will pain to be essential on Berruyers, which will see the interest and animation of it only with the passing of years. Thus in each Spring, from the thousands of spectators come in the rooms and under the capitals berruyers. 80 spectacles, 200 artists in a dozen places over one week propose the most various musical genres. Spring enorgueuillit to have also a festival off , true festival (a) proposing each year of the hundreds of artists of street. Bourges, it is also a Springboard for the Jeunes artists, and a whole of cultural events of large importance: cinema, literature, meetings in any kind.

Artists having taken part in the Spring of Bourges since its creation

1977

This year there, the festival took place from April 6th to 10th and the following artists or groups were present:

With the Happiness of the Ladies, Bernard Lavilliers, Catherine Ribeiro, Charles Trenet, Colette Magny, Dick Annegarn, Make and Valley, François Béranger, Imbert and Moreau, Jacques Bertin, Jacques Higelin, Joan-Pau Verdier, Julos Beaucarne, Leni Escudero, the Brothers Jacques, Mama Béa, Michel Bühler, Michele Bernard, Serge Reggiani, Yvan Dautin, Alain Bert

1978

This year there, the festival took place from April 12th to 16th and the following artists or groups were present:

Alan Stivell, Anne Sylvestre, Areski and Brigitte Fontaine, Bernard Lubat, Claude Nougaro, Gabriel Yacoub, Georges Moustaki, Gilbert Laffaille, Graeme Allwright, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Lluís Llach, Louise Forester, Maria del Mar Bonnet, Michele Bernard, Mireille, Mona LISA, Pia Colombo, Renaud, Roger Siffer, Steve Waring.

1979

This year there, the festival took place from April 12th to 18th and the following artists or groups were present:

Alain Souchon, Anna Prucnal, Castelhemis, Charlélie Seams, daN Ar Braz, David McNeil, Ganafoul, Guy Béart, Gwendal, Hubert-Felix Thiéfaine, Imago, Isabelle Mayereau, the Stars, magma, Malicorne, Paco Ibañez, Plume Latraverse, Renaud, Téléphone, Urban Sax, Jacques Higelin, Alain Bert.

1980

This year there, the festival took place from April 5th to 13rd and the following artists or groups were present:

Alain Bashung, Angel, Angelica Ionatos, Jewel, Insane Etron, Francis Lemarque, Graeme Allwright, Guy Bedos, Idir, Jacques Villeret, Jacques Higelin, Luther Allison, Marquis de Sade, Maxime the Forester, Mouloudji, Nino To shoe, Odors, Starshooter, Tri Yann, Trust, Valerie Lagrange. Strychnin, 12°5

1981

This year there, the festival took place from April 4th to 12th and the following artists or groups were present:

Bernard Lavilliers, Bill Deraime, Edith Butler, Edith Nylon, Georges Moustaki, Gilles Langoureau, Golden Spoils Four-bit byte, Hubert-Felix Thiéfaine, Jean Guidoni, Jean-Jacques Milteau, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle, OJ Lemaire, Julien Clerc, Jungle with Scrap, Michel Boujenah, Murray Head, Pierre Rapsat, Richard Séguin, Robert Charlebois, Rufus.

1982

This year there, the festival took place from April 3rd to 12th and the following artists or groups were present:

Alex Métayer, Brenda Wooton, Charlélie Seams, Daniel Lavoie, Fabienne Thibeault, Francis Cabrel, Jacques Weber, John Williams, Julos Beaucarne, Kas Product, Léo Ferré, Dogs, Little Bob Story, Michel Jonasz, Nass El Ghiwane, Nilda Fernández, The Cure, The Opposition, Tom Novembre, Yves Duteil, Yves Montand.

1983

This year there, the festival took place from April 2nd to 10th and the following artists or groups were present:

Angel, Baden Powell, Bernard Lavilliers, Catherine Lara, Dexys Midnight Runners, Felix Leclerc, Gerard Blanchard, Graeme Allwright, Gun Club, Indo-China, Julien Clerc, Kevin Coyne, Lili Drop, Malavoi, Maxime the Forester, Miles Davis, Sapho, Touré Kunda, U2, Vincent Absil.

1984

This year there, the festival had place from March 31st to April 8th and the artists or groups following were present:

Castelhemis, Residence permit, Claude Nougaro, Daniel Balavoine, Didier Lockwood, Echo and the Bunnymen, Simple Minds, Eddy Louis, Francis Cabrel, Guy Bedos, Jacques Higelin, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Paul Personne, Pierre Desproges, Raoul Small, Renaud, Stephan Eicher, T.C Matic, The Nits, Valerie Lagrange, William Burroughs, William Sheller, Zero for conduct, The Stunners.

1985

This year there, the festival had place from March 30th to April 8th and the artists or groups following were present:

Alain Bashung, Angelo Branduardi, Charlélie Seams, Dead Can Dance, Diane Dufresne, Etienne Daho, Green One Red, Jango Edwards, Jean-Luc Bideau, Joào Bosco, Joe King Carrasco, Juliette Gréco, the Business Louis' Trio, Léo Ferré, Paolo Conte, Patrick Dupond, Scharif Alaoui, Sharon Evans, The Cocteau Twins, Alain Bert, Gerard Yon

1986

This year there, the festival had place from March 28th to April 6th and the artists or groups following were present:

Fine Barbara, Bill Hurley, Carmel, Castelhemis, Claude Nougaro, Young Cannibals, Gerard Depardieu, Hot Pants, I Muvrini, Indo-China, Jad Wio, Juliette, Level 42, Madness, the Niagara, National orchestra of jazz, Ray Lema, Serge Gainsbourg, Talk Talk, The Cramps, The Woodentops, Touré Kunda, Veronique Sanson, Youssou Dour, Renaud .

1987

This year there, the festival took place from April 17th to 26th and the following artists or groups were present:

Alpha Blondy, archie Shepp, Black Bérurier and endimanchés the, Charles Trenet, Chet Baker, Emmylou Harris, Erasure, Fawzi Al-Aiedy, Jane Birkin, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Mac Laughlin, Johnny Clegg and Savuka, Kassav', Kent, Murray Head, Paolo Tells, Pierre Desproges, Ray Charles, Rita Mitsouko, The Communards, The Pogues, The Young Gods, William Sheller, The Wild Ones.

1988

This year there, the festival had place of the 1^er at April 10th and the artists or groups following were present:

Arno, Barry White, Boy George, Charles Aznavour, Deacon Blue, Def Leppard, Elli Medeiros, Frank Zappa, Jean-Louis Aubert, Jimmy Cliff, Johnny Clegg and Savuka, Mano Negra (replaced by the break-ins feet), the Butcher's assistants, Thugs, Wampas, Lloyd Sticks, Michel Petrucciani, Midnight Oil, Noir Desire, Pigalle, Serge Gainsbourg, Sixun, Stephan Eicher, The Christians, Wet Wet Wet, The Wild Ones.

Marillion, Mama' S Servant boys, MSG, Little Bob Story

1989

This year there, the festival had place of the 1^er at April 9th and the artists or groups following were present:

Arthur H, Bratsch, Claude Nougaro, Dee Nasty, Doctor John, Elmer Food Happy, Face 242, Kat Onoma, Khaled, Kool & The Gang, Mano Negra, the Green Negresses, the V.R.P, Nick Undermines And The Bad Seeds, Nina Simone, Papa Wemba, Road Runners, Smith & Mighty, Stevie Wonder, Pig-headeds, The Inmates, Willy DeVille, Womack & Womack.

1990

This year there, the festival took place from April 11th to 16th and the following artists or groups were present:

Albert Collins, Cowboy Junkies, Daniel Lanois, Gipsy Kings, the Cry Of the Fly, the Sheriff, Midnight Oil, Muriel Robin, Black Desire, Normalized Loy, Patricia Kaas, Pierre Palmade, Public Enemy, Ray Lema, Tanita Tikaram, Tears For Fears, Urban Dance Squad, Wasaburo Fukuda, Youssou Dour, Zebda.

1991

This year there, the festival had place from April 30th to May 5th and the artists or groups following were present:

Arthur H, Beautiful Canto, Carla Bley, Eddy Mitchell, Elliott Murphy, Geoffrey Oryema, Guesch Patti, House Off Coils, IAM, Jimmy Somerville, Juliette Gréco, the Shipwrecked men, the Green Negresses, Lili Boniche, Manu Dibango, Marcel and its orchestra, New Model Army, Patrick Bruel, Supreme N.T.M, Treponem Pal, UB 40, Wim Mertens, Zap Mama, Zebda.

1992

This year there, the festival had place from April 28th to May 3rd and the artists or groups following were present:

Charlélie Seams, Garland Jeffreys, Henri Salvador, Jacques Higelin, Jah Wobble' S Invaders Of The Heart, Joe Cocker, Juliette Gréco, Kat Onoma, Madredeus, Mecano, My Bloody Valentine, Silencers, Steel Pulse, Stephan Eicher, Taraf de Haïdouks, The Beautiful South, The Pogues, The Ramones, Yma Sumac, Zebda

1993

This year, the festival took place from April 20th to 25th and the following artists or groups were present:

In P' tit Happiness, Baaba Maal, Blankass, Burning Heads, Calvin Russel, Cesaria Evora, Fabulous Trobadors, Iron Maiden, Jacques Dutronc, Jean-Louis Aubert, Keziah Jones, Khaled, the Mouse Déglinguée, Innocent the, Massilia Sound System, Michel Jonasz, Sade, Sawt El Atlas, Suzanne Vega, The Kinks, Tom Novembre, Vanessa Paradis, Vaya idiot dios, Willy DeVille.

1994

This year there, the festival took place from April 19th to 24th and the following artists or groups were present:

Alain Chamfort, Arno, Boo Radleys, Grant Lee Buffalo, IAM, Iggy Pop, Jean-Louis Murat, Jeff Buckley, Laurent Garnier, Thugs, Louis Chédid, Lucky Peterson, Maceo Parker, Mano Solo, Morphine, No One Is Innocent, Rachid Taha, Rita Mitsouko, Texas, The Breeders, The Cocteau Twins, Thomas Fersen, Uncle David, US3.

1995

This year there, the festival took place of April 26th to the 1^er May and the following artists or groups were present:

Alain Souchon, Ben Harper, De Palmas, Deus, Enzo Enzo, Frank Black, Gun, Jad Wio, John Mayall, Green Negresses, Lofofora, Machine Head, MC Solaar, Megadeth, PJ Harvey, Simple Minds, Skatalites, Suicidal Tendencies, Supreme N.T.M, Therapy?, Tricky, Youssou Dour, Group Misaal.

1996

This year there, the festival took place from April 16th to 21st and the following artists or groups were present:

Assassin, Big Soul, Brigitte Fontaine, Those which go upright, Cypress Hill, DJ Gilb R, Elliott Murphy, Everything But The Girl, Fleshtones, Joan Baez, Lou Reed, Menelik, Miossec, National orchestra of Barbs, German St, Silmarils, Sonic Youth, Sting, Tindersticks, Trans Total Underground, Zachary Richard, Zazie, Thirteen.

1997

This year there, the festival took place from April 15th to 20th and the following artists or groups were present:

ACWL, Asian Dub Foundation, Around Lucie, Cut Killer & Hasheem, DJ Cam, Eels, FF, Jane Birkin, Johnny Cash, Khaled, Innocent the, Machine Head, Marianne Faithfull, Farmhouse Hysteria, Neg' Chestnuts, Black Desire, Paris Combo, Placebo, Stomy Bugsy, Sweden, Supergrass, The Little Rabbits, The Wailers, Toots & The Maytals, Trust, Warren G., Yuri Buenaventura.

1998

This year there, the festival took place from April 15th to 19th and the following artists or groups were present:

Angra, Compay Segundo, Dolly, Dream Theater, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Faudel, Fonky Family, Goran Bregovic, Green Velvet, Greg Brown, IAM, Jamel, Jay Jay Johnson, Joe Jackson, Lee Perry, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Louise Attaque, M, MC Solaar, Pierpoljak, Steel Pulsates, The Cramps, Vanden Plas.

1999

This year there, the festival took place from April 13rd to 18th and the following artists or groups were present:

Asian Dub Foundation, Atari Teenage Riot, Calexico, Cassius, Clotaire K, Deus, Dominique has, Ekova, Elliott Smith, Femi Kuti, Freestylers, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Ogres of Barback, the Rates/rhythms Digital, Wriggles, Matmatah, Natacha Atlas, Orbital, Rachid Taha, Rhinôcérôse, Silverchair, Sinsemilia, Soulfly, The Divine Comedy, Tryo , Urban Dance Squad, Yann Tiersen, Zebda.

2000

This year there, the festival took place from April 19th to 24th and the following artists or groups were present:

113, Cheb Mami, Cypress Hill, Day One, Dionysos, Gum, Howie B, Idir, Jamel, Jazzanova, K 2R Riddim, Katerine, L7, the Brigade, Ruda Salska, Llorca, Lou Reed, Louise Attaque, Mad Professor, Marcel and his orchestra, Michel Houellebecq, Miss Kittin, Saïan Supa Crew, Sergent Garcia, The Hacker.

2001

This year there, the festival took place from April 17th to 22nd and the following artists or groups were present:

100% Colleagues, Add NR to X, Bebel Gilberto, Bertrand Burgalat, Boblog III, Disiz the plague, Fear Factory, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Goldfrapp, Henri Salvador, Isolated, IV My People, Keren Ass, the Sound Of the People, MUSE, Placebo, Pole (group), Sigur Ros, Sawlt El Atlas, The Divine Comedy, Tom Tom Club, Tortoise.

2002

This year there, the festival took place from April 9th to 14th and the following artists or groups were present:

The Cranberries, Tarmac, Miossec, Sinclair, Luke, Pleymo, Bénabar, Farmhouse Hysteria, Raman Susheela, Christophe, Steel Pulsates, Saïan Supa Crew, Bumcello, Garbage, Yann Tiersen, Brigitte Fontaine, Ruda Salska, Jean-Louis Murat, Kery James, Gotan Project.

2003

This year there, the festival took place from April 22nd to 27th and the following artists or groups were present:

Massive Attack, Placebo, Dionysos, Beck, Keziah Jones, Mickey 3D, Zazie, Death in Vegas, Superbus, Capleton, Massilia Sound System, Keren Ass, People of the Grass, Renaud, Emilie Simon, Twisted the, Vincent Delerm.

2004

This year there, the festival took place from April 20th to 25th and the following artists or groups were present:

Alain Bashung, Benabar, Pig-headeds, Sanseverino, IAM, Jamel, Franz Ferdinand, The Rasmus, Stanley Beckford, - m, Calexico, Dani, Incubus, Buck 65, Bebo Valdes & Diego " El Cigala", Junior Kelly, I Monster, Turbulence, Fabulous Trobadors, The Fortify, Oi Va Voi, Thomas Fersen, Lhasa, Tuesday Gras.BB, Auf Der Maur, Jeanne Cherhal.

2005

This year there, the festival took place from April 19th to 24th and the following artists or groups were present:

Tinder and Mariam, Asian Dub Foundation, The Bellrays, Bloc Party, Camille, Marianne Faithfull, Gojira, Interpol, Kasabian, Keren Ass & Mons Orchestrated, The Kills, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestrated, Bernard Lavilliers, LCD Soundsystem, Massilia Sound System, Millencolin, Mylo, Nosfell, the People of the Grass, Seu Jorge, Ska-P, Steel Pulse, Rufus Wainwright .

2006

This year there, the festival had place from April 26th to May 1st and the artists or groups following were present:

54 Nude Honeys, Abbas, Abe Duque, Afu-Ra, Alain Chamfort, Alexis HK, Anaïs, Anise, Anna Karina, Anna Ternheim, Architecture In Helsinki, Arctic Monkeys, Rough Art, Arthur H, Asyl, Bénabar, Battles, Bernard Lavilliers, Bikini Machine, Birdy Nam Nam, Bumcello, Buzzcocks, Calexico, Cali, Calixte De Nigremont, Caribou, Champion, Cheikha Rimitti, Christophe Mali, Clarika, Cocorosie, Coldcut, Company Scene & Track, Da Silva, Dagoba, Dani Siciliano, Daniel Darc, Deus, Diam' S, Digitalism, Dionysos, Dominique have, Emilie Simon, Eths, Final Fantasy, Fredo, Ganoub, Hocus Pocus, Hushpuppies, Indo-China, Iron & Wine, Izia, Jacques Higelin, John Lord Fonda, John Soda, Joseph Of Antwerp, JR Ewing, Juliette, Justice, K' Naan, Ken Boothe, Keny Arkana, Killa Carltoon, the Large Sophie, the Circus Of the Mirages, Brats, the Ogres De Barback, Loïc Lantoine, Lo' OJ, Louis Chedid, Louise Attaque, Mahmoud Ahmed, Mansfield Tya, Marcel Kanche, Mariza, Matthew Herbert, Mauss, Mazaher, Melissa Mars, Mick Harvey, Mickey 3D, Mike Patton, Miossec, Modeselektor, Pauline Croze, Plaid, PM Gaillard Without Embarrassment, Poni Hoax, Psapp, Puppetmastaz, Queen Adreena, Raphael, Rhesus, Rodolphe Burger, Saïan Supa Crew, Sapho, Sarah Slean, Second Sex, Sharon Jones, Skin, Smooth, Spleen, Sylvain Chauveau, The Dresden Frauds, The Flaming Lips, The Spinto Band, Thee Silver MT Zion Memorial Orchestrated, Thiefaine, Vashti Bunyan, Vincent Delerm, Warehouse 99 Project, White Pink Movement, Wolf Eyes, Xiu Xiu, Yann Tiersen.

2007

This year there, the festival took place from April 17th to 22nd and the following artists or groups were present:

120 days, Aaron, Abd El Malik, Acoustic Ladyland, Adamo, Adrienne Pauly, Agoria, Akli D, Akron Family, Alexander Kowalski, Amon Tobin, Babet, Happy Attacking, Benjy Ferree, Bloc Party, Brigitte Fontaine, Bromheads Jacket, Bunny Wailer, Capleton, Cassius, Cold War Kids, Death Before Disco music, Deerhoof, Dub Inc., Eiffel, Elista, Emily Loizeau, Enter Shikari, Ephel Duath, Erik Truffaz Four-bit byte, Exson Valdes, Feist, Florent Marchet, Francesco Tristano Schlimé, Naast Galaxy, Goose, Gotan Project, Guns Off Brixton, Hamadoun Tandina & Tinder Bagayoko, Hermann Dune, Improvisators Dub & Iration Steppas, Ivan Smagghe, J. Tillman, Jacques Higelin, Jamika, Jeanne Cherhal, Jesse Sykes, Joan As Organize Woman, Joanna Newsom, Joey Starr , Julie Doiron, Juliette Gréco, Just Jack, Justice, Katel, Khalid K, Kruger, Laurent Korcia, Fatal Picardy the, the Plasticines, the Blue Bird, Loney Dear, Miss K, Malouma, Mamani Keita, Manimal, Mano Solo, Marie Cherrier, Maxïmo Park, Mayra Andrade, Metronomy, Mick Is All Alone, Miossec, Missill, Mitsoura, Mystic Revelation, Nadj, Nelson, Nosfell, Olivia Ruiz, Oxmo Puccino And The Jazzbastards, Paves, Peter Bjorn & John, Peter Von Poehl, Phoenix, Pierre Lapointe, Pravda, Riké, Rocé, Rose, Sanseverino, Seb Martel, Shannon Wright, Sikth, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Socalled, Its Off Dave, Syrano, Tekel, The Automatic, The John Butler Trio, The John Venture, The Konki Duet, The Procussions, The Rakes, Third World, Tinariwen, Transmission 0, including all taxes , Yelle, Daddy Longlegs.

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