Three tips for attending Jazz at the Admiralty this Tuesday in Pléneuf – Pléneuf-Val-André

• 1 Love Kidney Beans

First things first: know what the programmed music group is. Well, it obviously seems at first sight, but for the strict followers of soul jazz or free jazz, it’s clearly not Tuesday, July 19 that you have to go and put your buttocks in the park of the Admiralty, at Val-André , in the evening. Already present in 2015, Les Haricots Rouges offer a wacky, generous and spicy music. In 60 years of career, the group gave more than 6,000 concerts and ensured the first parts of Louis Armstrong, the Beatles or the Stones. Just that. The set will last approximately 90 minutes. Come on, we bet the audience will want an encore?

The open site has a capacity of approximately 600 seats between chairs and bleachers. (Photo Archive)

• 2 Coming really early

In general, jazz evenings start on time. Except that if you show up at 9 p.m., there’s no need to look for a seat: there won’t be any more. Not even at 8:30 p.m. for that matter. From year to year, the principle is always the same: first come, first seated. “Every Tuesday, we see people arriving around 8 p.m. And there, given the mild weather and the group that will be playing, there may be a lot of people,” warns Daniel Baudouard, co-president of the association that manages the pleneuvian festival. In the stands and on the chairs installed, around 600 seats are possible, including around 150 reserved for members. A little advice for those who don’t like to stand for too long: you can come with your folding chair or stool under your arm.

• 3 Don’t be afraid of the crowd

In this beautiful wooded setting, a stone’s throw from the main beach, the crowd has been gathering every Tuesday evening in the summer for more than 25 years. The reason ? Let’s say the reasons. Already, it’s free. Then, the programming is really of quality. Finally, the outdoor site, which is more so when the weather is fine, is exquisite. About a thousand spectators curl up in front of the Villa Charner, which serves as the stage set for the artists. As a security measure, the twenty volunteers mobilized for the occasion listen to the concert with one ear and use the other eye to make sure that everything is going well for everyone. The same, or almost, who will still be there next Tuesday for the concert of Philippe Duchemin.