The Bouteilles Folles festival

From the thermal park, where we’re pedaling our rosalie, we hear the sound of bass and musical trials. Intrigued, we inquire, and learn that a rock festival takes place every year in mid-August at Parc Badenweiler. The Festival des Bouteilles Folles, hosts two headliners and two promising young talents of French rock every year.

Both one and two, we decide to go and see what this festival is all about. But there’s no need to hurry, we can hear the rehearsals. So we finish our tour in the rosalie, and head back to the hotel. What a pity we forgot our leather jackets… Although, with the mid-August heat, not sure we’d have worn them…

We head for Parc Badenweiler, where the crowds start to throng to listen to the music and get into the mood. As night falls, the energy rises. The Park is transformed into a dance floor, where young and old commune to the rhythm of the music.

One artist follows another on the concert stage. Young talents and headliners alike are applauded with equal enthusiasm. The lyrics are a little more familiar for the headliners, but that doesn’t stop us from giving our voices for all those who take the stage.

After giving breath and voice all evening, it’s now time to head back to our hotel. As the musicians and bands put away their instruments, we are lucky enough to be able to approach them and chat with them. We share the same passion: rock music. And that brings us closer together than any other passion.