festival in Ouistreham

It’s the second year that Ouistreham organizes the Beatles festival. The Beatles festival will take place in Ouistreham on the fourth, fifth and sixth November in 2011

But who were the Beatles ?

The Beatles were English because they came from . was the leading member of the Beatles. The band was composed of one drummer, 2 guitarists and one pianist and singer. Their nickname was the Fab’four. The Beatles were 4 .The 4 members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and . The Beatles sang pop music and they were famous in the 1960s and in the 1970s with their music like Yellow Submarine, , Hey, Jude, Help, Michelle…

The program of Beatles festival is : th The Beatles festival will start on Friday 4 at Grange aux Dîmes at 08:00 pm : Evening discussion with : -Horst Fascher (Director of the Star Club in who programmed the Beatles from April to May and from November to December 1962) - Gisele Clark, sound engineer and editor of RéalisaSon ( a technical magazine designed for audio professionals in France ). She will present a documentary commissioned to Geoff Emerick (the Beatles sound engineer) by the BBC on the re- recording of seven famous tracks on the album "Sergeant Pepper's."  Diana and Barry who knew the Beatles at in Liverpool

Concert Be Apple from Holland to end the evening. then at 08:30pm at the Casino of Ouistreham there will be a dinner with the band of The Beatlegs from Coventry ( England ).

The next day from12:00 pm to 01:00am at the Grange aux Dîmes: Concerts in the two rooms : The Cavern and Abbey Road . Convention in the City Council: exhibition, discussions, video projections, memorabilia, Tea room, bar and fish and chips .

The program of the last day of the Beatles festival is similar to the Saturday : It begins at 11:00am at the Grange aux Dîmes and ends at 05:00pm. Concerts in the two rooms : The Cavern and Abbey Road . Convention in the City Council: exhibition, discussions, video projections, memorabilia, Tea room, bar and fish and chips . Closing of the Beatles festival at 05:00am with a “surprise-concert” !

Prices: Friday: 6 Euros. Sunday and Saturday: 10 Euros for both Days Three days : 14 Euros

But who are the artists ?

The Bendies, four boys from Ouistreham. Be Apple ( Holland )

Choking smokers ( Marseille ) Cradlesong ( Calvados )

Jonny Walker ( Liverpool ) Melting Potes (Paris)

And like Penny Ladies (Rome, Italy), Revolver (Dundee, Scotland), Rubber Soul (Belgium), U . N . I . Beat (French), Zongadude (Nancy), The Beatlegs (England).

The Beatles By Antoine and Nathan