Breabach & Le Vent Du Nord

Two traditions. Ten extraordinary musicians. One unforgettable night. Two of the world’s most celebrated traditional music bands come together for Le Retour: Scotland Meets Quebec — a thrilling live collaboration between Scotland’s Breabach and Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord.

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This special concert brings together the fire, beauty and deep-rooted energy of two musical cultures with a shared history. Scotland and Quebec have long been connected through migration, language, dance and song, and in Le Retour that connection becomes a vivid, joyful and powerful live experience.

First brought together in 2010 through the acclaimed project Le Québec rencontre l’Écosse, Breabach and Le Vent du Nord toured across Scotland and Quebec, discovering an immediate musical kinship. They return with a bold new show shaped through creative residencies in Glasgow and at the Savannah Music Festival.

This is not a double bill. It is a full ten-piece collaboration, with both bands performing together as one ensemble.

Highland pipes, uilleann pipes, whistle, fiddle, step-dance, guitar and double bass meet hurdy-gurdy, diatonic accordion, bouzouki, foot percussion and the rich vocal traditions of French-speaking Canada. The result is a concert full of blazing reels, driving rhythms, beautiful songs, slow airs and the irresistible lift of world-class musicians playing side by side.

This event will last approximately 90 minutes.