The Altitude Jazz Festival returns this year for its 17th edition. This year, 27 groups will be performing over 10 days in the various villages of Serre Chevalier. Here's the lowdown.
Programme
Thursday 18 January Sampling is Beautiful (Monêtier, 6.30pm) and Retour d'Est (Monêtier, 8.30pm)
Friday 19 January Grand Tabazu (Névache, 7pm) and Bol (Névache, 9pm)
Saturday 20 January : Grand Tabazu (Villard Saint Pancrace, 12.30pm), Briançon Brass Band (Villeneuve, 12.30pm), Parranda La Cruz (L'Argentière la Bessée, 7pm), Guembri Superstar (L'Argentière la Bessée, 9pm) and Tonn3RR3 & Bikay3 (L'Argentière la Bessée, 11pm)
Sunday 21 January DJ WillBJ (Briançon, 12.30pm) and Cloudance (Puy Saint-André, 4pm)
Monday 22nd January Sunshine In Ohio (Monêtier, 6.30pm) and Chocho Cannelle (Briançon, 7.30pm)
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Tuesday 23rd January Zangbeto 5Tet (Briançon, 7.30pm) and Spoink (Villeneuve Le Bez, 9.30pm)
Wednesday 24 January Sunshine In Ohio (Cervières, 12.30pm), Nötile (Briançon, 2.30pm), Coda (Briançon, 5.30pm) Fustige (Briançon, 7.30pm) and La Seve (Villeneuve, 9.30pm)
Thursday 25 January : La Seve (Briançon, 12.30pm), Lou Rivaille (Briançon, 2pm), Nötile (Briançon, 6pm), Elliavir (Briançon, 7.30pm) and Chu Chi Cha (Chantemerle, 9.30pm)
Friday 26th January Da Break (Monêtier, 7.00pm), The Buttshakers (Monêtier, 9.00pm) and Kunta (Monêtier, 11.00pm)
Saturday 27 January Inui (Briançon, 7pm), Eym Trio feat Varijashree Venugopal (Briançon, 8.30pm), Tukan (Briançon, 10pm) and Minimum DJs (Briançon, 11.59pm)
Tickets
Tickets for the various concerts are still available. There are several prices: adult (-15% for 3 concerts or more per person), child (under 18) and reduced (under 26, jobseekers and RSA recipients).
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Adult tickets range from €10 to €20, concessions from €7 to €15 and children's tickets from €5 to €8. To book your tickets online, click here.
Shuttles
There will be shuttle buses to the concerts, costing €2 return.
On Friday 19 January, there will be two shuttle services between the Champ de Mars in Briançon (departing at 6.30pm and 7.30pm) and Névache (returning at 10.30pm and 11.30pm).
On Saturday 20 January, three shuttle buses will run between Briançon station (departing at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm) and the Foyer Culturel in l'Argentière (returning at 11pm, 12am and 1am).
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On Friday 26 January, there will be shuttle buses to the Dôme in Monêtier (Pré-Chabert). For the outward journey, you can take the regular Serre Chevalier valley line.
For the return journey, the last bus on route 6 will leave Pré-Chabert for Briançon at 10.39pm. There will also be two additional returns at 11.30pm and 12.30am.
Food & Drink
There will be plenty of stalls throughout the festival. Enough to keep you going all evening. You can nibble on the go at the Grandes Soirées, or enjoy a meal at the Jazz Clubs.
The food is fresh and homemade, and comes from short circuits and organic farming, thanks to a long-standing partnership with the Briançon Biocoop L'Epine-Vinette and Kokken.
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At the bar, you'll find a range of beers, wines and soft drinks, in partnership with Etablissements Astier in Briançon. For beers, you can sample the brews of local brewer Brew Masque.
For the concert on Saturday 20 January at l'Argentière, you'll find beers from BrewPub Le Monde d'Après.