Le Bal Stylé 4th edition is here! On October 30 & 31, 2026, at the Forum de Graulhet (81)-------------------------------------Never been to a bal? Friday newbie rate: €17 - on-site sales onlySaturday: Discovery workshop + Bal: €25 - €5 savings-------------------------------------This year, Plume and La Cigüe invite Rhizottome, GrandLoup, Terres Brunes, and Salvatjonas for a colorful bal.

The concept of Bal Stylé: each evening, a guest band must compose its lineup with as many women as men. A militant carte blanche as only BALIXIR could invent. The famous Bal Stylé finally finds its venue. Imagine a large concert hall, an amazing stage, and plenty of space to dance!!

Bal Stylé takes place on the last weekend of the October holidays, and therefore on Halloween. Our fairy culture shifts to dark for this occasion, and Steampunk takes over. We dream of you with plenty of accessories made with delight, hats and glasses, trinkets and super stylish costumes.

On the program:

Friday, October 30:

8:00 PM: Dance initiation

8:30 PM: Salvatjonas

🌿 Salvatjonas is two voices, Aelis and Laurie, percussion, and a good dose of Occitan energy.

Aelis and Laurie mix traditional songs and original creations, with tambourin à cordes, alfaia, bendir, violin… and even their feet adding their own touch. It creates music that is both droning, a bit dreamy, and above all well-rhythmed.

In Occitan, the duo takes us into their world with one real instruction: let yourself be carried and dance.

10:30 PM: Plume

🪽 Plume is the kind of trio that doesn't just stand around.

An erhu that goes wild, a guitar just waiting to go off the rails, an accordion that gets everyone on the same page… and above all a raw energy that grabs your guts. Their playground? Dance music, jazz, improvisation, and everything that can raise the pulse.

Plume is powerful, atypical, generous, and frankly contagious.

12:30 AM: GrandLoup

🐺Grand Loup is Louise on violin and Patrick on piano, and frankly, it makes you want to be swept away.

Waltzes, mazurkas, bourrées, scottishs, chapelloises… a bit of traditional, compositions, quite a bit of improv, and above all lots of surprises. The violin brings its lovely melodies, the piano moves things along, and without really realizing it, you find yourself gliding across the dance floor.

A duo full of mischief and delicacy, to listen to as well as to dance to. And between us, if a mazurka-waltz comes to challenge you, you'll have to try your luck.

Saturday, October 31:

8:00 PM: Dance initiation

8:30 PM: Rhizottome

🎷 Rhizottome is Armelle on accordion and Matthieu on sopranino saxophone, and let me tell you, they haven't exactly chosen the quietest path.

They mix neo-trad, jazz, improvisation, and influences from all over, with music built as much for the ears as for the feet. It can start from a traditional melody, branch off elsewhere, come back, set off again… in short, we don't always know where it's going, but we really want to follow.

A duo that plays with the codes of the bal and joyfully twists them. So let yourself be surprised and take on the dance challenge!

10:30 PM: Terres Brunes

🤎Terres Brunes is Anaïs and Naël, and their duo fully intends to make you dance.

Violin, accordion, voices, tunes from trad and their own compositions… all with explosive energy. Their music oscillates between gentleness and power, with that little poetic something that makes you want to close your eyes for a few seconds before heading back to the dance floor.

Terres Brunes is folk that can be listened to as well as danced to. And we still advise you to keep your dance shoes not too far away.

12:30 AM: La Cigüe

🌱Trad, yes… but not really as grandma taught you.� With its modified violin, its pounding drums, and its machines with electro sounds, this duo transforms the trad bal into a true collective trance. Lots of darkwave, a bit of Berry, a pinch of techno, and above all a furious desire to make the floor shake.

In short, La Ciguë is venomous, wild, and danceable neo-trad: you come to listen, and end up jumping everywhere.

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Saturday workshops: (locations to come)
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2:00 PM: Dare the bal! The bal can be learned, rediscovered — and loved. MaÏa Aubert and Merlin Gritter help you (re)discover the bal.

A very small price to discover or rediscover bal dances. This workshop is for beginners and not-quite-confirmed dancers.

Come discover the dances that make the bal enjoyable, so you can have fun the same evening. And for those who started recently, it's the ideal moment to make sure you're dancing correctly.

"Scottish, I've never tried it..." → this workshop is for you!"The mazurka, I don't dare start..." → this workshop is for you!“A workshop? What for?” → this workshop is for you!"The circle, I never lead it!" → this workshop is for you!"I forgot the bourrée, what is it again?" → this workshop is for you!

And all the other dances to discover.

No one will be bored: there will always be a little something to pick up, and always a beginner to accompany — and we know how much we learn by passing it on!

Duration: 2 hours — all levels, even absolute beginner
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2:00 PM: Branle de l’épine and Maraîchines

with Benoît Bulle, repertoire from the west

The branle de l’épine is the famous one from Noirmoutier. THE star of folk bals.

But guess what? It's not danced the way you think! In any case, there are plenty of subtleties we will explore.

As for the Maraîchine, it's a circle dance where you join in pairs and which offers a beautiful place for improvisation with a step and energy characteristic of Poitou.

Duration: 2 hours — all levels, sustained pace
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4:30 PM: 3-beat Bourrées: in pairs and Planière

with Benoît Bulle, repertoire from the west

No need to introduce the 3-beat bourrée in pairs (and the Planière is the one with two lines following each other).

This workshop will be dedicated, first, to working on steps and attitudes to the music, the relationship to achieve beautiful bourrées in pairs.

In the second part, we will work on collective connection to dance quality Planière bourrées.

Duration: 2 hours — all levels, sustained pace
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4:30 PM: Listening and musical dialogue in dance by Plume with Aymerick Tron and Yves Perrin

Dancing is first and foremost listening.

Listening to the music, of course — but also to your own body, and especially the other's. It's in this subtle space, between two bodies that seek and respond to each other, that true dance is born.

In this workshop, Aymerick Tron and Yves Perrin invite you to explore together the foundations of a living and sensitive dance: recognizing rhythmic elements, feeling musical variations, letting them pass through the body… and transmitting them to your partner like offering something precious.

A journey for two, guided by music.

Duration: 2 hours — all levels
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Practical info:

Bar and veggie food on site

TENTS: Camping Ô bleu pastel, the municipal campsite of Graulhet, reserves its 3 very large pitches for you. It offers a very advantageous price of €5 per night per person, which you can book directly on our HelloAsso. It can also rent mobile homes, I'll let you contact them directly. https://www.facebook.com/obleupastel (7 min by car between the campsite and the concert hall, right next to the MJC (Saturday afternoon workshops))

SLEEPING VEHICLES: can stay in the venue's parking lot

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