In 2025, the Brioude reading café has chosen to take a step forward. Accustomed to hosting concerts, the small associative structure chose to move on to the next stage, as Anaëlle Boucher, responsible for coordination, explains: “La Clef has always hosted concerts. Before, all the people who wanted to play “For two years, with the programming commission, we had started to make a selection, while trying to meet local expectations.
“There, we decided to go for something more professional, by welcoming more recognized artists. To be identified as a place to listen to quality Music.”
An approach which required preparation in advance, in particular by requesting financial aid to be able to pay the artists. The structure now has subsidies from the National Music Center and the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Regional Council. And to this, the reading café adds a symbolic but necessary entry fee of €5. “We calculated that with this price, by filling the room with around fifty people, we would have enough to finance the season.”
Ticketing and prices. It is possible to buy your ticket for the various concerts online, via the helloasso website and the page of the La Plume de ma tante association. Basic prices are €5, €2.50 for 6 to 11 year olds and free for under 6 year olds. Furthermore, anyone who wishes to further support La Clef and its musical season can contribute beyond €5.
To develop this program which promises to be rich in great discoveries and has nothing to envy of what certain small contemporary music venues in Clermont offer, La Clef has used some of its recipes: “We turned towards people who contacted us, whether artists, tour operators or labels. And we got closer to local structures, like Green Piste records or Coop’Art. place for women in the programming and to offer varied styles “.
Varied styles and space for women
Among the names mentioned during the season, some will recognize in particular that of Alexandre Delano, leader of the Delano orchestra, a group which had worked with Jean-Louis Murat on his album Babel. This Saturday, for the launch of these evenings, which will complement its usual programming (shows, screenings, parent-child workshops, etc.), La Clef wanted to play the proximity card with a duo signed on the Paulhaguétois label Green Piste records: An Eagle in Your Mind. A curiosity to listen to, because it will be the last date of the tour…
Notice now to curious music lovers: La Clef has revealed all its concert dates for the year, it’s up to you not to miss them…
Programming
At the Key
This Saturday, January 18. 8:30 p.m. An Eagle in Your Mind. This duo “distils a folk bristling with heavy percussion, hypnotic delays, 70′ synths and exotic drones” and “surrounds itself with a colorful and flourishing instrumentarium: guembri (acoustic bass which accompanies the songs of healers), harmonium Indian, dreadnought guitar, banjo, Berber or Brazilian percussion… “
Friday February 28. 8:30 p.m. Morjane Ténéré, folk blues.
Friday March 7. 8:30 p.m. Odyssey, electro.
Friday April 18. 8:30 p.m. Kostana, hypnotic balkan.
-Friday May 16. 20 h 30. Ti Moon, trip hop.
Friday June 20. 8:30 p.m. Tachka, experimental pop.
Friday July 18. 20 h 30. Junkyard Crew, recycled blues.
Friday September 12. 20 h 30. Javotte, jazz.
Friday October 10. 8:30 p.m. A Spurious Tale, experimental trad.
Friday November 21. 8:30 p.m. Alexandre Delano, pop epic.
Friday December 12. 8:30 p.m. Dïak, electrooriental acoustic metaphor.
Outside the walls
The Garden Festival. Friday June 27 and Saturday June 28. Calle Allegria, Spanish pop, Friday 27 at 9 p.m., and Ballast, Balkan rock, Saturday 28 at 9 p.m.
The Key to Summer. Wednesday July 30 at 9 p.m. Toto ST and Achille Ouatara, Angolan afro soul.
Pierre Hébrard
