Les Francofolies de La Rochelle
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Les Francofolies (French pronunciation: [le fʁɑ̃kɔfɔli]) is the annual music festival founded in 1985 in La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France as an initiative of Jean-Louis Foulquier. It is usually held annually in July and aims at promoting French-language music.
Number of those attending the festival has exceeded 160,000 in 2007. Founder Jean-Louis Foulquier went on to establish Les FrancoFolies de Montréal in 1989.
Jean-Louis Foulquier founder of the festival died December 10, 2013, following a long illness.
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