The fourth ‘Rock the Pistes’ Festival in the Portes du Soleil has been announced for the coming spring from 26 to 30 March 2014.
The event features concerts on the slopes around the huge ski area that straddles the French/Swiss border linking a dozen ski resorts with of 650km of piste. All the concerts are free – you just need a lift pass to be able to ski or board to them. There’s also an Off/fringe festival each evening and a workshop for emerging talent.
In previous events the acts have been very French, but a statement from the organisers for the 2014 event says,
“We’re making room for UK groups, and, naturellement, plenty of big names from the French pop-rock scene.”
The concerts will take place every day in a different resort: Avoriaz, Champery-Les Crosets, Châtel, Morgins, Morzine-Les Gets. This year’s host resort is Les Gets.
Acts so far announced include Horace Andy, the voice of Massive Attack and a first hint of the UK music accent promised for Rock the Pistes 2014, London-based group The Skints who produce a great blend of punk, reggae and dub rhythms are on the line up.
