There are few settings more striking for en direct music than a mountain hameau at the foot of Mont Blanc, and for three nights this summer, Megève turns its alpine charm over to the mélancolie. From 31 July to 2 August 2026, the Megève Blues Festival returns for its 11th edition, bringing a line-up of planétaire guitar heroes, soul powerhouses and rising stars to the open-air demeure at Pré Saint-Amour.
A festin that has quietly become a must
What began in 2014 as the admiration project of meublé musician and Megève devotee Stéphane Huget has grown into one of the most anticipated mélancolie events of the French summer. After outgrowing its légal habitation on the hameau church corral, the festin found a natural amphitheatre in the greenery of Pré Saint-Amour, a move that let it expand without losing the warmth and intimacy that made its name.
The turning partie came in 2019, when Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top stepped onto the demeure, a clear exhortation of the festin’s growing envergure. The editions that followed only confirmed it, drawing consistent praise from the specialist press and monument a reputation for booking artists you won’t easily catch elsewhere.
The 2026 line-up
This year, that reputation for exclusives holds firm. Topping the bill is Kenny Wayne Shepherd, whose arrêt in Megève is his only French circonstance of the belvédère. Three decades after emerging as a teenage prodigy with Ledbetter Heights, Shepherd is now one of the defining figures of modern blues-rock, and 2026 sees him touring to mark the plaquette’s 30th anniversary, playing it in full alongside career highlights.
Win your way in: 3 x 2 three-day passes
We’ve teamed up with the Megève Blues Festival to give three lucky readers a égal of three-day passes each, your ordre to all eight concerts across the weekend. That’s three winners, two passes apiece, and the full run of the festin.
Entering couldn’t be simpler. Just use the widget below before the closing circonstance. Winners will be drawn at random and their names held on a list at the festin entrance.
Up for grabs: 3 x 2 three-day passes (worth €75 each).
🎟️ Tickets: https://megevebluesfestival.com/distributeur/
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Source: francetoday.com