Marginalised Voices in French Festival Culture

by the Music Department of King ’ s College London. Existing research on early modern French festivals and pageantry has mainly focused on traditional centres of power, like the royal court, elite spectators, and the contributions of acclaimed artists. The aim of this conference was to challenge this dominant narrative by giving a voice to marginalised and lesser-known festival contributors, in France as well as its overseas territories. The fifteen presenters met this challenge with success, breaking new ground and delivering enriching and interdisciplinary papers on the role played in French festival culture that followed panel prove interest and need for scholarly exchanges on the topic of marginalisation in festival culture. In response to the success of the conference, the organisers are working towards an edited volume will include a revised and expanded version of a number of the presented