International choral festival, Aumetz, Lorraine, France

Located in a district long marked by the exploitation of iron mines, we want a festival above all popular while highlighting the quality of the choirs.
Long affected by the labour immigration from which most members of our association come, we also want it international.
The choirs that, since 2014, have made us happy to participate, perfectly reflect this dual will. They're listed here.
Finally, we want it warm and friendly. Every effort is made to ensure that everyone has a good weekend, including through the discovery program of our region.
And from the beginning, the Mines en Choeurs festival has always been particularly appreciated by the participants whom, for many, we have been able to meet in their own country.

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Our Mines en Choeurs 2025 festival will be held from
Friday, April 11 to Sunday, April 13.

Choir registrations are off.

MoPZ Pobje

As the first stanza of the song Zdravlica says, the Pobje are friends, young (and not so young) boys from the Black Mountain plateau and the surrounding area of Slovenia. Every Thursday evening, they meet at the homes of the people of Črni Vrh nad Idrijo, where they sing many songs together with the choir conductor Veronika and the accompanist Barbara, and with them they forget the daily hustle and bustle. Of course, they sometimes also sing a foreign song and spice up a number of performances, scenes and chance encounters with it.
Last season, Pobje marked the 20th anniversary of the choir's activity, which was also celebrated with a jubilee concert on June 15 this year.  During these twenty years, they toured all over Slovenia, and they also made their voices heard abroad (England, Germany, Spain, Latvia). They have also participated in choral competitions at home and abroad, with two gold and two silver awards. They also regularly try to improve their singing skills through choral singing workshops with renowned Slovenian experts.

After all the rehearsals and performances, Pobje also follows the following instruction from our greatest Slovenian poet:

Finally, my friends, let us raise our glasses to ourselves,
That is why we have gathered, because we think well in our hearts;
Long live each of us, good people!