Les Francofolies de La Rochelle

Les Francofolies de la Rochelle is an annual music festival founded in 1985 in La Rochelle, France as an initiative of Jean-Louis Foulquier. It is usually held annually in July and aims at promoting francophone 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.