FESTIVAL DE CARCASSONNE – CHRIS ISAAK
CARCASSONNE – CITE MEDIEVALE – The Jul 16, 2026 – 21:30

Last update 19/11/2025

Description

Chris Isaak, the legendary crooner from California, is coming to the Carcassonne Festival 2026 for the very first time with a special event date!

Flashy suit, slicked-back hair, powerful voice: Chris Isaak, a child of the sixties raised on the fire of Elvis, swims against the current to celebrate a rock scented with the past. Naturally optimistic, he brushes off the ambient melancholy to build a unique musical empire. Beyond trends, Chris Isaak — a worthy heir to Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and the great Elvis Presley — is a countercurrent breeze, freezing time with grace. This contemporary cowboy, ready to draw his second-hand Gibson J-200 at the slightest emotion, cares little about trends or eras. With his charming smile, aerodynamic hairstyle and brightly colored outfits, the rough diamond from Stockton, a quiet California town, lays his smooth, languid voice over velvety melodies, following in the footsteps of his childhood heroes like Leadbelly and Hank Williams, whom he once listened to on a barely-functioning old record player.

In a way, Chris Isaak, who comes from a very modest family, has always been one step behind — and that’s precisely where the paradox lies. Because the American crooner, a former talented boxer whose nose still bears the marks, always strikes at the right moment, and without warning, rising above the crowd with hits that seem to appear out of nowhere, songs no one believed in. Blue Hotel was predicted to be a commercial failure by his label at the time, Wicked Game a disaster: they became worldwide successes. Yes, this devoted admirer of Roy Orbison, who describes himself as somewhere between a poet and a redneck, could have faded into obscurity many times. But the legacy he carries — and has been shaping since the eighties — is his anchor: Chris Isaak will never fall.

Thus, always in good spirits, this naturally extravagant dandy, who breaks with the rules of political correctness, wonderfully revives the spirit of the sixties by injecting it with a dose of timeless modernity. Frugality, serenity, romanticism: Chris Isaak plays with these themes to transform his adventures and anecdotes into a moving and energetic homage to everlasting rockabilly.

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• Full rate : 59,00€
• Full rate : 69,00€

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