Professional musicians partnership settled in Lyon since its foundation in 1977, ARFI (Association searching an imaginary folklore) is an indisputable joint success amid the European jazz scene. Performed by the Workshop de Lyon, the Marvelous Band (both group responsible for the creation of ARFI) and La Marmite Infernale, ARFI’s big band, their repertoire inhabits a wide musical universe: from modern jazz to improvised music, ARFI’s music speaks many languages. It is alive, learned and popular, traditional and modern, inspired, playful and played in all kind of circonstances.
Imaginative Families :
ARFI operates almost like a big family. There are 15 permanent members in the collective and about 30 artists associated regularly.
Every musician participates in the shaping of the ensemble fantasy world, this famed Folklore Imaginaire, playful and festive, unreasonable and spontaneous.
It is an unrestrained and multiform universe, made of various bands, as if they were branches of the same tree.
Concerts
News


La Marmite Infernale au festival Etival Dada
Le grand ensemble de l’ARFI la Marmite Infernale vous donne...


Nouvel album “Humeurs et Vacillements” de la Marmite Infernale
Présenté sur scène lors de la Rentrée Grands Formats 2021,...

Festival Eclats d’ARFI du 14 au 17 octobre
Entre rencontres intimes et grandes formes, le festival Eclats d’ARFI,...

ARFI : La Marmite Infernale en tournée cet été
La Marmite Infernale, grand ensemble du collectif ARFI, sera en...

Damien Grange intègre l’ARFI
Damien Grange est artiste, musicien, dessinateur, éclairagiste, compositeur de musique...

Laura Tejeda Martin rejoint l’ARFI
Plasticienne et musicienne de formation, Laura Tejeda est un cas...

Concerts éclectiques et ping-pong électrique
L’Arfi vous donne rendez-vous le 29 février pour des concerts...