Enrico Macias

On July 21, 2026, Enrico Macias took to the stage at the Théâtre Robinson in Mandelieu‑la‑Napoule. A singer and guitarist trained in Algeria alongside Cheikh Raymond, he has, since the 1960s, carried a French song tradition shaped by Arab‑Andalusian melodies and rhythms drawn from chaabi. On stage he returns to his favored themes — exile, memory, the Mediterranean — and to refrains the audience knows by heart.

On the program was a set that mixes his early hits, including "Adieu mon pays," with festive airs and more recent tracks. His bright guitar, the vocal ornaments inherited from the Maghreb, and his direct songwriting make up a repertoire in which transmission and cultural coexistence take form. The atmosphere is one of sharing, with a way of circulating energy between stage and audience, mostly in French and sometimes in other languages. Between Constantine and Paris, Enrico Macias weaves songs that bring people together without artifice, carried by a keen sense of rhythm and a distinctive human warmth.