The musicians of La Cigale, like Lous Cigalouns de Mourseuns, a folk group formed in 1946, all dreamed of a new bandstand. Finally, on February 19, 1948, it was decided that a masonry bandstand would be built in the middle of what is now Place Aristide Briand. The project was entrusted to Bayonne architect André Bergès. The chosen location is identical, at the crossroads of the two paths which crossed the old square, the old alleys which led from the station to the church and a path which joined rue Brémontier to the current rue Salengro.
Octagonal in shape and adorned with a beautiful wrought iron gate, this sturdy bandstand allowed for concerts, open-air balls, and Cigalouns parties to be held in better conditions. Its general appearance has evolved over the years. Designed to accommodate around thirty musicians—a number corresponding to the maximum number of members of the Cigale in 1948—its capacity quickly proved insufficient, forcing the municipality to carry out expansion and transformation work to allow all the orchestra's musicians to take their places. The wrought iron gate bore the brunt of these improvements.