Under a clear night sky with an almost full moon, the Backstreet Boys (BSB) gave a full show worthy of their reputation and genre on July 9. They opened their …
Daily Archives: 11 July 2017
Nick Jonas and Michel Fugain perform at FEQ
French singer Michel Fugain, 75, charmed the audience at the Parc de la Francophonie on Sunday evening. He sang all his classics: “Comme un oiseau,” “Attention attention.” Backup singer Dominique …
Melissa Etheridge brings Memphis home to Quebec City
Quebec, Hello! Bonjourrr,” purred the the first lady of Rock ’n’ RollMelissa Etheridge, exaggerating the last ‘r’ in the soulful, powerful voice for which she is known at the Festival …
P!NK and FEQ soar to new musical heights
As P!nk sang and soared above the Bell Stage on the Plains of Abraham on the evening of Saturday, July 8, she literally brought FEQ’s 50th edition of the popular …
Kendrick Lamar dazzles at FEQ and promises, “I’ll be back!”
Renowned hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar highlighted the first weekend of Quebec City’s 50th Festival d’Été (FEQ), and to no surprise, he delivered a show to remember. “Loyalty, got loyalty inside …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle Since the opening of the Jeffery Hale Hospital on the first of February, twenty-five patients have been admitted up to the first of the present month, …
Story behind Rue des Wapitis
The streets in the Orsainville sector of Charlesbourg are named after fur-bearing animals such as lynx, deer, moose, mountain goats and, of course, wapitis or elk, that used to be …
Fans join P!NK on the FEQ Bell Stage with virtual reality
The day before P!NK performed, Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ) proudly announced the first use of virtual reality live streaming that would take place during her July 8 concert. During …
Citadel Foundation honours the late Alexander Huard
The Philanthropist, an upcoming production on the life of Jeffery Hale, includes performances by Alexander Huard, one of the actors filmed for this multimedia project to be staged in August …
Back to the future: Trudeau vs Mulroney in 2023?
We passed by Saint-Léon-de-Westmount church the other day on a stroll through our old Montreal haunts. And I had an epiphany, not a religious one, more like a political flash …