COMMUNITY CALENDAR of EVENTS 

July 24 to Aug. 4 – Festival d’Opéra de Québec events take place in many venues around Quebec City. For details, visit operadequebec.com/en.

Wednesday, July 24 at 12:05 p.m. – Musical Wednesdays at Chalmers-Wesley United Church, 78 Rue Ste-Ursule in Old Quebec, presents Peter Calkins (flute) and Alain Châteauvert (piano), who will play works by Bach, Mozart, Pergolesi, Rachmaninoff, de Falla, Myagi and Morricone. Free admission, donations welcome. 

Thursday, July 25 at 12:30 p.m. – Midis en musique at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, 31 rue des Jardins, features duet pianists Rosemarie Duval-Laplante and Jean-Michel Dubé. Free admission; donations appreciated. 

Thursday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m. – Musique de Chambre à l’Église Sainte-Pétronille on Île d’Orléans presents pianist Richard Raymond. For details and tickets, visit musiquedechambre.ca. 

Friday, July 26 – La SuperFrancoFête presents Plaines de chansons, a historic 50th-anniversary event on the Plains of Abraham with some 20 of Quebec’s top singers and musicians. Free admission! For details, visit superfrancofete.com.

July 26 to Aug. 25 – The 41st International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul takes place at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 27 Rue Amboise-Fafard. The symposium welcomes 13 artists from Quebec and around the world. For details, visit symposiumbsp.com/en.

July 27 to Aug. 31 – L’Auberge l’Île Flottante in Saint-Laurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans presents L’Auberge en spectacle, in collaboration with the Parc maritime de Saint-Laurent. Enjoy the sounds of Quebec artists Nathalie Simard (July 27), Jay Kutcher (Aug. 3) and Mélissa Bédard (Aug. 31). For more details and tickets, visit ileflottante.com/evenements.

Saturday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m. – The Violons du Roy join the Festival d’opéra de Québec to present the Grand Concert du Festival: De Gluck à Berlioz. Famous and yet-to-be-discovered arias will be performed by French soprano Isabelle Cals and Quebec tenor Frédéric Antoun, under the baton of Nicolas Ellis at the Palais Montcalm. For details and tickets, visit palaismontcalm.tuxedobillet.com.

Wednesday, July 31 at 12:05 p.m. – Musical Wednesdays at Chalmers-Wesley United Church, 78 Rue Ste-Ursule in Old Quebec presents renowned American violinist Andrew Sords, accompanied by Canadian pianist Cheryl Duvall, who will perform works by Brahms, de Falla and Saraste. Free admission; donations welcome. 

July 31 to Aug. 4 – Festivent de Lévis features Black Eyed Peas, Bryan Adams, Simple Plan and much more. For details and tickets, visit festivent.ca. See preview on page ??.

Thursday, Aug. 1 at 12:30 p.m. – Midis en musique at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (31 rue des Jardins), features Prélude de Debussy with pianist Samuel Blanchette-Gagnon. Free admission; donations appreciated. 

Thursday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. – Musique de Chambre à l’Église Sainte-Pétronille on Île d’Orléans presents the Quatuor Andara with Marie-Claire Vaillancourt (violin), Jeanne Côté (violin), Vincent Delorme (viola) and Dominic Beauséjour-Ostiguy (cello). For details and tickets, visit musiquedechambre.ca. 

Aug. 1 to 24 – ComediHa! Fest features a range of indoor and outdoor performances by the province’s top stand-up comedians. See the festival website (comedihafest.com/programmation) for details. Outdoor programming is free. 

Aug. 1 to 22 – The 28th edition of the Grands Feux Loto-Québec takes place every Tuesday and Thursday evening, ending with the grand finale on Saturday, Aug. 24. Spectators can enjoy free events on both sides of the St. Lawrence River, between Quebec City and Lévis, combining pyrotechnic, musical and artistic prowess. For details, visit lesgrandsfeux.com/programmation. 

Aug. 2 et 3 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. –  La vie parisienne by Jacques Offenbach will be the highlight of the 13th Festival d’opéra de Québec at the Grand Théâtre. For details, visit operadequebec.com/en.

Aug. 3-4 and 10-11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Visit the Cartier-Roberval archeological site in Cap Rouge to learn about the first French colonization in America between 1541 and 1543 and the objects found during the excavations of 2007 to 2010. A conference with archologists Richard Fiset and Gilles Samson on Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. is free of charge but space is limited and reservations must be made. For details, visit capitale.gouv.qc.ca/la-capitale-sanime/le-mois-de-larcheologie-a-cartier-roberval/ 

Until Aug. 24 – Domaine Forget de Charlevoix 46th International Festival will vibrate to the tune of the performing arts! Let yourself get carried away by music’s pleasures and emotions, in St-Iréneé! For details, visit domaineforget.com/en/international-festival. 

Until Sept. 15, Thursday to Sunday at 5:30, 7:30 and 9 p.m. – Immerse yourself in Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary 360˚ film in a large dome set up outside the Grand Théâtre. Each presentation is 46 minutes long. For details and tickets, visit grandtheatre.qc.ca.

Visit the Voice of English-speaking Québec website at veq.ca for information about events for all ages. 

Visit the Morrin Centre website at morrin.org for information about more literary, artistic and educational activities for everyone.