COMMUNITY CALENDAR of EVENTS
Compiled by Shirley Nadeau with QCT staff shirley@qctonline.com
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR of EVENTS
June 19 to 22 – The first Festival Coro Casse, a series of street dancing shows in collaboration with La Rotonde, will be held at the Grand Théâtre. For details and tickets, visit grandtheatre.qc.ca/series/coro-casse.
June 19 to Aug. 23 – The Edwin Bélanger Bandstand presents a variety of free outdoor concerts in the heart of the Plains of Abraham with more than 20 musical shows and organized family activities on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. For details about these and other events happening “in Plain sight” this summer, visit plainsofabraham.ca.
June 20 to July 19 – We Will Rock You, the musical, a tribute to the music of Queen, takes place at Le Capitole theatre. Rediscover the power of love and rock through the music of 25 iconic Queen songs. For details and tickets, visit theatrecapitole.com/en/shows/we-will-rock-you-juillet-2025.
June 21 at 6 p.m. – Kwe! National Indigenous Peoples Day is being celebrated in front of the National Assembly. For details, visit kwefest.com/en.
June 23 at 7:30 p.m. – Celebrate the Fête nationale du Québec on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. The FREE “Grand spectacle” is at 9 p.m. For details, visit fetenationale.gouv.qc.ca/capitale-nationale/spectacle. If you can’t get there, the show can be seen on Télé-Québec as of 9:30 p.m.
June 24 at 10 a.m. – Fête nationale du Québec flag-raising ceremony at the Grand Marché de Québec, 220 Boul. Wilfrid-Hamel, near the Videotron Centre.
June 26 to 29 – Festibière takes place at Quai Paquet in Lévis. For information and tickets, visit infofestibiere.com/levis .
Wednesday, June 25 at 12:05 p.m. – The Musical Wednesdays summer concert series begins at Chalmers-Wesley United Church, 78 Rue Ste-Ursule in Old Quebec. This week features soprano Sharon MacLeod, who will sing classical pieces by Orff, Debussy, Handel, Liszt and Mozart and contemporary pieces by Jake Huggies and Mary Linklater. She will be accompanied by pianist Marie-Hélène Greffard, who will also perform solo pieces by Denis Bédard, Scott Joplin and Alfred Lefébure-Wély on the organ. Admission is free; donations are welcome.
June 26 to 29 – Festival Québec Jazz en Juin celebrates exceptional musicians, with performances from morning to night at the Grand Théâtre de Québec, Parc de l’Amérique-Française, Faubourg St-Jean-Baptiste and the Saint-Sacrement district. For details and tickets, visit festivalquebecjazzenjuin.com.
June 27-29 – Pow Wow international de Wendake at 100, boul. Bastien, Wendake. Access to the site is free of charge, but there is a fee to enter the Dance Circle competitions and evening music shows. For details, visit tourismewendake.ca/en/pow-wow.
Until June 30 – Take a flight in Le Dôme Hubblo, a temporary structure in front of the Grand Théâtre, that transports viewers into space with five unusual creations in immersive 360o universes including: Pink Floyd, the Dark Side of the Moon; Temporel; Space Explorers: the ISS Experience, Episode 1, Adapt, and Episode 2, Advance; and Have a Safe Trip! For details, visit grandtheatre.qc.ca/a-propos/le-dome.
Tuesday, July 1 – Celebrate Canada Day! Free family events are planned in three locations throughout the day: 11 a.m. – Flag-raising ceremony, parade by the Royal 22e Régiment and a giant birthday cake on Dufferin Terrace. From noon, there will be family activities (inflated bouncy castles, creative workshops, sports challenges and more) on the Plains of Abraham. At 2 p.m. there will be a live magic show with your favourite princesses. At 8 p.m., there will be a country music show at the Edwin Bélanger Bandstand featuring Maxime Landry and Annie Blanchard, and an immersive laser light show.
Wednesday, July 2 at 12:05 p.m. – Musical Wednesdays at Chalmers-Wesley United Church, 78 Rue Ste-Ursule, features contralto Priscilla-Anne Tremblay, a member of the Opéra de Québec chorus who has planned a delightful program of arias from works by Vivaldi, Handel, Gluck, Rossini, Verdi and others. She will be accompanied by pianist Jean-François Mailloux, who will also perform solo J.S. Bach’s Partita BWV 825 Sarabande and an excerpt from Massenet’s Cendrillon. Free admission; donations are most welcome.
July 3 at 11:15 a.m. – Celebrate the 413th birthday of the Ville de Québec in the Jardins de l’Hôtel-de-Ville, with Mayor Bruno Marchand, a parade by the Royal 22e Régiment and units of the police and fire departments. City Hall will open to visitors from 3 to 8 p.m., and events will be held in many city parks. For details, visit ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/art-culture/grands-evenements/fete-de-quebec.
July 3 to 13 – Quebec City’s iconic Festival d’Été takes place on the Plains of Abraham and other venues around the city. For details, follow the QCT’s continuing coverage and visit feq.ca/en/program.
SAVE THE DATE: Reserve your spot NOW for Friday, August 15 – The famous Dîner en Blanc returns to Quebec City. Sign up NOW if you wish to have a seat at the table at the secret location, which you will not know until your bus arrives there. You and your partner must dress entirely in WHITE and you have the choice of bringing your own meal with you or ordering one of the ready-made (catered) meals. For details, visit quebec.dinerenblanc.com/city.