Arts & Entertainment
La Grande Foire de Québec signals the end of summer
Photo by Jay Ouellet
Published: August 28, 2019
The Grande Foire de Québec at ExpoCité was packed on a mild August evening. The 35 rides and other entertainment kept kids and adults busy and amused over the four days of the fair, Aug. 21 to 25.
Rhythm and taste buds satisfied in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
Published: August 28, 2019
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Rythmes et Papilles celebrated everything that is great about summer on the Beaupré coast. For the second year, the community assembled in the park across from Basilica Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré for four evenings of family fun, live music and delicious meals from local food trucks.
Maguire en Fête: Gin and appetizers are on the menu
Published: August 28, 2019
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Distilleries, restaurants and shops transformed a commercial street into a neighbourhood party. Aug. 24 was the day to celebrate Avenue Maguire.
FREE Inaugural tours of Le Diamant
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Published: August 21, 2019
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Catch me, if you can, at Domaine de Maizerets
Photos by Danielle Burns
Published: August 21, 2019
The six FLIP Fabrique performers in Attrape-Moi are having a ball juggling, dancing, jumping on trampolines and more at MaizRêve, the Maizerets neighbourhood festival.
Experience Wildlife Concerts at Forêt Montmorency
Published: August 21, 2019
Photo: Université Laval
For the 13th year, Forêt Montmorency presents its famous Wildlife Concerts. Unique in North America, these unusual 90-minute concerts are musical interpretations of nature to honour the life and sounds of the boreal forest at dusk on Saturday evenings.
Jesse Cooke takes Domaine Forget by storm
Published: August 21, 2019
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
Canadian acoustic guitar virtuoso Jesse Cooke gave an outstanding performance at the Domaine Forget in Saint-Irénée on Aug. 17.
Accompanied by his band of four, he played his signature combination of flamenco, jazz and many forms of world music.
Arts Alive! Québec festival thrives at Morrin Centre
Published: August 7, 2019
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
The Morrin Centre held its fifth annual Arts Alive! Québec festival on Aug. 2 and 3. The Old Town was absolutely crawling with visitors and residents alike as the Nouvelle-France festival was happening just a few blocks away.
Quebecers celebrate their rich heritage during spectacular Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France
Published: August 7, 2019
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Quebecers and the Old Town went back to their origins for four days at the 23rd edition of the Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France (FNF). From Aug. 1 to 4, locals became soldiers, peasants, bourgeois, nobles and even royals of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Visitors fully enjoyed the parade along Grande Allée on Aug. 1, and the New France “village” in the Parc de l’Esplanade until Aug. 4.
Jealous lovers duke it out at the MNBAQ
Published: August 7, 2019
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
Saturday afternoon, Aug. 3, and the Sandra and Alain Bouchard auditorium of the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec is sold out. The audience are there to see a humorous recital of L’Amant jaloux ou Les fausses apparences, which was composed by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) and features excerpts of works by Mozart, Méhul and Devienne, among others.
