Le Festif! is a three-day annual event held in Baie-Saint-Paul in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The event is held on the last weekend of July, one week before the opening of the Symposium of Contemporary Art. It takes its name from the French word "festif" meaning "festive". The event is described as a mix between popular musical and circus-arts.[1] In 2012, more than 10,000 people attended le festif!.[2] The fourth addition in 2013 attendance was capped at 14,000.[3]

Le Festif!
Dateslast weekend of July
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Inaugurated2010
Websitewww.lefestif.ca

Timeline of the event edit

The statistics below illustrate the growth in attendance of the Le Festif! event, as well as other facts and figures.

Year Location Participants Pre-Sale Full Price Past Performances
2010 Parc du Gouffre 2,000 $20 Les Cowboys Fringants, Replay the Beatles, Papagroove, Buffet Froid
2011 Parc du Gouffre 2,500 $20 $25 Robert Charlebois, Les Trois Accords, Colectivo, David Cimon, Delirium Tremens
2012 Centre-ville 10,000 $35 $50 Vincent Vallières, Bernard Adamus, Plume Latraverse, La Bottine Souriante, Philippe Brach
2013 Centre-ville 14,000 $50 $70 The Cat Empire, Daniel Bélanger, Les Colocs, Sunny Duval, Lisa LeBlanc, Papagroove, Keith Kouna, Gros Mené, Canailles, Bloodshot Bill, Philippe B., Roma Carnivale
2014 Centre-ville 18,000 $65 $75 Alpha Blondy, Louis-Jean Cormier, Loco Locass, Les Cowboys Fringants, Misteur Valaire, Karim Ouellet, Random Recipe, Dead Obies, So Called, Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project, Béatrice Bonifassi, Alaclair Ensemble, Les Breastfeeders, Les Hay Babies, Philippe Brach, Pépé et sa Guitare, David Marin, Cou Coupé, Tram des Balkans, Dylan Perron et Élixir de Gumbo, Speakeasy Electroswing, Ponctuation, Francis Faubert, Artist of the Year, Heavy Soundz, Caltâr-Bateau, Le Winston Band, Patrick Gosselin, El Pornos, Fanfare Gipsy Pigs, Kumpa'nia, Collectif Devenchi, Machine de Cirque, Les Gargouilles, Noëmie Armellin
2015 Centre-ville 20,000[4] Reel Big Fish, Les Trois Accords, Alex Nevsky (musician), Radio Radio (band), Bernard Adamus, Galaxie (band), Marie-Pierre Arthur, Qualité Hotel, Loud Lary Ajust, Groenland, Mara Tremblay, Mononc Serge, We Are Wolves, The Franklin Electric, The Planet Smashers, Antoine Corriveau, Dany Placard, Philippe B, Fanny Bloom, Dear Criminals, Pierre Kwenders, Chocolat, The Seasons, Eman & Vlooper, Claude Bégin, Milk & Bone, Louis-Philippe Gingras, Guillaume Beauregard, Dylan Perron et Elixir de Gumbo, Heat, Odeur de Swing, L'orchestre d'hommes-orchestres, What Cheer? Brigade, Eric Larochelle, Spicy Circus, L'ours, l'écureuil, le dauphin, Sweet Grass, Émile Bilodeau, Piero Vélo, Prieur et Landry
2016 Centre-ville 28,000[5] Half Moon Run, The Cat Empire, Champion et ses G-Strings, Les Sœurs Boulay, Plume Latraverse, The Barr Brothers, Fred Fortin, Les Goules, Dumas (musician), GrimSkunk, Ariane Moffatt, Avec pas d'casque, Dead Obies, Basia Bulat, Canailles, Yann Perreau, Duchess Says, Yves Lambert, Koriass, Tire le Coyote, Safia Nolin, Violett Pi, Francis Faubert, Detroit Party Marching Band, Beat Sexü, Marco et les Torvis, Mathieu Bérubé, La Famille Ouellette, Duo Christophe et Bruno, Marion Sylvain, Les Hôtesses d'hilaire, Philémon Cimon, Busty and the Bass, I.D.A.L.G., Foutoukours, Anatole, Hungry March Band, Brown, Beat Market, Gab Paquet, Sunny Duval, The Soots
2017 Centre-ville 35,000[6] Caravan Palace, Xavier Rudd, Valaire, Daniel Bélanger, Timber Timbre, Alaclair Ensemble, Louis-Jean Cormier, Lisa LeBlanc, Klô Pelgag, Richard Séguin, Loco Locass, Xavier Caféïne, Groovy Aardvark, Qualité Motel, We Are Wolves, Karim Ouellet, Antoine Corriveau, Le Couleur, Paupiére, Martha Wainwright, Peter Peter (Canadian musician), Leif Vollebekk, Les Dales Hawerchuk, Philippe B, Laura Sauvage, Rednext Level, KNLO, Voïvod, Chocolat, Plants and Animals, Bernard Adamus, Beyries, De temps antan, Le vent du nord, Yonatan Gat, Lemon Bucket Orkestra

References edit

  1. ^ "Bonjour Quebec". BonjourQuebec.com.
  2. ^ "LE 3E ÉDITION DU FESTIF! DE BAIE-ST-PAUL A ATTIRÉ 10 000 PERSONNES". 29 July 2012.
  3. ^ Émélie Bernier. "4e Festif! de Baie-Saint-Paul: la fête au village!". charlevoixendirect.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  4. ^ "Le Festif! au sommet de son art - Le Charlevoisien". Le Charlevoisien (in French). 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  5. ^ "Année record au Festif! : les défis de l'expansion - Les nouvelles - CIHO FM 96,3". www.cihofm.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  6. ^ "Le Festif! le plus achalandé - Les nouvelles - CIHO FM 96,3". www.cihofm.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.