2015
After two spring editions in 2013 and 2014, the Aurores Montréal festival is back in winter for 2015. Giving Paris audiences the chance to discover the Canadian talents of tomorrow, the third edition of the festival will be held in...
2015
Saint-Germain-en-Laye This festival, founded 28 years ago, aims to promote French-language music in all its forms, shine a spotlight on veteran musicians and encourage the emergence of new talents. This year’s edition features several Canadian artists, including Bon Débarras, Josiane...
2014
L’alhambra – Paris Put to sleep to the sound of family stories, this son of an accountant who “inadvertently became a pleasant storyteller” brings the legends of the town of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton in Quebec to life in this new performance. Hailed...
2014
Saint-Germain-en-Laye This festival, founded twenty-seven years ago, aims to promote Francophone music in all its forms, put the spotlight on veteran artists and encourage the emergence of new talents. On the bill for this new edition are several artists from...
2014
Vincennes For its seventh edition, the festival of North American literature America celebrates the old and fruitful relationship between France and North America, focussing on the richness and vitality of the French language by bringing together Canadian French-speaking authors from...
2014
Saint Aubin sur Mer Through the theme of Le grand débarquement, the festival La semaine acadienne pays homage to all the soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Dedicated to the landings of Canadian troops...
2014
Trois Baudets, Dame de Canton, Divan du Monde and Pan Piper, Paris Canal 93, Bobigny This second edition of Aurores Montréal, the Francophone festival of contemporary Canadian music will be visiting Paris. In order to publicize the vitality and diversity...
2014
At Batofar, Paris The hard rock group Blood Ceremony will be playing a concert at the Batofar to promote their new album, The Eldritch Dark. Recorded and mixed by the producer Ian Blurton, and mastered by Canadian recording legend Nick...
2014
At Divan du Monde, Paris Big Sugar has fashioned a unique sound, a blend of rock, reggae, soul and dub, with a double-neck guitar and flying dreadlocks. Gordie Johnson and his acolytes are known for their sensational live performances which...
2014
À la Halle aux Grains – Toulouse Les Grands Interprètes invite major international orchestras and renowned soloists to Toulouse throughout the year. Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic since 2008, Quebec conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has forged a special relationship with...
2013
Saint-Germain-en-Laye Ce festival de passionnés, créé il y a 26 ans, a pour objectif de promouvoir la chanson francophone sous toutes ses formes, de donner un coup de projecteur sur des artistes confirmés et encourager l’émergence de nouveaux talents. À l’affiche...
2013
At Olympia, Paris Canadian singer Bryan Adams will be in France to play a single date at L’Olympia. His European Bare Bones Tour is named after his latest album, released in 2010. During this concert, Adams will play his biggest...
2013
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris Quebecker Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has conducted orchestras in Philadelphia, Montreal and Rotterdam, will be conducting Le Vaisseau fantôme (The Flying Dutchman), a story of love and death performed by an unbridled orchestra and powerful singers. A...
2013
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados From August 8–15, 2013, Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer will host the eighth edition of La Semaine Acadienne for the leading festival of the Calvados region. This event will pay homage to the Acadian soldiers of the North Shore Regiment of New...
2013
La Rochelle The big names of chanson française and today’s talents will meet up once again during Les Francofolies de la Rochelle, July 1–16. They include leading Canadian artists and groups who will be presenting their latest albums: Rufus Wainwright,...
2013
Fête de la Musique – Esplanade des Invalides Friday, 21 June 2013 – 6.30 pm to midnight In association with partners and sponsors, the Embassy of Canada in France and the Canadian Cultural Centre will bring top Canadian talents to...
2013
At 8 p.m. at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées – Paris The very talented Quebecker Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra on June 21. Discovered a few years ago, he now conducts the orchestras of Philadelphia, Montreal and Rotterdam. A...
2013
Wednesday, June 12, 6:30 p.m., as part of the RIO LOCO! festival at the Prairie des Filtres, Toulouse Tuesday, June 18, 8:30 p.m., New Morning, Paris Founded by Trinidadian-Canadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town refers to the historic of Port-of-Spain,...
2013
Espace Fraternité – Aubervilliers (93) The new edition of the Festival d’Aubercail 2013 will feature a cross-cultural celebration of music. Well-known, fringe and independent singers will be there to share their passion for words with us. They will include the...
2013
At Le Petit Journal de Montparnasse, Paris The Canadian singer Elisabeth Shepherd, three-time Juno award nominee, expresses her soul jazz culture on her latest album, Rewind, and revives certain standards, such as “Feeling Good” and “Les amoureux des bancs publics”....
2013
Paris This first edition Aurores Montréal festival, the francophone festival of contemporary Quebec music, will be coming to Paris from April 30 to May 4, 2013. To promote the vitality and diversity of the new francophone music scene of Montreal,...
2013
At 8:30 p.m. at Théâtre de la Cité Internationale – Paris A lovely musical encounter between the young Canadian Kyrie Kristmanson, fascinated by the melodies of the women troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and of the group Quatuor...
2012
Odyssud, the multidisciplinary cultural space of Blagnac in the Midi-Pyrénées, is celebrating its twenty-fifth season. The programming gives pride of place to Canadian artists. Singer Kellylee Evans, who has a crystal-clear and sensual voice, will be the guest of Big Band...
2012
Église-Musée des Augustins – Toulouse From 9 to 21 October 2012, the Festival International Toulouse les Orgues will resurrect the spirit of Xavier Darasse, who passed away twenty years ago. A virtuoso musician, daring composer and great teacher, he shook...
2012
Saint-Germain-en-Laye This festival, founded by a group of friends twenty-five years ago, champions French-language music in all its forms, highlights experienced artists and encourages the emergence of new talents. To celebrate the festival’s anniversary and highlight twenty-five years of collaboration...
2012
Le Festival Interceltique de Lorient consacre 2012 comme « Année de l’Acadie ». Invitée d’honneur, la délégation acadienne présente en concert de nombreux artistes et groupes. Sont notamment annoncés, Dominique Breau, Dominique Dupuis, Fayo, George Belliveau, Joseph Edgar, La Virée, Lisa...
2012
Tanya Tagaq, the Diva of Nunavut, plays, turns, paints, moves, poses, sings, touches, shocks, unsettles, fills with wonder, demobilizes, and brings together. She was thrust onto the international scene in 2004, when the video of one of her early performances...
2012
Singer-songwriter Ariane Moffatt made a name for herself in 2002 with the album « Aquanaute » , which won several ADISQ awards. In 2008, she won over the French public with the song « Je veux tout » from her album « Tous...
2012
On tour in France Coeur de Pirate made a splash in the world of chanson française in 2008 with her self-titled debut album, which won her a Félix award for best debut artist, a Juno nomination and a place on...
2012
On tour in France For over a decade, Constantinople has been exploring the oral traditions of Mediterranean cultures and the manuscript music of the Middle Ages. Some of the musical ensemble’s projects touch on the repertoires and practices of several...
2012
After fifteen years of friendship, five albums and over six hundred concerts, Mes Aïeux are back with their new album, A l’aube du printemps, which is due to be released on March 30. The first track, “Viens-t’en” – available online...
2012
On tour in France After the release of a first EP in 2009 that was met with critical acclaim, Lindi Ortega completed a new full length record called « Little Red Boots » in June 2011. She’s no stranger to...