2024 LINE-UP

Friday 30 august

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CRi (DJ set), eletronics musics

CRi is an electronic artist in 2013. He released a number of standalone tracks and remixes for other artists before following up with the EPs Tell Her in 2016, Someone Else in 2017, and Initial in 2019.
In 2019, CRi and Charlotte Cardin collaborated on a cover of Daniel Bélanger’s “Fous n’importe où”.Juvenile, his first full-length album, was released in 2020 and included Bélanger as a guest vocalist on the track “Signal”.
In 2023, CRi released his second studio album, Miracles, on which he collaborated with artists such as Half Moon Run and Klô Pelgag.
Someone Else was a nominee for Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018, and Juvenile received a nomination in the same category at the Juno Awards of 2021. The same year, he won a Félix Award for Discovery of the Year at the 43rd ADISQ gala.

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Les Deuxluxes, rock

Formed in Montreal in 2013, Les Deuxluxes is a rock’n’roll duo made up of singer and guitarist Anna Frances Meyer, and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Étienne Barry. With their blend of biting garage rock, electrifying melodies and assertive psychedelia, Les Deuxluxes set the stage on fire and mesmerize crowds wherever they go. After spending most of the next three years on the road, Les Deuxluxes return with a new EP in 2024, including a first single in collaboration with the Shirleys entitled Always on the run.

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PETITE-AMIE, pop-psyché

Petite Amie is a psychedelic pop-rock band from Mexico City. In 2019, the group of musicians decided to get together to write songs, releasing a series of singles a year later, which would place them among one of the most promising bands on the Mexican alternative rock scene. Mexican alternative rock. These songs became their self-titled debut LP, released in October 2021. In 2024, the band will return with a new album, to be released via Spanish label Sonido Muchacho.
Petite Amie’s music is characterized by the gentle voices of the two singers, who sing in French and Spanish, acoustic guitars, enveloping synthesizers, fuzzy guitar solos and prominent drums. As such, the band oscillates between different styles, based on psychedelic pop-rock. Their main influences include classics like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and more recent sounds like Big Thief, Magic Potion, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Crumb.

Satursday 31 august

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THE BROOKS, soul-funk

Named “Canadian funk’s best-kept secret” by La Presse newspaper, The Brooks is a group of accomplished musicians well known on the soul/funk scene across the Atlantic. Expert instrumentalists led by Alexandre Lapointe create a dazzling combo with leader Alan Prater, an incredibly energetic showman who has worked alongside some of the biggest names in the music industry. This passionate, experienced band ignites the sacred fire every time they perform!

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POPULATION II, rock psyché

Population II is a band committed to its disengagement, working with unwavering constancy on refining an imposing but unpretentious sound. The trio, made up of singer/drummer Pierre-Luc Gratton, guitarist/keyboardist Tristan Lacombe and bassist Sébastien Provençal, are masters of both improvised madness and refined composition, offering heavy psychedelic rock embellished with the feverish rhythms of funk, the philosophy of jazz, the boundless energy emanating from the early days of punk and a marked love of minor scales that recalls the ancestry of heavy metal.

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LOÏC LAFRANCE, rock

Loïc Lafrance is a singer-songwriter from Bas-Saint-Laurent, now based in Quebec City. Loïc Lafrance’s music takes its inspiration from 70s rock, with an imaginative and symbolic style. Ranging from rhythmic anthems with velcro refrains to ballads with poignant, personal lyrics, the work of this colourful youngster always stands out for its contagious joyfullness.

Sunday 1st september

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photo artist Karkwa (rock) sunday line-up artist

Petit Pied, pop song_sunday 1st september 2024 at Festival FOCUS

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KARKWA, rock

After more than 12 years of waiting, Karkwa are finally back on stage. Those who have already seen them know what to expect: an electrifying show, a captivating and unforgettable sonic experience. Don’t miss this opportunity to be transported once again into their boldly arranged alternative rock musical universe, and to celebrate Karkwa’s renewed energy in full force. Get ready for an evening that will leave you speechless.

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Jesse Mac Cormack, indie-electronic-pop art rock

Jesse Mac Cormack is finally beginning to grasp the true meaning of his music. His second studio album is as piercing as a glance, as tender as a goodbye. It’s a collection of electronic songs that swell and break like waves on a shore. The recording process was by turns enriching, peaceful, solitary and anxiety-provoking. Time, distance and therapy enabled the Montreal songwriter to finally understand everything he wanted to express.
SOLO was created in May 2022.
Stemming from this latest record is a recently announced EP entitled SOLO_2. A 3-song work composed of reinvented tracks from the original album: NFHN_2, A&E_2 and Blue World_2. “The idea of doing alternative versions of the songs that were on SOLO came about after performing my album launch at the Phi Centre in Montreal last spring,” says Jesse. “Playing the songs live made me want to move into a more electronic musical vibe and dynamism to experiment with a different energy on stage.”

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PETIT PIED, pop songs

Petit Pied writes songs that blend different genres without ever losing their way. He reveals his experience and sensitivity through a style all his own, blending poetry, rap and song. Petit Pied is a music that mutates, yet remains luminous, inhabited and unsubdued.

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On the free market

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photo Sam Harvey (afro house) artist of the free market acces li-up for all the weekend

photo Steamboat Woody (country folk) artiste market Satursday line-up

Lee-La & Tom friday line-up of the free market

Feed the Beast sunday line-up of the free market

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SAM HARVEY, afro house

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Samuel Harvey is a DJ and music producer who has created a bridge between the musical traditions of Quebec and the bewitching rhythms of Afro house. With an innate passion for music and a keen ear for new trends, Samuel has developed a unique style that deftly blends the sounds of his native land with the dynamic influences of Africa. By combining the two genres, Sam Harvey doesn’t just mix tracks; he creates a true cultural fusion. His sets are a musical journey where iconic Quebec artists rub shoulders with energizing Afro house beats, transforming each performance into a unique sensory experience.

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STEAMBOAT WOODY, country folk

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Steamboat Woody is a banjo player whose music, blending bluegrass and punkrock influences, tells stories of love and times gone by, with an energy and rhythm that makes his audience dance and tap their feet.
Sitting on his suitcase, banjo in hand, percussion on his feet and harmonica under his beard, Steamboat Woody has made the streets of old Quebec his favorite playground for several years.