For the first time, the Festibière will deploy a “antenna” in the Saint-Roch district.
As part of the procedures taken to “enhance the sector”, the event invites festival -goers to the “social club, by Festibière de Québec”, details the city of Quebec in a decision -making summary which will be made public on Thursday.
From August 13 to 15, five free appointments in “pop-up” formula will be organized instead of University-du-Québec “to discover local products from nearby merchants” in aperitif, coffee-crissor and snack.
To support this novelty, Quebec City will triple its financial aid compared to 2024, which will reach $ 75,000, in particular to allow the deployment of a secondary site in the Saint-Roch district.
“With the City’s desire to revitalize the sector, we were invited to submit a satellite project to animate the neighborhood. We have been given carte blanche, ”explains in an interview with Soleil The main director of the event, Stéphanie Lepage.
Not only did the Festibière wanted to seize “the opportunity to influence” in another corner of the city, but the organization has also been voluntary to catch the “outstretched hand” of its partner, Quebec City.
On the main site of the space quais 400th, the Festibière also plans a “more diverse” paid programming and an offer of “even more wide” Quebec products on the occasion of its 14th edition.
More events, more customers
The merchant administration thus makes the bet that disbursing more for the holding of events in this sector of Basse-Ville will benefit neighboring shops.
During the Saint-Roch summit organized on March 26, the traders had shared the wish to see the events organized near them to be improved, a question of attracting customers and thus giving new breath to the district by remedying the crumbling of its vitality.
To answer it, Quebec City also releases the checkbook to support the 8th edition of Saint-Roch XP, scheduled for September 4 to 6, 2025.
The subsidy granted to this urban festival will be increased by $ 100,000 this year, for a total of $ 160,000.
The event, which presents nearly 170 shows on rue Saint-Joseph, in addition to a musical, culinary and artistic offer will offer in novelty this year half a day of additional animation by developing a family morning in place Jacques-Cartier and a young adult program at the forecourt of the Saint-Roch church.
“We are very grateful to Quebec City, which recognizes both the quality and potential of St-Roch XP. This subsidy is a precious support, not only for emerging music, but also for the dynamism of the Saint-Roch district. It opens up concrete development tracks that will serve as levers to make the event grow ”, welcomes Nicolas Racine, CEO of Blefeu in a written declaration in the Soleil.
In the same vein, the Festival Off will receive some $ 12,000 more than last year, for a total of $ 20,000.
Thirty emerging music shows must be held from July 10 to 13 in different cultural places in the Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur districts.
In the case of the Festival Off as of Saint-Roch XP, financial aid is, among other things, “within the framework of the procedures undertaken to enhance the Saint-Roch sector”, it is explained in official municipal documents.
In March, Quebec City has set up a 90-day plan for Saint-Roch.
In four axes, the initiative consisted in giving a rapid “electroshock” to the district not only by culture and animation, but also by improving cohabitation, security and cleanliness, economic vitality and housing.
Quebec has also planned actions in a longer -term strategy, the implementation of which is planned for a three -year horizon.
