Shows everywhere in Estrie for national holidays

Monday and Tuesday, the festivities of Saint-Jean-Baptiste will be in full swing on thirty different sites in Estrie. Here are some suggestions for celebrations.

June 23

In Magog, festival-goers are invited at 8 p.m. to Pointe-Merry Park to a Steve Forget show, Stéphane Charland, Marie-Ève ​​Quirion and Carbo and a traditional fire of joy. Makeup, inflatable games, circus: family entertainment will also be offered during the day. The site opens at 3 p.m.

In Bromont, the A Cappella QW4RTZ group, which offers vocal harmonies, will entertain the crowd from 8 p.m. in the public of old-Bromont. But the festivities for young and old start at 4 p.m. with DIY workshops, balloons, itinerant animators and a questionary game on national holiday. Other artists will come on stage in the early evening, such as the musician and pop-jazz singer Claude Hurtubise and the humorist François Maranda.

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In Drummondville, Brigitte Boisjoli will spread her energy to the Woodyatt park and will share the scene with Dan Bigras, Martine St-Clair, Marc Déry and Jérôme Charlebois at 8:30 p.m. The activities for all start at 4:30 p.m.

June 24

In Sherbrooke, on a scene specially fitted out on Wellington Street, the singer-songwriter Klô Pelgag will be at 8:15 p.m. It will then be Jérôme 50’s turn to dance the public, at 10:15 p.m. family activities also take place throughout the afternoon, from 1 p.m.

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In Sutton, a performance of the Early things training is expected at the Goyette-Hill park at 8 p.m. Other artists will highlight the national holiday: the creator of Sutton Kim Albert and the Montreal rapper Parazar. Street kitchen trucks, water games, minigolfs and fireworks are also on the program.

In Granby, the event begins at 2 p.m. at Daniel-Johnson park with an online dance session and children’s games. An unusual fact: in the afternoon, a giant omelet will be cooked and served at festival-goers. The QW4RTZ group will be passing through this city in the evening again, at 7:15 p.m., and, then it will be the turn of the artist King Melrose to wiggle on stage at 8:45 p.m.

For all tastes

For the director general of the National Society of Estrie, Étienne-Alexis Boucher, Saint-Jean-Baptiste is the most expensive party in Quebecers. Programming is Very close to people, even geographically and allows you to join the whole population.

There is something for everyone, from the little family to festival -goers who want a musical show and party.

Young people are still many to wait for this event, according to him. “The national holiday is often the first public party that we are witnessing when you are younger. »»

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Even if the independence movement is no longer what it was at the time of the two referendums, the national holiday remains very political in the eyes of Etienne-Alexis Boucher, because Quebecers celebrate their culture, their identity and living together. However, it is far from being supporter.

The national holiday is the feast of all Quebecers, regardless of their age, their origin, their political opinion. Come and celebrate Quebec with us, come and celebrate this beautiful and large nation that welcomes you with open arms, no matter where you come from.

He invites the Estriens and the Estrians to meet in large numbers, Monday and Tuesday.