A urban festival featuring outdoor concerts and live indoor shows in downtown Quebec City venues since 1996. It is part of the circuit of major events of the City of Quebec as the only event devoted to alternative music.
- Quebec's FIRST alternative music festival
- Regional recipient of the GRANDS PRIX DU TOURISME 2010 (Quebec's tourism awards)
- Annually held in September, it's the BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT
- OUTDOOR VENUES (Parc de l'Îlot Fleurie and Parc de l'Université du Québec), as well as indoor
- An ECO-FRIENDLY event (on-site-recycling, recyclable cups, reusable bags etc.)
- One of the eight events chosen to present a SPECIAL SHOW for Quebec City's 400th anniversary in 2008
Statistics
- The festival has a SATISFACTION RATE of 97%*
- On average 25 000 FESTIVAL-GOERS attend
- More than 100 local and international BANDS participate each year
- Its PUBLIC is young (15-35), male, dynamic and educated
- The festival generates an ANNUAL REVENUE of over $1 million
*Survey of 474 people during the 2008 edition of the festival. Margin of error of 4.2%,19 times out of 20.
