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Musicians at the Festival de la galette

Musicians André Thériault and François Lefebvre liven up the site of the Festival de la galette.

A poster for Gilles Vigneault’s show at the Fêtes du Vieux-Saint-Eustache

Many artists gave performances at the Fêtes du Vieux-Saint-Eustache, including the famous singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault. In 1974, a show featuring Gilles Vigneault at the Saint-Eustache church was advertised […]

A stage in front of the Saint-Eustache church

The church grounds were one of the festival organizers’ favourite spaces for holding activities and offering shows to St-Eustache residents. Erected in 1979, the stage was decorated with […]

A bugle corps competition

It was in the 1970s and 1980s that bugle corps reached the height of their popularity in Québec. These groups of young people participated in a variety of […]

A poster for the documentary “La veillée des veillées”

This documentary is about the last of the Veillées d’automne, a folk music festival held in Montréal from 1973 to 1975. The title of the film is La […]