Festival d'été de Québec Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Festival d’été de Québec goes BIG for 2020

At 52 years young, Festival d’été de Québec is one of Canada’s longest-running music events. It has also become one

[A look ahead at another Canadian summer music festival by contributor EFG. – AC] I’m about to move so my

It’s going to be another busy July on the Plains of Abraham as Festival d’été de Québec returns for its 51st

Another transpacific trip. Is this Shanghai? And I’m flying Juneyao Airlines? That should be fine, right? And now, the music

[Fifty years? Gilles LeBlanc takes a look. – AC] Festival d’été de Québec has revealed its initial list of 50

Apollo 11 was launched towards the moon on this day in 1969. No, it wasn’t faked. And now, the music

Festival d’été de Québec has turned into one of the great concert spectacles of the summer. So who’s playing in

Anyone want to fight me on that?

The latest (last?) Rolling Stones tour will have just one Canadian date: Festival d’été de Québec. Here’s a trailer for

Thousands have descended on the Plains of Abraham for the annual Festival d’été de Québec which runs until the 13th. It’s

[Frequent contributor Juliette Jagger is about to be deployed and embedded on a summer of festival-going. – AC] Now that

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
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Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
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In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
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