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

Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver