Photo Credit: Renaud Philippe
The Scene
For those of you seeking a music festival and a taste of old world charm, check out the mammoth Quebec City Summer Festival. Stretching for an astounding eleven days, historic Quebec City is overrun by an astounding 1.5 million fans. There’s plenty of other activities happening in Canada’s French-iest city. As they say on their website: “During the Festival, the whole city is celebrating!”
2012 Artist Lineup
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- A Perfect Murder
- Adam Cohen
- Aerosmith
- Alain Bédard Auguste Quartet
- Alex Côté Quintet
- Alkaline Trio
- Amylie
- Angélique Kidjo
- AraabMuzik
- Ariane Brunet
- Ariane Moffatt
- Avec Pas d’casque
- Beirut
- Besh o droM
- Bettye LaVette
- Big Boi
- Big Sam’s y Nation
- Biscuit Miller & the Mix
- Bodh’aktan
- Bombolessé
- Bon Jovi
- Boogat Latin Urbain
- Boulevard des Airs
- Buddy McNeil & the Magic Mirrors
- Canailles
- Caracol
- Chantal Archambault
- Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
- Chic Gamine
- Chimène Badi
- Chinatown
- Chris Antonik
- CHX
- City and Colour
- Colin Vallon Trio
- Cubic Zirconia
- Cults
- Dan Mangan
- Dashboard Confessional
- David Rotundo & special guests
- Delhi 2 Dublin
- Deltron 3030
- Diane Tell
- Don Felder
- Donato Bourassa Lozano Tanguay jouent Bill Evans
- Donavon Frankenreiter
- DVBBS
- Eight and a Half
- Eva Simons
- Falz
- Foxtrott
- François Bourassa Quartet
- Galactic featuring Corey Glover
- Geneviève Toupin & Émilie Proulx
- Gnawa Diffusion
- Great Lake Swimmers
- Grimes
- Grimskunk
- Gypsophilia
- Half Moon Run
- Harvest Breed
- Hey Rosetta!
- Hollerado
- HonheeHonhee
- Howard & the White Boys
- Ines Talbi
- Inna Modja
- Irreverend James & the Critical Mass Choir
- Jah & I
- Jean Leloup
- Jewish Deli
- Jewish Deli night feat. Nom de Plume et !!!
- Joe Sullivan Quintet
- John Abercrombie et Marc Copland
- Johnny yday
- K-OS
- Kandle
- Kathleen Edwards
- Katie Moore
- Kelly Richey Band
- Kid Koala
- King Abid
- Klô Pelgag
- Koriass
- La Chiva Gantiva
- Laurence Hélie
- Le français d’abord!
- Les Revenants
- Les Tambours de Brazza
- Library Voices
- Lionel Richie
- LMFAO
- Loney, Dear
- Lorraine Desmarais Trio
- Lost Bayou Ramblers
- Lucky Uke
- Major Lazer
- Marc Rémillard
- Marie-Pierre Arthur
- Marième
- Marilou
- Mastodon
- Mat Moebius
- Metric
- Midaz&Ellie
- Midnight Romeo
- Miss V & The Lonestars
- Mister Boogie Woogie
- Misteur Valaire
- Monogrenade
- Mononc’Serge
- Moriarty
- Mozart’s Sister
- Music N’ Friends
- Mute
- Nanette Workman & Friends
- Nightbox
- Nobody Beats The Drum
- Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
- Orgone
- Osaka Monaurail
- Our Lady Peace
- Papillon avec Invité spécial Lucien eur
- Pascale Picard Band
- Patrice Michaud
- Patrick Watson
- Pierre Lapointe et ses musiciens
- Piers Faccini
- Plaster
- Ponctuation
- Propofol
- Qualité Motel
- Quebec Redneck  Project
- Quintette Vincent Gagnon
- Radio Radio
- Renée Martel
- Rich Aucoin
- Rikers
- Ron Sexsmith
- Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards
- Salomé Leclerc
- Sarah McLachlan
- Sarah Slean
- Scrapomatic
- Shane Murphy
- Sidi Touré
- Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
- Skrillex
- Slobodan Salijevic Orkestar
- Soirée de clôture avec Vincent Vallières
- Soirée
- Soirée  avec Overkill, Helix et Aeternam
- Sophie Beaudet
- Sophie Hunger
- Sophie Milman
- Â Rebels
- Studebaker John
- Sugar Ray & The Bluetones
- Swingin’ the  : Hommage à Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
- TAB The Band
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- The Barr Brothers
- The Beatdown
- The Bright Light Social Hour
- The Maggoty Brats
- The Offspring
- The Wailers
- Thus:Owls
- Tire le Coyote
- Tower of Power
- Trio Yannick Rieu: La vie en rose
- Victor Wainwright and The Wild
- Walk Off The Earth
- Yuksek
- Zedd