Francis Vachon Photographe

French Canadian singer Pierre Lapointe performs during a concert at the Festival d’ete de Quebec (Quebec city Summer Festival) on the Plains of Abraham July 19, 2009.

More Pierre Lapointe photos on my stock site

Karkwa band member Louis-Jean Cormier performs during a concert at the Festival d’ete de Quebec (Quebec city Summer Festival) on the Plains of Abraham July 19, 2009.

More Karkwa photos on my stock site.

More images of Jonathan Roy and Les Pistolets Roses on my Canada / Quebec Art & Entertainment stock site.

Jonathan Roy, son of ex-NHL goalkeeper Patrick Roy, sings at the Canada Day show in Quebec city, July 1, 2009.

Jonathan Roy

French Canadian Les Pistolets Roses band member and guitarist Sylvain Ouimet performs at the Canada Day show in Quebec city, July 1, 2009.

French Canadian Les Pistolets Roses band member and singer Francis Bedard.

More 2009 St-Jean-Baptiste show photos on my stock site.

French-Canadian artist Daniel Boucher crowd surfs during the St-Jean-Baptist show on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city June 23, 2009

Alfa Rococo Quebec band member David Bussieres

Yes, that is why I was practicing zooming earlier this week.

Waving quebec flags

Quebec singer Bernard Lachance performs during the telethon operation Enfant-Soleil held at the pavillon de la Jeunesse in Quebec city May 31, 2009. Lachance was recently featured on the Oprah Winfrey show, only the second French Canadian with Celine Dion

Quebec singer Marie-Mai performs during the telethon operation Enfant-Soleil held at the pavillon de la Jeunesse in Quebec city May 31, 2009. Operation Enfant-Soleil is the French-canadian version of the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), an international non-profit organization that raises funds for Children’s hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children’s health issues.

Those and some more where added to my A&E stock photo collection.

Van Halen singer David Lee Roth performs at the opening night of the Festival d’été de Québec on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city July 3, 2008. Photo Francis Vachon for the Montreal Gazette
Technical: Canon EOS 1D mark II, 1/125 at f2,8 with a 70-200 at 100mm – ISO 1000

Singer Xavier Caféïne in concert during the Festival d’été de Québec on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City
Technical: Canon EOS 1d Mark II, 1/125 at f2.8 with a 70-200 at 160mm – ISO 1250

Quebec punk-Rock-fusion band Grimskunk in concert during the Festival d’été de Québec on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.

Franz – Rhythm guitar

Shantal Arroyo – Guest singer for the night

A crowd of all ages

June 24 is the Quebec National Day. On the 23, a huge show is held on the Plains of Abraham, one of the biggest urban park of the world. Here is some photos with artists you have never heard of if you are not from Quebec.

Xavier Caféïne

Normand Brathwaite

France D’Amour

Even the sky puts his blue dress!

France D’Amour and Xavier Caféïne have fun into the crowd

Plume Latraverse

France D’Amour

Xavier Caféïne have fun with the photographer

Xavier Caféïne plays with the spectactor who catched the tie he has trown into the crowd earlier