There are soundstages set all over downtown Quebec City for their annual Festival d'été, see artists at http://www.infofestival.com/ . It lasts for 10 days and there some surprisingly impressive bands on the list. Yesterday was opening day and we all were looking forward to buying our 'macaron,' which is what they call the pin you buy for $30 giving you access to all concerts--not a bad deal at all.
After class yesterday a bus was waiting for us to bring us to la vieille ville for a visit at the Musée de la civilisation which was very impressive. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside, but there were several really good exhibitions. My favorites were the history of Québécois cinema--extremely high tech expo, another that showed the research that went into the Tintin books, "Le temple du soleil" and "Les 7 boules de Cristal"--great art.
After the museum, we skipped out on the bus to bring us back to campus and stayed in the old city for dinner on the Boulevard du Petit Champlain, and the festival. Everyone wanted to stay at the big stage to watch Cowboy Frangant, a Québécois rock band that's really popular, but I struck out on my own to find the blues stage where The Derek Trucks Band (one of my faves) was playing. Concert was fantastic! The weather turned out to be nice, no rain as expected. The flash on my old camera wasn't good enough to get a good pic of the band but later I'll post a picture of Scène Métro, a really cool set-up right in the middle of the city. Much more on the festival to come, but tonight I have a couple of reports to finish for class. Tomorrow is a trip to l'Île d'Orléans, an island community in the middle of the St. Lawrence River.
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