La Nuit sur l'étang is a Canadian music festival, held annually in Sudbury, Ontario.[1]

Established in 1973 by Fernand Dorais and a group of students from Laurentian University who were established as the Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario, the festival presents a concert program of francophone musical artists over a night.[2] Franco-Ontarian poets and authors may also give short readings between musical performances.[3]

The festival also stages an annual competition for new and emerging Franco-Ontarian bands, La Brunante. The winner of each year's La Brunante is given a slot on the Nuit sur l'étang bill.[4]

The festival offices are slated to move in 2022 to the new Place des Arts facility in downtown Sudbury.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "La Nuit returns to roots: Francophone festival to be held March 25". Sudbury Star, December 16, 2005.
  2. ↑ "Culture proclaimed with pride from a lily pad in Northern Ontario". The Globe and Mail, December 22, 1982.
  3. ↑ "Franco-Ontarians celebrate language in night of laughter, song and satire". Montreal Gazette, July 6, 1989.
  4. ↑ "Annual francophone festival encompasses folk, country, pop and jazz music". Sudbury Star, September 29, 2000.
  5. ↑ Arron Pickard, "Exterior design for Place des Arts revealed". Sudbury.com, March 29, 2019.


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