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| Genre | Pop, folk, rock, electronic, punk, hip hop, francophone, world music |
| Dates | July 4 to 14 (2024) |
| Location(s) | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Years active | 1968–2019, 2021– |
| Attendance | 1,500,000 (2023, 12 days total) |
| Capacity | 113,000 (all stages combined) |
| Website | www |
Festival d'été de Québec (FEQ) is the third biggest outdoor musical event in Canada. The event was held since 1968, the 11-day festival takes place every year in July. FEQ's programming includes many international stars and emerging artists from around the globe.
History
The festival has been taking place annually since 1968. The first editions were organized by a group of businesspersons and artists of Quebec City in order to show the artistic, economic, and tourist potential of the region. During the 1970s and 1980s, the festival specialized in musicians from the Francophonie and world music.
The festival grew substantially during the last decade after its decision to diversify its music offering and go after international headliners from genres across the board, including rock music, pop music, punk, hip hop, electronic dance music and world music.
The festival reached the million spectators mark for the first time in 2007 and sold-out passes for the first time in 2010.
This festival went on hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the 53rd edition being deferred to 2021.
Since February 2022, the organization behind Festival d’été de Québec is named BLEUFEU.
Setting
- The Bell Stage on the Plains of Abraham (Capacity of 100,000)
- Parc Grande Allée (Capacity of 10,000; two stages in alternation)
- The Loto-Quebec Stage (Left Side)
- The SiriusXM Stage (Right Side)
- The Hydro-Quebec Stage at Place de L'Assemblée-Nationale (Capacity of 2,000)
- The Quebec City Armoury (indoors, for all Extra-FEQ concerts) (Capacity 1,000)
Main bands since 2011
- 2011: Elton John, Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, The Black Keys, Dropkick Murphys, John Fogerty, Ben Harper, Simple Plan, Hollywood Undead.
- 2012: Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Lionel Richie, LMFAO, The Offspring, Our Lady Peace, Sarah McLachlan, Skrillex, Metric, Mastodon, City and Colour.
- 2013: Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, Bruno Mars, Wu-Tang Clan, Weezer, Rush, Stevie Wonder, Foreigner, The Black Keys, Tiësto, Ellie Goulding.
- 2014: Lady Gaga, Billy Joel, Journey, Bryan Adams, The Killers, Soundgarden, Snoop Dogg, Queens Of The Stone Age, Deadmau5, Cypress Hill.
- 2015: The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Boston, Megadeth, Keith Urban, Deep Purple, The Doobie Brothers, Jack Ü, Iggy Azalea, Milky Chance.
- 2016: Rammstein, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Duran Duran, Selena Gomez, Ice Cube, Brad Paisley, The Lumineers, The Cult.
- 2017: Muse, The Who, Metallica, P!nk, Gorillaz, Kendrick Lamar, The Backstreet Boys, Lady Antebellum, Flume, Melissa Etheridge, Migos, DNCE.
- 2018: The Weeknd, Foo Fighters, Neil Young, Shawn Mendes, Beck, Lorde, Future, Dave Matthews Band, The Chainsmokers, Machine Gun Kelly.
- 2019: Twenty One Pilots, Mariah Carey, Slipknot, Imagine Dragons, Blink-182, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kygo, Logic, Alt-J, Corey Hart, The Offspring, Live.
- 2022: Rage Against the Machine, Maroon 5, Luke Combs, Alanis Morissette, Three Days Grace, Marshmello, Halsey, Jack Johnson, Garbage.
- 2023: Green Day, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Lana Del Rey, Zach Bryan, Billy Talent, Weezer, Pitbull, Bad Religion, Lamb of God, Illenium.
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