La Nuit sur l'étang is a Canadian music festival, held annually in
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
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* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
,
Ontario
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.
Established in 1973 by
Fernand Dorais
Fernand Dorais (March 8, 1928 – January 16, 2003) was a Canadian writer, Jesuit priest and academic.[Laurentian University
Laurentian University (french: Université Laurentienne), officially the Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized Bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, incorporated on March 28, 1960. Lau ...]
who were established as the
Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario, the festival presents a concert program of
francophone
French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...
musical artists over a night. Franco-Ontarian poets and authors may also give short readings between musical performances.
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.
The festival offices are slated to move in 2022 to the new
Place des Arts
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facility in downtown Sudbury.
[Arron Pickard]
"Exterior design for Place des Arts revealed"
'' Sudbury.com'', March 29, 2019.
References
External links
La Nuit sur l'étang
Music festivals in Ontario
Festivals in Greater Sudbury
Franco-Ontarian organizations
Music festivals established in 1973
Rock festivals in Canada
Pop music festivals in Canada
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