Yves Lambert et le Grand Orchestre, LeFLOFRANCO, Kutapira, and more perform at Festival du Bois, March 7 to 9
This year’s event features a diverse lineup of artists from Québec, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C.
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LeFLOFRANCO.
The 36th-annual Festival du Bois takes place from March 7 to 9 at Mackin Park in Maillardville, Coquitlam. A diverse lineup of talented artists hailing from Québec, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C. are slated to appear at this year’s event.
Among them is Québec’s Yves Lambert et le Grand Orchestre, who will be hitting the Main Stage on March 8 for one show only. Accompanied by a stellar seven-piece orchestra, Lambert will be celebrating 50 years of his legendary music-making with songs from the repertoire of Juno Award-winning Québecois folk band La Bottine Souriante (of which he was a founding member), plus a variety of other tunes.
In addition to Lambert’s highly anticipated appearance, this year’s lineup features two very different festival first-timers: the raw, punk-tinged sound of New Brunswick’s La Patente, and the true-trad Québecois music of La Déferlance. La Patente delivers a unique cocktail of punk-rock and country-folk music, with explosive energy and razor-sharp tunes that can ignite even the coldest stages. La Déferlance, meanwhile, plays bright Québec traditional music. Not only does the quartet’s repertoire comprise lively tunes and traditional arrangements, but it also includes entirely original compositions.
Kutapira.
The diversity of options on the lineup also extends to LeFLOFRANCO, a.k.a. FLO, a Franco-Ontarian rapper of Haitian origin whose hip-hop music leans into pop and electro influences, as well as the sounds of the Caribbean. FLO’s colourful rhythms meet lyricism as thoughtful as it is accessible.
There’s also B.C.’s Kutapira, performing a fusion of Zimbabwean marimba and West African and Afro-Cuban percussion. With reggae, samba, Afrobeat, funk, jazz, cumbia, disco, and hip hop added to the mix, the band delivers a seamlessly blended style through powerful performances.
Along with all the artists that will grace the Main Stage and the Grand Chapiteau (Big Tent), there will also be plenty of activities and performances geared towards young guests in the Petit Chapiteau (Children’s Tent), along with engaging roving characters on-site.
Browse a full lineup of offerings and purchase tickets to Festival du Bois by heading to the festival’s website.
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