Francos: The rain will not be suitable for festival-goers

Lisa LeBlanc broke out in Festival Square, Tuesday night, disco fever…disco chic.

Between glitter, banjo, electric guitar, disco, funk and rock, the Acadian diva gave a colorful concert in Francos de Montreal, where she presented her show “Chiac Disco”, a show she had the opportunity to refine here, as in Europe last year.

“Les Francos is my favorite festival in town. For me, tonight is like Christmas,” she tells the excited crowd at the start of her concert. On stage—which she completely inhabits—the singer-songwriter skips, dances, spins, has fun, and plays her instrument like a legend.

If at the beginning of the program the festival-goers were angry at the rain, then only drops of sweat and tears of happiness fell during Lisa LeBlanc’s concert.

In addition to its powerful rock moments, such as during the interpretation of “Ace of Spades”, which earned it a volley of applause that engulfed it for long minutes in silent, muted silence, it delighted thousands of festival-goers. The classics “Kraft diner” and “Today, My Life Is Dirty”.

During the show, Lisa LeBlanc was joined on stage by performers from the Alphonse Circus, who performed Chinese pole acrobatics and balance work as well as figure skating, among others.

Rain will not be suitable for festival-goers

At dinnertime, Rosie Valland walked onto the stage of Lotto Quebec, across from Maison Symphonic, as nearby church bells were ringing. Meanwhile the sun was trying to break through the clouds before the end of its opening song, “Exile”.

For about an hour, the singer-songwriter played songs from her latest album “Emmanuelle” there, in front of an audience that gradually filled up. Some had brought their lunch there to eat on the grass, others had been dancing to pop-electro music, in front of the stage.

For her first Franco, Rosie Vallande was “high-strung,” but on stage, it just wasn’t anything to go by. She even seemed completely relaxed, interacting with the crowd a few times and moving around in her play space. During her performance, she also showed Mylene Farmer “Disenchanted”, a song she had rediscovered during the pandemic, which was well received by the diverse audience that came to see it.

Solo seduction by Ariane Roy

At 8 p.m., it was Ariane Roy’s turn to move to the Loto-Québec Theater to present her solo material. Last year, around the same date, the singer-songwriter shared the same stage with Lou-Adriane Cassidy and Thierry Larose for a performance of “Le roy, la rose et le lou(p)”.

“I’m so happy to be back this year and perform my show. It’s like the last summer of my tour that we started two years ago,” she shared with her audience at the start of the presentation.

Equipped with her electric guitar, and occasionally perched behind her synthesizer, she delivered an impressive selection of her musical catalog to both those who discovered her on Tuesday night, and to the fans who have followed her since her beginnings. In particular, she played tracks from her album Medium Pleasure, such as “Le paradis de l’amour”, “Automne” and “Ce n’est pas de chance”.

As the skies darkened as the songs progressed, Ariane Roy’s infectious energy didn’t wane, encouraged by the ever-growing crowd.