Festival in Petite-Vallée song

The festival

In the Gaspé region, on the riverside, a village of barely 200 inhabitants becomes the capital of the French-speaking song every summer. The Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée is rooted in 1983, with the Festival de la parentage and the opening of the Café de la vieille forge by Alan Côté The festival took its present name in 1992 and grew up around the Théâtre de la Vieille Forge, its heart beating, between intimate shows, Escales in song for the succession and meetings that lasted long after the concerts.

Alan Côté, an artistic director since 1991 and general manager for 28 years, has been a recipient of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (2018) and is now the co-director of the Village en chanson. Caroline Brousseau and Marc-Antoine Dufresne, while he remained artistic director until the end of the 2027 season. The 43rd edition was held from June 25 to July 4, 2026; the 44th, from June 24 to July 3, 2027, will bring together Daniel Lavoie and Alan Côté as artists passers-by, with a show-commitment to the latter on June 28, 2027. Nearly 20,000 festivalgoers converge in ten days towards Petite-Vallée. The festival received the Félix de l'Événement de l'année at ADISQ (2019) and is a member of REFRAIN.

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The festival in images

Official images published on the festival's official website — © Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée / Village en chanson.