Québécois music at camps and festivals
updated 3/30/24
The following is a list of in-person music camps and festivals that may include Québécois/Acadian/French Canadian trad music. Note that some of these may include Québécois music only occasionally, so you should check the current lineups.
I have updated dates for 2024 where I could find them; or left the 2023 dates so you have an idea of when the event typically occurs.
US
Maine Fiddle Camp
Camp NEOFA in Montville, Maine
https://www.mainefiddlecamp.org/
June weekend - June 14-16 2024
June week June - 16-21 2024
August week #1 - Aug 4-9 2024
August week #2 - Aug 11-16 2024
Éric Favreau – fiddle – all 4 camp sessions
Pascal Gemme – fiddle –1st August week
Jim Jordan - button accordion - June weekend, June Week, 1st August week
6/15-6/23/24
Sierra Fiddle Camp, Nevada City CA
http://sierrafiddlecamp.org/index.html
6/23-6/29/24
Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance, Bar Harbor ME
Keith Murphy, Anastasia DesRoches, Pierre Chartrand
https://acadiatradfestival.org/
6/23-6/29/24 Northeast Heritage, Starksboro VT
Becky Tracy, Laura Risk, Oliver Scanlon
http://www.northeastheritagemusiccamp.com/
6/28/24-6/30/24 Old Songs Festival
Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont NY
Grosse Isle, George Wilson
https://festival.oldsongs.org/
6/23/24-6/29/24 BACDS Family Week
Monte Toyon (Santa Cruz CA)
https://www.bacds.org
6/30/24-7/5/24 BACDS American Week
Ben Lomond CA
https://www.bacds.org
7/1-7/8/24 Fiddle Tunes, Port Townsend WA
Registration opens Jan 2 2024
Lisa Ornstein, Sabin Jacques, Rachel Aucoin, Becky Tracy
https://centrum.org/festival-of-american-fiddle-tunes-the-workshop/
7/14-7/20/24 Ashokan Northern Week, New York state
La Famille LeBlanc, Sabin Jacques, Rodney Miller, Rebecca Huot (Québécois and Acadian social & step dances)
https://ashokancenter.org
https://ashokancenter.org/product/northern-week-2024/
7/20-7/27/24 Pinewoods American Dance & Music
https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/
7/26-8/3/24 Lark Camp, Mendocino CA
https://www.larkcamp.org/
Aug 23-Sept 1 2024
Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School
Boulder Creek CA (Santa Cruz mountains, south of SF)
https://www.valleyofthemoon.org/
Sept 3 2023
New World Festival, Randolph VT
https://www.chandler-arts.org/newworld
Oct 4-6 2024
Lady of the Lake October Music & Dance Week
ake Coeur d’Alene , Idaho
Suzanne Girardot, La Famille Leger
https://ladyofthelake.org/fallwend
Canada
March 8-10 2024
Festival du Bois
Mackin Park, 1046 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam BC (about 30 mins east of Vancouver)
Vishtèn Connexions, Le Famille LeBlanc, La Famille Léger, Métis Jiggers, Podorythmie, more
https://www.festivaldubois.ca/
March 15-17 2024
Camp de formation Danse-Neige
Camp musical des Laurentides
à l'Auberge du Lac Priscault, Saint-Côme
https://www.espacetrad.org/activite/danse-neige-2024/
May 24-25 2024
Festitrad, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, QC
https://www.festitrad.com/
May 24-25 2024
Symposium de folklore de Lévis
https://www.mareemusique.com/symposium
6/29-7/2/23
Festival Chants de Vielles
Richelieu QC
https://chantsdevielles.com/
July 11-14 2024
Winnipeg Folk Festival
lineup to be announced 3/8/24
https://www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca/
Jul 21-26 2024
Camp Violon Trad , St-Côme QC
registration opens Feb 1 2024
Run by André Brunet, Stéphanie Lépine and Éric Beaudry with fiddle, guitar, piano, button accordion workshops.
Includes dances, jams, and a bilingual good time.
Elaine recommends: Do pay extra for the new dorm, Espace-Temps.
http://violontradquebec.ca
July 24-28 2024 Mémoire et Racines, Joliette
https://memoireracines.org/en/
Aug 5-9 2024 Goderich Celtic College
Aug 9-11 2024 Goderich Celtic Rools Festival
Goderich ON
https://www.celticfestival.ca
August 15-18 2024 (3rd weekend?)
Festival violon traditionnel Sutton QC
Jean-Marie Verret, Liette Remon, Alasdair Fraser
https://violontraditionnelsutton.com
Camp de Souches à Oreilles
Camp musical St-Alexandre, St-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC
Session 1: August 15-18 2024
Session 2: August 19-23 2024
Session 3: August 23-25 2024
Combined: August 15-25 2024
https://www.mareemusique.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064786113941
Aug 29-Sept 1 2024
Festival Trad Montreal
https://festivaltradmontreal.ca/
Aug 30-Sept 1 2024
Carrefour Mondial de l'accordéon
Montmagny QC
https://accordeonmontmagny.com/
Sept 15-18 2023
Festival de musique traditionnelle de Papineau
Ripon QC
https://papineautrad.ca/
Oct 11-13 2024
Festival La Virée Trad
Carleton-sur-Mer QC
http://www.festivallaviree.com/
Oct 11-19 2024
Celtic Colours, Cape Breton (NS)
Mostly Cape Breton music, but there are usually a few acts from Quebec, Ireland, and Scotland
One concert per night is live-streamed (and available until the end of October)
https://celtic-colours.com/
Oct 24-27 2024
Gatineau Hills Fiddle Festival
Chelsea QC
https://www.gatineauhillsfiddlefest.ca/
Oct 30-November 4 2024
Festival de musique Trad Val-d'Or
https://festivaltradvd.ca/
For more info see https://25festivals.com/