Francouvertes is an annual music festival in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada, which spotlights emerging
francophone
The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...
and indigenous musical artists from Quebec.
At the end of each year's festival, three finalists are named, following which a jury presents an award of $10,000 to an artist chosen as the best artist of the festival.
Winners
Following are the winners and first and second runners-up of each year's event.
1995
* Sylvie Royer
*8e porte à gauche
*Les Tchigaboux
1996
* Jocelyn Bigras
*Garnote
*Danielle Richard et sa cage de bruits
1997
* Ivy
*Sara Vafaï
*WD-40
1999
* Apogée
*Gwenwed
*Le Quartier des papillons souterrains
2000
*
Loco Locass
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*Gaétan Leboeuf
*
Les Cowboys Fringants
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They perform '' Quebecker'' néo-trad music (modernized Quebec folk music ...
2001
* La Chango Family
*?Alice!
*Hugo Bonneville
2002
* Kulcha Connection
*Karlof Orchestra
*
Karkwa
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Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussioni ...
2003
* Syncop
*
Les Breastfeeders
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*Caniche Hara-Kiri
*Masse Poésie
2006
* Ma blonde est une chanteuse
*David Marin
*Mathieu Mathieu
2007
*
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*Émilie Proulx
*Deya
2008
*
La Patère Rose
*Le Citoyen
*
Bonjour Brumaire
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2009
* Ariel
*Francis d'Octobre
*Mad'Moizèle Giraf
2010
*
Bernard Adamus
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*
Monogrenade
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History
After releasing their first EP in 2009, entitled ''La saveur des fruits'' on Paper Bag Records, they came in second place at the 2010 edition of Les Francouvertes.
The ...
*
Alex Nevsky
2011
* Chloé Lacasse
*Canailles
*
Karim Ouellet
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Early life
Ouel ...
2012
*
Les sœurs Boulay
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People
* Les (given name)
* Les (surname)
* L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer
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* Lincoln Experimental S ...
*Francis Faubert
*
Gazoline
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Biography
First album
Created by former members of Chicoutimi band Les Horn Abbots, led by Xavier Thériaul ...
2013
*
Les Hay Babies
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*
Dead Obies
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*Marcie
2014
*
Philippe Brach
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Launching his music career in 2012, he was the winner of the Francouvertes festival in 2014. Several weeks later, he r ...
*Julie Blanche
*Deux pouilles en cavale
2015
* Dylan Perron et Élixir de Gumbo
*C-Antoine Gosselin
*Émile Bilodeau
2016
* La Famille Ouellette
*Caltâr-Bateau
*
Mon Doux Saigneur
2017
*
Lydia Képinski
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Life
Képinski is from Montreal and has French and Polish ancestry. She taught herself guitar in high school and has studied classical piano.
Career
Képinski was the ...
*
Les Louanges
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*
Laurence-Anne
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Originally from Saint-Pascal, Quebec, Saint-Pascal in the Kamouraska Regional ...
2018
* LaF
*
Lou-Adriane Cassidy
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Discography
Cassidy was the performer of "Ça va ça va" ('It's okay, it's okay'), which was a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee in 2018 for songwriter ...
*CRABE
2019
* Original Gros Bonnet
"O.G.B. remporte la 23e édition des Francouvertes"
''Le Journal de Montréal
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'', May 6, 2019.
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* P'tit Belliveau et les Grosses Coques
2020
* Valence[Éloïse Léveillé-Chagnon]
"Les Francouvertes 2020 — Grande finale : Victoire de Valence contre Ariane Roy et Narcisse"
''Le Canal Auditif'', November 3, 2020.
* Ariane Roy[
*Narcisse][
]
2021
* Étienne Coppée[Philippe Renaud]
"L’espoir Étienne Coppée triomphe aux Francouvertes"
''Le Devoir
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is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec ...
'', May 18, 2021.
*Calamine[
*Ambre ciel][
]
2022
* Rau Ze[Josée Lapointe]
"Rau Ze remporte la finale des Francouvertes"
''La Presse
is a French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1884, it is now owned by an independent nonprofit trust.
' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edi ...
'', May 17, 2022.
*Hôte[
*Émile Bourgault][
]
2023
* Jeanne Côté[Eric Parazelli]
"Francouvertes 2023 : Jeanne Côté remporte la grande finale"
'' Paroles & Music'', May 24, 2023.
*Parazar[
*Héron][
]
2024
* Soleil Launière
Soleil Launière is an Innu writer, actress, performance artist and musician from Canada, who was the first Indigenous Canadian artist ever to win the Francouvertes competition for emerging musicians from Quebec.
A member of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh ...
[Eric Parazelli]
"Francouvertes 2024 : Soleil Launière remporte la grande finale"
'' Paroles & Music'', May 14, 2024.
*Sensei H[
*Loïc Lafrance][
]
References
External links
Francouvertes
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Canadian music awards
Music festivals in Montreal
Awards established in 1995
Recurring events established in 1995
Music competitions in Canada
Pop music festivals in Canada
1995 establishments in Quebec