Culture, Society, and Customs of Mauricie

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Festivals and Celebrations

January

• Festi-Volant Grandes-Piles: This festival in Grandes-Piles offers family-friendly winter activities, kite flying, paramotor displays, shows, and fireworks.

February

• Small Fry Ice Fishing Festival: This festival in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade features winter activities on the frozen river.

• Interglacial Comics and Frosted Universes Festival: This festival in Shawinigan welcomes authors and illustrators.

• Polar Nights: This winter festival in Trois-Rivières offers a variety of indoor and outdoor activities.

June

• Festiroule Country in Trois-Rivières: This country music festival in Trois-Rivières is a fundraising event for an organization supporting people with disabilities.

• Speckled Trout Festival: This festival in Saint-Alexis-des-Monts features a major fishing tournament, family activities, and performances.

• International Dance Encore Festival: This festival in Trois-Rivières showcases top international dancers.

• FestiVoix de Trois-Rivières: This music festival in Trois-Rivières presents around a hundred performances across various stages.

July

• Trois-Rivières Agricultural Exhibition: This festive event in Trois-Rivières features trade shows, entertainment, performances, rides, and farm animals.

• Festi-Beach in Shawinigan: This summer gathering at Lac-à-la-Tortue offers sports, water activities, and live shows.

• Saint-Paulin Country Western Festival: This festival in Saint-Paulin features country and western music artists, painting exhibitions, and other activities.

• Rendezvous of the Coureurs des Bois: This event in Trois-Rivières recreates daily life from the 18th century with various activities.

August

• Assumption Festival: This festival in Trois-Rivières offers a spiritual experience, concerts, choirs, entertainment, and torchlight processions.

• Trois-Rivières en Blues: This blues festival in Trois-Rivières features multiple performances on two stages, as well as in bars and restaurants.

September

• Autumn Delights: This agrotourism event in Trois-Rivières hosts around fifty exhibitors showcasing their products, along with activities, entertainment, and performances.

• Saint-Tite Western Festival: This festival in Saint-Tite, known for its high-quality rodeo, also features equestrian activities, country music performances, and a parade.

October

• Upper Saint-Maurice Hunting Festival: This festival in La Tuque offers family-friendly and sports activities, contests, performances, and exhibitions.

• Buckwheat Galette Festival: This festival in Louiseville promotes buckwheat while offering cultural and sports activities, performances, and more.

• International Poetry Festival: This event in Trois-Rivières welcomes over a hundred poets from around the world, with activities held across the city.

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