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  • Rise Against is back in Québec city as part of the Envol et Macadam Festival!

    Monday May 30th 2011

    evenko, and Get a Room! are proud to present, as part of the Envol Et Macadam festival,  Rise Against at the Quebec City Agora on September 30th. This show is one of 11 additional dates recently announced on the band’s Canadian tour. Rise Against released Endgame, their sixth original studio album on March 15. The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Nielsen SoundScan Current Album Chart and has already sold 40,000 copies.  Their current single, “Make…

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  • PLANETROX reveals its Canadian finalists!

    Friday April 29th 2011

    Quebec City, May 24th, 2011. The PLANETROX auditionswere presented for the first time in 2011 and they have been very successful at targeting Canadian musicians. In fact, over one hundred Canadian bands have registered for these auditions for the 2011 Envol et Macadam festival. The participants will be competing across the country from June 1st until June 25th for the chance to play, all expenses paid, at the 16th edition of the festival that will be held at Quebec City’s Ilot Fleurie park…

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  • Envol et Macadam to hold PLANETROX auditions in 15 different countries!

    Thursday March 10th 2011

    Québec, March 10th2011. In 2011, Envol et Macadam will be expanding its ties to the rest of the world and hitting it with a big bang: alternative bands from 15 different countries will be able to sign up for their PLANETROX auditions and thechance to play at the next Envol et Macadam Festival in Quebec City, Canada.   ThePLANETROX project is an initiative of Envol et Macadam in collaboration with the City of Quebec. The mission of this international undertaking is to discover the best…

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  • 2011 a great year for Envol et Macadam

    Thursday January 6th 2011

    The organization Envol et Macadam wish you a great year 2011! We prepare few great projects for this year : We Love Danger, winner of our Battle of the bands Envole-toi pour l'Europe, will be in London on April 8 to give a concert with The Boys, the legendary English punk band;   Envol et Macadam will present a showcase with Quebec City bands (Dance Laury Dance and CEA) to South by South West in Austin, Texas next March, in collaboration with PRemière…

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  • Last chance to get your 3 day pass at $30!

    Tuesday August 24th 2010

    Quebec, August 23rd, 2010- You have until September 1st to take advantage of the presale of Envol et Macadam 3-day festival passes at the very low price of 30$. For the equivalent of 10$ a day, you can see over 60 artists including Mastodon, Cake, Millencolin, Malajube, Patère Rose, The Dø, The Planet Smashers and many others. After September 1st, 3-day passes will be available for 40$ while tickets to each individual concert night will be 30$. Passes are available online at envoletmacadam.com…

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  • Roster Reflects 15 Years of Music & Passion

    Tuesday August 10th 2010

    Quebec City, August 10, 2010 – For the past 15 years, the city of Quebec has rocked to the rhythms of alternative music thanks to Envol et Macadam. The organizers of the Envol et Macadam festival are proud to mark this special anniversary by presenting an amazing and diversified roster of musicians. From September 9 to 11, dozens of musical artists from all over will be performing at the Parc de l’Îlot Fleurie, located under the Dufferin-Montmorency highway overpass.   Thursday,…

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