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La Virée Trad Festival
Three days of traditional Quebec music, dance, and crafts in Carleton-sur-Mer, in the Gaspé Peninsula.
Carleton-sur-Mer, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
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OCTOBER 2026
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For its 25th edition, the La Virée Trad Festival offers an immersion in Quebec’s living heritage in Carleton-sur-Mer. About fifteen traditional music, song, and dance performances will take place on several stages, accompanied by a craft market featuring some fifty producers and artisans—renowned as the largest public market in the Gaspé Peninsula. Also on the program: jig, violin, guitar, and basket-weaving workshops; a circus school; dance parties; lectures; jam sessions; and a youth program. Each year, the event welcomes more than 7,000 visitors who come to celebrate traditional Quebec culture by the sea at Chaleur Bay.
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