{"id":5064,"date":"2026-02-18T10:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/2026\/02\/18\/fimav-42-concert-program-announcement\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:25:43","slug":"fimav-42-concert-program-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/2026\/02\/18\/fimav-42-concert-program-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"FIMAV 42 | Concert Program Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FIMAV is Back, Stronger, More Vibrant, and More Accessible than Ever.<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

(newsletter 18 February, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FIMAV team is proud to announce the concert programming for its 42nd edition<\/strong>, which will take place 14-17 May 2026. The return to a full festival format is both a celebration of artistic excellence and a commitment to making it broadly accessible. In addition to its superb circuit of sound installations in public spaces, which will be announced shortly<\/strong>, the Festival will feature more than 25 ticketed and free concerts in 2026<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are the concerts <\/strong>for the 42nd edition of FIMAV!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f [Ahmed] \u00ab Play Monk \u00bb<\/strong><\/a>
Darius Jones Trio ” Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) “<\/strong><\/a>
Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones<\/strong><\/a>
Sakina Abdou \/ Toma Gouband \/ Marta Warelis<\/strong><\/a>
Josh Zubot Strings<\/strong><\/a>
Queen Mab \u00ab 40 ans plus tard \u00bb<\/strong><\/a>
Darius Jones ” fLuXkit Vancouver (its suite but sacred) “<\/strong><\/a>
Pat Thomas Solo Piano<\/strong><\/a>
Eric Chenaux<\/strong><\/a>
Rafael Toral \u00ab Guitar Concert \u00bb<\/strong><\/a>
John Oswald “PlunderphoniCoveralls<\/strong><\/a>
Sarah Pag\u00e9 & No Hay Banda \u00ab Voda \u00bb<\/strong><\/a>
Yves Charuest \/ John Edwards \/ Mark Sanders<\/strong><\/a>
Beast (Katelyn Clark \/ Ben Grossman)<\/strong><\/a>
Friendly Rich \u00ab Les Oiseaux de Marsville \u00bb<\/strong><\/a>
Pablo Jim\u00e9nez \/ Adrianne Munden-Dixon<\/strong><\/a>
fanfare Pourpour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus FREE informal concerts in the new FIMAV Quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral !<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BUY YOUR FIMAV ‘PASSEPORT FESTIVAL’<\/a> FOR JUST $295<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Access all festival ticketed concerts and events while obtaining a 20% discount of FIMAV-branded merchandise! Single concert tickets go on sale on 18 March.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several new features for the 2026 edition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A major addition this year is the FIMAV Quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral (Festival Hub), located in the Studio Monique-Bourgeois, Carr\u00e9 150, a place where artists and festivalgoers can gather before and after ticketed concerts. This venue will also host several free and informal concerts. We will also present family-friendly free outdoor concerts in public spaces, as well as a series of free \u2018Satellite Events\u2019 to further enrich FIMAV programming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cinema Programming<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FIMAV will be presenting two morning film screenings <\/a>in the Salle Les-fr\u00e8res-Lemaire at Carr\u00e9 150. For the 2026 edition, we are proud to highlight the monumental work of Quebec filmmaker Pierre H\u00e9bert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Festival in Sound Condition, Looking Toward the Future<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the \u2018Passeport FIMAV\u2019 25% less expensive than in recent years, many free events, and a revamped program, FIMAV 42 reaffirms its role as an essential cultural destination, where Victoriaville becomes, for one week, a true global hub for today\u2019s creative music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FIMAV is Back, Stronger, More Vibrant, and More Accessible than Ever. (newsletter 18 February, 2026) The FIMAV team is proud to announce the concert programming for its 42nd edition, which will take place 14-17 May 2026. The return to a full festival format is both a celebration of artistic excellence and a commitment to making … FIMAV 42 | Concert Program Announcement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5071,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5064\/revisions\/5071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}