Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord Returns To Farmington
Old South Church Concert Series welcomes Le Vent du Nord (North Wind) back to Farmington on Saturday April 12 at 7pm. The Quebec based band previously performed at Old South on Mother's Day 2024. Doors will open at 6:30pm. Admission for the concert is adults $30 and students $25 (12 years old and up/college students must present current ID). Tickets are available to purchase online with a small processing fee at www.farmingtonucc.org/events or reserved by calling 207-491-5919 by 2pm the day of the performance. Tickets will be available at the door as space allows.
The 235 Main Street access to Old South Church is handicapped accessible.
The award winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec's progressive francophone folk movement. The group's vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions while enhancing it's hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences.
Since first launching in August 2002 Le Vent du Nord have enjoyed meteoric success performing well over 2200 concerts over 4 continents released 12 albums and racking up several prestigious awards including a Songlines Music Awards – Americas (2023) a Grand Prix du Disque Charles Cros two Junos (Canada’s Grammys) three Félix (Quebec) an OPUS (Quebec) a Canadian Folk Music Award and “Artist of the Year” at Folk Alliance Annual Gala.
The group exhibits great finesse and flexibility appearing regularly on Canadian American French and UK television and radio and participating in a wide variety of special musical projects. They've collaborated and performed with a diverse range of artists including Harry Manx Väsen Dervish The Chieftains Breton musical pioneer Yann-Fañch Kemener Quebecois roots legend and master storyteller Michel Faubert the Scottish folk band Breabach singer Julie Fowlis and the trans-Mediterranean ensemble Constantinople.
“Featuring button accordion guitar and fiddle the band's sound is defined by the hurdy-gurdy which adds an earthy rough-hewn flavor to even the most buoyant dance tunes.” -Boston Herald.
Not content with standard approaches to tradition Le Vent du Nord has also created a symphonic concert that according to Voir Montreal “puts all traditional folk naysayers to shame.”
On stage these five friends [Nicolas Boulerice André Brunet Réjean Brunet Olivier Demers and André (aka Dede) Gagné replacing Simon Beaudry in March 2024] create intense joyful and dynamic live performances that expand the bounds of tradition in striking global directions. This is the modern sound of tradition a music of the here and now.
Visit www.leventdunord.com to learn more about the world class band.
A collection will be taken after intermission if there is no sponsor for the professional sound and lights provided by Andy LeBlanc.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Old South First Congregational Church, 235 Main Street, Farmington, United States
