Louis Bellavance

Louis Bellavance has been working in the music industry for over twenty-five years. Since 2011, he has been the programming director of the Festival d’Été de Québec and is today Vice-President – Content and Artistic Direction at BLEUFEU, the organization behind the FEQ, St-Roch XP, Toboggan as well as the music venues Imperial Bell and Grizzly Fuzz. Recognized as one of the major events in North America, the FEQ attracts more than one million festivalgoers each year. An amateur musician and composer since his youth, he began to work actively in the music industry by taking over the programming of the FestiJazz in Rimouski, his hometown. He then continued his journey by programming in turn the Festival Nuits d’Afrique de Montréal, the Francofolies de Montréal and the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in addition to working for the Evenko, promoter of the Osheaga Festival and the Bell Centre, and for Stingray Digital as director of content. He has also been very active in the field of artist management and show production and has been a member of several music related board of directors (inching Cadadian Live Music Association) and specialize juries like the Junos and l’ADISQ.