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The French Connection: Quebecois Music Festival
First Preview: Mar 19, 2015
Opening Date: Mar 19, 2015
Closing Date: Apr 11, 2015
Running Time: 02:00
http://roulette.org/comm_events/robert-brownings-presents-french-connection-quebecois-dance-music-fe
Playing @
Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217
Friday, April 10: Le Bruit Court dans la Ville concert & dance party with Pierre Chartrand
Saturday, April 11: Le Vent du Nord concert
This exciting festival, featuring concerts and a dance party, will be hosted by Gilles Garand, a major figure in the revival of traditional French-Canadian music in Montreal.
Composed of three legends of Quebec’s traditional music scene, Le Bruit Court dans la Ville (The Buzz around Town) features fiddler Lisa Ornstein, button-accordionist/singer Normand Miron, and guitarist/singer André Marchand. They have been on the roster of virtually every groundbreaking band over the past 30 years: Ornstein and Miron were bandmates in La Bottine Souriante, the iconic trad supergroup which helped to kickstart Quebec’s folk music revival, and Miron and Marchand have been members of the extraordinary a cappella trad band Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer (The Coalmen from Hell). The artists have been playing as a trio since the 1990s, entrancing audiences with their fiery dance music and dazzling harmonies.
For this dance concert they will by joined by Pierre Chartrand, a highly accomplished traditional Quebecois dance leader and caller.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
Saturday, April 11: Le Vent du Nord concert
This exciting festival, featuring concerts and a dance party, will be hosted by Gilles Garand, a major figure in the revival of traditional French-Canadian music in Montreal.
Composed of three legends of Quebec’s traditional music scene, Le Bruit Court dans la Ville (The Buzz around Town) features fiddler Lisa Ornstein, button-accordionist/singer Normand Miron, and guitarist/singer André Marchand. They have been on the roster of virtually every groundbreaking band over the past 30 years: Ornstein and Miron were bandmates in La Bottine Souriante, the iconic trad supergroup which helped to kickstart Quebec’s folk music revival, and Miron and Marchand have been members of the extraordinary a cappella trad band Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer (The Coalmen from Hell). The artists have been playing as a trio since the 1990s, entrancing audiences with their fiery dance music and dazzling harmonies.
For this dance concert they will by joined by Pierre Chartrand, a highly accomplished traditional Quebecois dance leader and caller.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: $45 - Festival Package
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$25.00 - $45.00
Lottery & Rush
$20 - Students/Seniors
$40 - Festival Package
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Accessibility
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Restroom
All are gender neutral and ADA compliant -
Telephone
None on premises -
Water Fountain
None available. -
Wheelchair Info
Roulette’s main floor is wheelchair accessible space via the ramp entrance on Atlantic Avenue. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made in advance of the concert or event. Contact Box Office at (917) 267-0368








