The Osheaga Festival is back this weekend with 100% Canadian programming. In addition to the headliners (Charlotte Cardin, Jessie Reyez, Half Moon Run), nearly thirty other artists will perform on the two stages of Parc Jean-Drapeau. The newspaper asked programmer Nick Farkas to target six discoveries festival-goers can make by Sunday.
Faouzia
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Born in Morocco, and raised in Canada, the 21-year-old singer has already collaborated with Kelly Clarkson, David Guetta and John Legend. It has more than 300 million streams continuously on different platforms.
“She is an artist who has enormous potential to break through internationally. We’ve been watching it for a few years and trying to program it. It is good that it is available this year. “
- Saturday, 6:45 p.m., Scene of the River.
QCLTUR
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First an online medium, QCLTUR led to a French-speaking collective rap album. At Osheaga, around twenty rappers will take turns on stage with special duo or trio numbers. In the collective, we find in particular Souldia, FouKi and Raccoon.
“It’s like a supergroup of Quebec artists. This is their first performance. “
- Saturday, 4:40 p.m., Scene of the Mountain.
AXLAUSTADE
Photo Courtesy, Jean-François Sauvé
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The trio makes instrumental music which they call “grunge of the future”. It is formed by Dumas, Jonathan Dauphinais (Beast, Ariane Moffatt) and Francis Mineau (Malajube).
“This will be his very first show. We can’t wait to see it. It’s gonna be something different. When their manager sent us the music, it was interesting to see who was playing in the band. Dumas played Osheaga a long time ago. “
- Sunday, 4:20 p.m., Scene of the River.
JESSIA
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The Vancouver singer enjoyed viral success on TikTok earlier this year. His title I’m Not Pretty, sung a capella, was picked up by thousands of Internet users on the platform.
“It’s another more pop artist who is going to have a very good career, I think. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a lot of talk about it in the coming years. “
- Friday, 5:45 p.m., Scene of the Mountain.
The Shirleys
Photo courtesy, Camille Gladu-Drouin
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The female punk rock trio have shared the stage with The Beaches, Anti Queens and Ten Foot Pole in the past.
“It’s the kind of music that I love with a lot of energy. A good rock band. All we usually do for festivals, number one priority is bands play well live. It takes artists who occupy the stage well. The Shirleys are a favorite of booking. »
- Sunday, 3 p.m., Scene of the River.
Haviah Mighty
Photo courtoisie, Yung Yemi
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In 2019, the Toronto artist won the Polaris Prize for his album 13th Floor. She thus became the first hip-hop artist and the first black woman to win this award, which celebrates the best Canadian album of the year.
“We scheduled it at Osheaga last year, but it didn’t happen. As she is Canadian, we thought it would be good to bring her back. She has an exceptional style and a distinct voice. “
- Saturday, 4 p.m., Scene of the River.
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