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Quebec City International Festival of Military Bands
Abbreviation
FIMMQ
Formation
1998
Type
cultural event festival and tattoo
Legal status
Ended in 2014
Purpose
festival that annually invites 20 bands and features 800 musicians in 40 activities, including popular concerts and special thematic events.
Headquarters
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Region served
Quebec City, Quebec
Official language
English, French
Website
www.fimmq.com
The Quebec City International Festival of Military Bands (FIMMQ) was a major cultural event in Quebec City that notably included a military tattoo by Canadian and foreign military bands as well as display teams.[1] It has taken place annually in August in Quebec City from 1998 to 2013.
Created in 1998, the FIMMQ were hosted by the local Military Bands, i.e. Les Voltigeurs de Québec and the Royal 22e Régiment. It welcomed, throughout the years, military and some civilian bands from Germany, Australia, Belgium, Chile, South Korea, the United States, France, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Russia, Singapore, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. Outdoor performances were held for the general public at various locations in and around the city and an indoor show, the Quebec City Military Tattoo, was held inside the Colisée Pepsi.
The festival was created in 1998 by Jacques DuSault, who wanted to offer outdoors music shows to emphasize the Old Quebec City. The Canadian Armed Forces were invited to contribute, with the implication of the retired Lieutenant Colonel Yvan Lachance, old ordering of the Voltigeurs de Québec, and Major Denis Bernier, who was then directing the Military Band of the Royal 22e Régiment. In 2013, after 15 years in existence, the tattoo was dissolved.[2]
^Howell, Steven (2 June 2008). Explorer's Guide Montreal & Quebec City: A Great Destination. ISBN 9781581570885.
^"Le Festival de musiques militaires de Québec jette l'éponge | Valérie Gaudreau | la capitale". Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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