The headlining act for the second night of Fête Nationale activities in Ville de Longueuil was none other than Roxane Bruneau. You'd be hard pressed be to living here in Québec and not be aware of who this terrific performer is. She sort of came out of nowhere a few years back, but has rocketed to the top of the charts. Part of that success is, of course, due to her catchy songs, but also her personality. I've heard the songs on the radio, but this was my first time seeing her live, and her little chats with the audience between songs were equally fun. She comes across not as some untouchable idol up on the stage, but rather as an ordinary Joe like the rest of us, who just happened to find herself there. She must have given away a couple hundred dollars worth of t-shirts during the show thanks to a running gag with the sound
technician. At one point, she turned to the crowd saying that she should probably stop before her boss gets mad at her for giving away so much merchandise, before doing a double take and reminding herself that she is the boss. This was followed by another barrage of t-shirts into the crowd. Her most recent album, Acrophobie was released in 2020 and over the last few years has won her ADISQ awards for Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Female Performer of the Year and Song of the Year. She also recently announced that a new album, Submergé, will be released later this year. There is no reason to think that her wave of success will be cresting any time soon, and that's nice to know because it's always good to see nice things happen to nice people. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 800 at 70mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 800 at 70mm. Here are several more photographs from her performance.
