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The midway point of Festival Country Lotbinière has arrived and, for once, not a rain cloud to be seen and even our old friend the sun made an appearance in the afternoon to welcome thousands of country fans to the grounds behind the Saint-Agapit arena. But not before another full afternoon of performances on the KIA stage which featured up and coming country acts from across Quebec.

We’re back for our annual pilgrimage to Saint-Agapit, Quebec for the 2023 edition of Festival Country Lotbinière. Once again, this year, weather is the talk of the town as cold wet weather has dominated. Thankfully for organizers country fans in Quebec have proven that they will show up in rain, hail, sleet and snow and a bit of cold and wet weather didn’t dampen the spirits much.

Saint-Agapit, November 16th 2022 – Festival Country Lotbinière (FCL) reveals the first headliner of its 8th edition, which will be held from June 15th to June 17th, 2023.
American artist Russell Dickerson will take the stage at FCL on June 16th.

Cette année, le Festival Country de Lotbinière a eu l’excellente idée d’offrir des spectacles gratuits en après-midi, mettant en vedette des artistes du Québec. La programmation a donc pratiquement doublé; les spectateurs étaient ravis de l’ajout et les artistes ont été enchantés de l’accueil qu’ils ont reçu. Même la pluie s’est faite clémente pendant ces spectacles.

The sun finally greeted us when we awoke on Sunday morning, after being absent much of the weekend. Although not completely gone the mud started to dry up enough that you could walk on it without losing your leg…it was a good day for a music festival.

Rain, rain and more rain was the story of the day on Saturday at Festival Country Lotbinière. Of course much of the area near the front of the stage, including our media pit, had turned into mud by the end of the show on Friday…by yesterday it was more like quick sand that fed on an endless supply of shoes, boots and the occasional small child (just kidding no children were eaten by the mud monster at this festival). Did anyone care? No because the music made us all forget that we were slowly sinking up to our knees in mud.

We’re back to our regularly scheduled weekend less than a year since the last edition of Festival Country de Lotbinière and, once again, festival organizers were dealt with a forecast of rain and gloom…in other words…perfect weather for an all Canadian lineup for a country festival.

The sixth edition of the Lotbinière Country Festival, a pioneer of country music in Quebec and one of the largest of its kind in Eastern Canada, today announces the postponement of its current edition initially scheduled for mid-June.

Organizers of the 2018 edition of Festival Country de Lotbinière promised more entertainment after last month’s lineup announcement and they just delivered.