A list of must-see festivals and events in Lac-Saint-Jean in 2023!

Here is a list of major festivals and events in Lac-Saint-Jean in 2024:

MRC Domaine-du-Roy Lac-Saint-Jean – 2024

• July 20–28 – International Lake Saint-Jean Crossing – Roberval
• August 1–4 – Cowboy Festival – Chambord
• All summer – Water, Sound, and Light Show – Saint-Félicien
• September 13–15 – Lune des moissons Festival – Saint-Prime

MRC Maria-Chapdelaine – 2024

• July 3 to August 14 – Un air d’été (time to be confirmed) | Centre Vauvert-sur-le-Lac-Saint-Jean, Dolbeau-Mistassini
• July 11–14 – FarWest’ival, Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc
• July 10 to August 8 – Cabane chasse et pêche – Route des légendes Summer Theater, community hall, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Saint-Eugène-d’Argentenay
• July 16 to August 22 – Le Théyâtre du bien beau, Dolbeau-Mistassini
• July 20, 2024 – Lac-à-Jim Swimming Marathon, Saint-Thomas-Didyme
• July 20 – Le Dol-Boat River Fest, outdoors on the Mistassini River
• July 25–27 – Festival À l’Eau Péribonka
• July 25–28 – Festival de la gourgane, Albanel
• July 31 to August 3 – Blueberry Festival, Dolbeau-Mistassini
• August 23 and 24 – Brewers’ Festival, Dolbeau-Mistassini
• September 2024 – Pheasant Festival
• Winter 2025 – Festineige, Dolbeau-Mistassini

MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est – 2024

• July 5–12 – Festirame
• July 13 – Alma’s Big Night
• July 25–27 – Alma Beer Festival
• August 16–17 – Terre Festive Music Festival in Hébertville
• August – Saint-Gédéon Harvest Festival
• August – Tam Tam Macadam Festival
• August 9–10 – Le Festishow Poutine
• All summer long – Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Music Camp!
• Early September – Alma Comedy Festival
• February 2025 – Saint-Gédéon Ice Festival

Mashteuiatsh – 2024

• July 5–14 – Major First Nations Gathering

MRC Domaine-du-Roy Lac-Saint-Jean – 2023

• June 29–July 2: Truckers’ Festival in La Doré
• July 7–9: Grand Gathering of First Nations in Mashteuiatsh (July 7–9)
• July 22–29 – International Crossing of Lac Saint-Jean in Roberval
• August 3–6 – Chambord Cowboy Festival
• Dates to be announced – Atalukan Festival of Tales and Legends in Mashteuiatsh
• All summer long – Water, Sound, and Light Show in Saint-Félicien

MRC Maria-Chapdelaine – 2023

• July 4–August 17, 8:00 p.m. – 171 4th Avenue Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Le Théyâtre du bien beau in Dolbeau-Mistassini
• July 5–August 16, 7:00 p.m. – Centre Vauvert-sur-le-Lac-Saint-Jean, Un air d’été in Dolbeau-Mistassini
• July 10 to August 8 – Sous les feux de la rampe in Saint-Eugène-D’argentenay
• July 15, 2023 – Lac-à-Jim Swim Marathon in Saint-Thomas-Didyme
• July 22 – Le Dol-Boat River Fest, on the Mistassini River
• July 27–29 – À l’Eau Péribonka Festival
• July 27–30 – Festival de la Gourgane in Albanel
• July 29, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – Camping des Chutes, La Caravane en panne in Dolbeau-Mistassini
• August 3–5 – Festival du Bleuet in Dolbeau-Mistassini
• August 5, 7:00 p.m. – Centre Vauvert-sur-le-Lac-Saint-Jean, La Caravane en panne in Dolbeau-Mistassini
• August 25 and 26 – Festival des Brasseurs in Dolbeau-Mistassini
• September 2 and 3 – Festival du faisan in Saint-Stanislas

MRC Lac-Saint-Jean-Est – 2023

• June 23–25 – The Builders’ Hike. Starts and ends in Alma
• July 6–August 26 – Summer Theater at Dam-en-terre in Alma
• July 7–14 – Festirame in Alma
• July 15 – La grande nuit d’Alma in Alma
• July 27–29 – Alma Beer Festival
• August 18–19 – Terre Festive Festival in Hébertville
• Dates to be announced – Grande Fête des récoltes in Saint-Gédéon
• Dates to be announced – Alma Comedy Festival in Alma

Mashteuiatsh – 2023

• July 7–8–9 – Large gathering of First Nations