Hello SuperForesters everywhere! The lovely SuperForester Marie-Eve, famous for her Herculean strength at Zero One, agreed to cover the Osheaga Music Festival for all of us! So, without further ado, I present to you The Osheaga Music Festival, through the eyes and ears of SuperForester Marie-Eve (with a little help from little old me!)
Heyo Superforest!
I am so happy to collaborate with Heather to introduce to you one of many events I’ve attended this summer in our country (we are both from Canada!) I should probably start by saying that I am certainly having the most wonderful summer ever, and that I really hope that you are enjoying yours as much!
Weekend after weekend, Montreal seems to be vibrating on the waves of many festivals. This one, called Osheaga, occurs on the weekend bridging the months of July and August. Some of you probably already know this annual event, since our friend SuperForester Jason performed there 2 years ago (however, I am sad to have missed that!).
Borrowing its name from the Iroquois word meaning “large rapids”, The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival’s goal is to highlight the local and international music scene, both present and future. This 5th edition had showcased over 40 bands on four different stages at Parc Jean-Drapeau on the beautiful Saint Helen’s Island, in the area of Montreal. During the event, the city offers free public transport to the festival-goers. This year, its most exciting initiative was the launch of the Green Stage, which was partially powered by alternative energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines! Doesn’t it sound good? Definitely! And I do hope that next year will be marked by the disappearance of the foam containers used by the mobile canteens! Writing this is giving me the idea to propose this to the town council. Yes! I want to be proud of the town where I live!
Thus, to get back into my main subject, I attended Osheaga for the very first time this year. I spent an amazing day there on Saturday, well accompanied by my great friend and roommate Claude-Emilie! Our very favorite (and the main reason why we were there) has been, without a doubt, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. Such lovely people they are! The fun they are having on stage is just like a ray of sunshine! I am definitely looking forward to seeing the entire show they have put on (they only had 45 minutes of play time.) Here is a video I made for the real big fans, who will excuse the low quality!
The other bands we saw on stage were: Jimmy Cliff, Jamie Lidell, Pavement, The National and the biggest show and most anticipated band – Arcade Fire. We missed Ingrid Michaelson by 30 minutes (sad), and we missed seeing K’naan but we did hear him while we were having the healthy lunch that we had brought on the site. We found the only kinda calm spot and had a picnic on the grass before going back in the crowd to have a whale of a time! We ended up walking back home, happily tired, wide smiles plastered on our faces, humming nice songs that were stuck in our heads.
I really hope that I tempted you to attend this festival next year, and that you will come numerous times!
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Love,
Marie-Eve
What a lovely report! Marie-Eve believes she is not very adept with a camera, but I felt like I was in the audience with her! Thank you to Marie-Eve for providing such a lively and informative account of Osheaga, and I hope more SuperForesters can attend next year.
If you haven’t already noticed, here at SuperForest we love us some Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros!
Click below for:
SuperForester Jackson’s Flickr Set!
SuperForester Carla’s Enthusiastic Post!
I also wanted to go on record to say that in Canada, we love us some Arcade Fire! Do you know them?
Yours on behalf of the Canadian Contingent,
SuperForester Heather
P.S. >> For more on Marie-Eve, you can join her on her blog, A Commitment to Shine.
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