Edmundston, N.B., June 11<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <\/span><\/strong>2025<\/strong> \u2013 The <\/span>Edmundston<\/span> Centre des arts <\/span>is proud to unveil the <\/span>lineup<\/span> of<\/span> the 40th anniversary edition of Musical Wednesdays!<\/strong> To mark this special occasion, a series of eight free outdoor concerts will take place every Wednesday<\/span> at City Hall Square\u2019s <\/span>Gilles-Guerrette stage,<\/span>\u00a0at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n This milestone season <\/span>will <\/span>be unforgettable! The <\/span>Arts\u2019<\/span> Centre <\/span>has <\/span>prepared <\/span>a vibrant program highlighting local and provincial talent,<\/strong> offering audiences a rich variety of musical styles \u2013 from pop and folk to rock,<\/strong> metal, and jazz.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n The season kicks off with jazz fusion\/funk\/prog group <\/span><\/span>Approche<\/span> Chromatique<\/span><\/span> from Rimouski, giving audiences a preview of the upcoming Jazz <\/span>& Blues <\/span>Festival. <\/span>They\u2019ll<\/span> be followed by <\/span><\/span>Cambriolage<\/span><\/span>, led by <\/span>Edmundston\u2019s<\/span> own Alexis Rioux, and <\/span>afterwards, <\/span>a special evening of singer-songwriters featuring <\/span><\/span>The Silver Fox<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>Fire’N’Ice<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n The lineup continues with local folk\/bluegrass group <\/span><\/span>Crooked Rapids<\/span><\/span>, and solo artist <\/span><\/span>Jasmine<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>who<\/span> will close<\/span> out <\/span><\/span>the month of<\/span> July<\/span>. In August, accomplished singer-songwriter <\/span><\/span>Matt Boudreau<\/span><\/span>, with four albums to his name, will take the stage. The season will wrap up on a high note with two fan <\/span>favorites<\/span>: <\/span><\/span>La <\/span>Patente<\/span><\/span>, a well-known name on the Acadian and international scene, and <\/span><\/span>The Young Experience<\/span><\/span>, a promising local group<\/span> of seasoned musicians<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n Concerts will be held from July 2 to August 20, 2025, at 7 p.m., on the Gilles-Guerrette stage at City Hall Square (5 Court Street) in Edmundston.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n As seating is limited, attendees are strongly encouraged to bring a folding chair. <\/p>\n\n In the event of rain, shows will be moved to the Centre des art\u2019s venue. <\/p>\n\n For more information, contact the Edmundston Arts\u2019 Centre at:<\/span>\u00a0 Musical Wednesdays<\/span><\/span> is presented by the Centre des arts and the Arts and Culture Department of the City of Edmundston, with support from Canadian Heritage and the Government of New Brunswick.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n -30-<\/p>\n\n Media contact: Lisa Michaud, Coordinator and Cultural Mediator \u2013 Arts Presentation <\/p>\n\n Arts and Culture City of Edmundston <\/p>\n\n 1-506-739-2127; <\/span>lisa.michaud<\/span><\/a>@edmundston.ca<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Edmundston Centre des arts is proud to unveil the lineup of the 40th anniversary edition of Musical Wednesdays! To mark this special occasion, a series of eight free outdoor concerts will take place every Wednesday at City Hall Square\u2019s Gilles-Guerrette stage, at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87635,"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87634\/revisions\/87635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsedmundston.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}