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For two years, the owner of La Baraque à bière has been dreaming of reviving the Rimouski Fall Festival, which was a popular event in the 70s and 80s.
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Published at 3:30 p.m. EDT
Rimouski will have its Fall Festival this year. The event that marked Rimouskois during the 70s and 80s and which made a comeback at the beginning of the millennium will come back to life again from October 9 to 14, thanks to the efforts of the owner of La Baraque à bières, Simon St-Pierre.
For two years, Mr. St-Pierre has been dreaming of reviving this festival, albeit in a slightly more modest format, which thrilled him during his adolescence. The city was decorated everywhere!
he recalls.
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The owner of La Baraque à bières, Simon St-Pierre, and his son Eliott
Photo : Radio-Canada / Images : Simon St-Pierre
At that time, the festival was the last moment for Rimouskois and people from elsewhere to gather before the great winter cold.
The new version of the festival will be at the crossroads between an autumn festival and a Oktoberfest.
A terrace and a marquee will be set up at the back of La Baraque àliers. Singers will liven up the evenings there.
A soap box competition will be organized on Sunday for families, a nod to the races organized on Cathedral Avenue in the 70s and 80s, during the festival.
Simon St-Pierre wants his festival to be affordable. 90″,”text”:”With 90s prices”}}”>With prices from the 90s
he tells us.
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The fall festival will take place on the site of the La Baraque à verre brewery in Rimouski. It is the owner of the brewery, Simon St-Pierre, who is reviving this festival which was very popular in the 70s and 80s.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Isabelle Damphousse
This first edition announced, the businessman who is also the owner of an events company, Eltisi productions, dreams of bringing back a parade with the sports, musical and social clubs of Rimouski.
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