2026 Evening Events
during the Tour des Arts starting at 5:30 p.m.
Make the most of your stay with an inspiring evening of dance, theatre, music, or poetry performance.
Saturday, July 11
From 5:30 pm to 7 pm
Apéro concert Michel Dufresne, luthier
WITH Laurent Brien-Korell
Jazz and Blues music performed on guitars made or restored by luthier Michel Dufresne.
Bring your own drinks!
All proceeds are donated to music students.
Saturday, July 11
from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Le Bordel on the Border
WITH Doloreze Leonard
and Mary Harvey
A bilingual comedy for adults set in the 1920's along the Sutton/Vermont line. Bootleggers, border guards, prostitutes and Temperance ladies - Oh MY!
Suitable for 12 years old and up.
Sunday, July 12
From 5 pm to 7 pm
The Homebrew Dixieland Band
WITH Michael Hynes (piano), Claude Prud'homme (banjo), Sylvie Goupil (clarinette), Chris Barr (trombone), Stanley Lake (cornet), Daniel Haché (washboard)
Presenting traditional New Orleans jazz and original compositions
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Barr and Friends
WITH Laura Kerr & John Barr with members of the Community Singers
Great music classics accompanied by piano
Fundraiser concert for St. Paul's church.
Wednesday, July 15
From 8 pm to 9:30 pm
Impulsi 4
WITH Vicki Tansey (dance), Michael Hynes (piano), André Lafleur (double bass), Jean René (viola de gamba), Tevet Sela (sax)
An Evening of Improvisations in Dance, Voice & Music
Thursday, July 16
From 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Night Magic: Poetry & Music in the Garden
WITH Local poets and musicians
Come and enjoy an enchanting evening of night magic. Poetry and music under the stars.
Please bring a lawn chair.
Friday, July 17
From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Les 5 Cuivres
WITH Stanley Lake (flugelhorn), Françoise Cloutier (trumpet), Michel Guignet (trumpet), Chris Barr (trombone), Robert Kerr (tuba)
A concert of music arranged for brass quintet. Renaissance, popular, jazz and original. compositions.
All profits to CAB Sutton
Saturday, July 18, 2026
From 5:30 pm to 7 pm
Apéro concert Michel Dufresne, luthier
WITH Maxim Audette
Classical music performed on guitars made or restored by luthier Michel Dufresne.
Bring your own drinks!
All proceeds are donated to music students.
Saturday, July 18, 2026
From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
HACHÉ GEMME
WITH Daniel Haché and Pascal Gemme
This longtime friendship offers a contagious acoustique good time while tapping their feets to tunes mixed between Quebec and Acadia.
Yeapeee!
Sunday, July 19
From 5 pm to 7 pm
The Homebrew Dixieland Band
WITH Michael Hynes (piano), Claude Prud'homme (banjo), Sylvie Goupil (clarinette), Chris Barr (trombone), Stanley Lake (cornet), Daniel Haché (washboard)
Presenting traditional New Orleans jazz and original compositions
