The Quebec Summer Festival presents a rich programme of music, street entertainment and cultural events in venues throughout the centre of town. Of more than 400 separate shows, some are entirely free - notably the street entertainers who perform nightly along la rue Jean Coutu. For the main programme, a varied international cast of artists joins the mainly French-speaking Canadian line-up of rock, folk, jazz, singer-songwriter, world music and circus acts. Access to most venues is by festival pass and the largest of them is Scene Bell, in the amphitheatre on the Plains of Abraham, holding up to 40,000. Headline concerts at indoor venues are generally ticketed separately. The Quebec City Summer Festival programme aims to have something for everyone, regardless of age or tastes in music, and there is an entire section geared towards children and families.

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