Amnesty stall at Paléo since 1977! Defending Human Rights Every year, Paléo chooses a humanitarian NGO as a partner for the festival, giving it more visibility and support. This year, the chosen charity is Amnesty, whose work defending human rights and campaigning to liberate political prisoners across the world has been going on for decades. […]
A night away from the main stage – glam-rock prince Hubert Lenoir and oriental rock
You can probably define three main types of festival-goers at Paléo. The old faithful, who have been coming to the festival for eons, and care more about drinking wine with their friends somewhere just out of sight of on the stages, for who the festival is a social event during which you get to soak […]
A scorching start to Paléo, with devilish Quebec folk-rock (and craft beer on the grounds!!)
The first day of the Paléo Festival was a scorcher, with temperatures set to rise these next few days. This didn’t seem to bother the artists nor the crowd, and the first few concerts of the festival were just as explosive and joyful as usual, turning the heat up (which didn’t really seem possible). This […]
Straight outta Paléo
Hip-hop and rap have been heavily represented at this year’s Paléo Festival. Moreover, if previous editions have seen rappers from around the world come and play, this year nearly all of them were French-speaking. If a few years ago the idea of having French-speaking rappers coming from anywhere else than France would have seemed strange, […]
Paléo – Away from the music. Volunteers, stage crews and helpful hints
In Wednesday’s post, reporter Jonas Parson wrote about the volunteers who work behind the scenes and wash all the festival’s eco-cups. Also behind the scenes are hundreds of other volunteers working as security staff, helping out at the information stands, working at the bars, cleaning the grounds during and after the festival, putting up the location signs, […]
