Sam Mallais, a musician from Petit-Rocher with a blues rock-psychedelic sound, won the Réseau des Grands Espaces prize during the final evening of the 28th FrancoFête en Acadie which ended on Sunday.
This award will allow him to go on stage during the shows presented as part of Contact Ouest 2025.
He is also the recipient of the Marc-Chouinard prize, offering two international showcases during the Pause Guitare Festival (Albi, France) and the Voix de Fête Festival (Geneva, Switzerland).
Sam Mallais released his first opus What would you tell me? in 2023. (Archive photo)
Photo : Fred Guitard
With his bluegrass style, Samuel Bourgeois, from Memramcook, won the Réseau Ontario prize and will therefore take part in the Contact Ontarois showcase in 2025.
The Eastern Quebec Show Organizers Network (ROSEQ) prize for the fall 2025 meetings was awarded to Maude Cyr-Deschênes, composer-performer from Edmundston who notably won the 10th edition of the show The Voice in April.
Maude Cyr-Deschênes performed in the final of La Voix the songs Qu’est-ce que ça peut ben fait by Jean-Pierre Ferland and When we n’a que l’amour by Jacques Brel. (Archive photo)
Photo: La Voix / BertExertier photography
The prize for the RADARTS tour was awarded to the group La Grosse Équipe. This Acadian rock n’ roll band from Edmundston has earned itself a tour in the RADARTS Network for 14 dates in 2026.
Singer-songwriter Jacques Surette, who already has three albums to his credit, won the RIDEAU 2025 prize.
Jacques Surette is originally from Yarmouth. We see him here during a performance during the World Acadian Congress which was held this summer in his neck of the woods. (Archive photo)
Photo: Courtesy Jerome Luc Paulin
Finally, Chris Belliveau, also well known on the Acadian cultural scene, won the Granby International Song Festival 2025 prize.
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The RADARTS prizes, which reward presenters of shows and other cultural events, were also awarded during the official launch of the FrancoFête on Wednesday.
The Kite prize, which aims to highlight commitment and creativity in the programming of school shows, was awarded to the Abbey-Landry School in Memramcook.
New Brunswick Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Isabelle Thériault, during the official launch of the 28th FrancoFête en Acadie.
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The Louis Doucet Excellence Award was given to the Regional Association of the Francophone Community (ARCf) of Saint-Jean, New Brunswick. This prize rewards a RADARTS member who has distinguished himself, particularly through his spirit of initiative and his passion for the dissemination of the performing arts.
