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​Avril Lavigne, Shania Twain, Benson Boone, Ice Spice and More Set for Festival d'été de Québec (FEQ) 2025

From July 3 to 13, Def Leppard, Alessia Cara, Maren Morris, Simple Plan, Rod Stewart, Sean Paul and Pixies will also make their way to Quebec City for one of the country's biggest music events of the summer.

Avril Lavigne on her Greatest Hits tour.

Avril Lavigne on her Greatest Hits tour.

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Festival d'été de Québec (FEQ) is bringing Canadian pop royalty to the provincial capital this summer.

Shania Twain and Avril Lavigne will headline two nights at the 11-day festival in Quebec City. Other headliners include chart breakthrough Benson Boone, Irish singer-songwriter Hozier, thrash metal icons Slayer, and legacy superstar Rod Stewart.

Avril and Shania have both had busy years. Lavigne released her first greatest hits album, backed by a sold-out tour and played one of Glastonbury's most hyped sets last summer, while Twain has taken on TV duties, hosting the People's Choice Country Awards, joining the judges of Canada's Got Talent and appearing in Sabrina Carpenter's Christmas special. Both are hitting the road this summer, too, with Lavigne performing at All Your Friends Fest and Warped Tour and Twain headlining Ottawa Bluesfest.

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FEQ's headliners are supported by a deep roster of talent, including Canadian pop singer Alessia Cara, pop-punk stars Simple Plan, jazz-funk iconoclast Thundercat, alt-rock innovators Pixies, dancehall star Sean Paul and breakout Bronx rapper Ice Spice.

FEQ is one of the country's biggest and longest-running music events. Over 50 years old, it has a huge stage capacity — Post Malone played to over 100,000 people last summer — programming international stars alongside Quebec heroes and rising Canadian acts.

One of few Canadian festivals to program 11 days, festival producers BLEUFEU also work hard to keep passes affordable, with a fully transferrable general admission pass priced at just $165 (about $13.63 per day). That's made it a destination event for music lovers across the province and beyond.

FEQ 2025 runs July 3-13. Check out the full lineup below. Passes are on sale now.

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Kesha Pays Tribute to Her Late ‘Blow’ Video Co-Star James Van Der Beek
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James Van Der Beek and Ke$ha arrive at Chateau Nightclub & Gardens at the Paris Las Vegas on May 7, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Kesha Pays Tribute to Her Late ‘Blow’ Video Co-Star James Van Der Beek

Back in 2011, the Dawson's Creek star turned his teen-drama image upside down in Kesha's cheeky music video.

After news of James Van Der Beek’s death at age 48, Kesha is looking back fondly on her time with the Dawson’s Creek actor, when the pair co-starred in her “Blow” music video.

On Wednesday (Feb. 11), Kesha took to her Instagram Stories to share two photos with the actor — one in which Van Der Beek is pointing at the pop star and one of the pair embracing — and simply adding red heart emojis over each pic. The photos were taken on a Las Vegas red carpet in May 2011, three months after the debut of their “Blow” music video.

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