The Festival International des Rythmes du Monde (FIRM) team is proud to offer you for the seventh year running, the multiethnical event of music of the rhythms of the world par excellence in Quebec and an even more impressive programming with more than 850 artists and craftsmen coming from about 22 countries ready to delight some 250 000 festival goers from all over the country! Creating economic impact of nearly $20 million yearly, the FIRM has experienced a phenomenal growth thanks to the population of the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. It’s your party! Go around the world with us!

Luc Vandal, FIRM President

Robert Hakim, General Director

The Festival des Rythmes du monde ... from our home!

The latest thing of our 2009 edition that, in collaboration with Vision Diversité, will present Quebecers artists of all origins with ethnically diverse creations of the rhythms of the entire world!