
Rivières de Lumières Festival
IT’S BEEN 10 YEARS!
In a fun and festive atmosphere, we invite everyone to make a lantern and take part in a celebratory event in downtown Sherbrooke.
In keeping with tradition, the Rivières de Lumières festival offers three main activities:
To celebrate the festival’s 10th anniversary, we’ve tasked Poesie Poubelle to create a collaborative poem on the theme of phantasmagorical plants. The result is a series of four micro-poems, written by Yrlande Phaneuf-Ouellet, Gab Sanche, Alberto Quero and Félix Dion.
Produced by Théâtre des Petites Lanternes in collaboration with LaboKracBoom, this 10th edition promises to be a fabulous weekend, where we’ll share memorable moments of joy, light, and lantern magic!
The Lanterns
The lanterns are at the heart of the festival, and each year we offer you several ways to make lanterns and take part in the festival. The magic of the lanterns will light your way through the parade.
This year, we invite you to explore the phantasmagorical world of plants. Perhaps you’d like to create a giant lantern plant? A phosphorescent carnivorous plant? A humble dandelion that grows in the cracks of the sidewalk? It’s up to you!
Get started! Make your lantern and come to the parade!!

The Lantern Parade
Join us on September 13 and 14 for our festive parade. Let the magic of lanterns light your way.
The parade will start at 7pm at the Place Kassiwi and return to the same departure point, where the night market can be found. That’s right! We’ve listened to you, and this year the route will be a loop. The magic of phantasmagorical plants will guide us through downtown Sherbrooke.
Be in the middle of the action
We need your help to make the Rivières de Lumières experience magical and festive for everyone!
This year we need your help during the lantern workshops, at the night market and, especially, during the parade.
What’s more, if you want to be an extra, you can become an illuminated gardener or a bird carrier, thanks to our special partnership with La Tohu!
The Night Market
Stroll through the Night Market with your lanterns, listen to a recording of live podcasts, take part in the entertainment and enjoy two great late-night shows!
Our Artists
Immerse yourself in the dazzling world of Rivières de Lumières. Our local artists will bring a unique touch of magic to the parade and Night Market on September 13 and 14
Our teams
Crédits Général
Direction générale | Véronique Barbara Viens
Co-direction artistique | Cyril Assathiany et Kristelle Holliday
Collaborateur artistique | LaboKracBoom
Direction de production | Rachel Morin-Denis
Direction technique | Miguel Turgeon
Poèmes | Le collectif Poésie Poubelle avec ses poètes Félix Dion, Yrlande Phaneuf-Ouellet, Alberto Quero et Gab Sanche
Crédits Lanternes
Coordination des ateliers de lanternes | Gésäel Drouin-Vigneault
Animatrices des lanternes | Gésäel Drouin Vigneault, Maude Lemay, Ilia Castro, Rachel Morin-Denis, Kristelle Holliday, Andrée-Ann Lebrun, Cyriel Truchi-Tardivel, Gaelle Longpré, Geneviève Mathieu, Mélina Lapointe, Clémence Barbeau, Jeanne Lessard, Annie-Claude Collin
Kit de lanternes | Diana Chong
Exposition lanternes | Sandra Tremblay
Crédits Déambulatoire
Concepteur visuel | Simon Durocher-Gosselin
Concepteur musical | Étienne Leclerc
Concepteur éclairage | Julien St-Pierre
Conception marionnette-plante | Étienne Plante
Création marionnette-plante | Étienne Plante et Philippe St-Denis
Création marionnette jardinière | Ibé
Mère mer | Flàvia Nascimento
Foumar | François Bienvenue
Doltra | Sara Demers
Ali | Bruno Gagnon
Création des personnages Foumar, Ali et Doltra | Marie Lupien-Durocher
Artistes | Zoé HockHoussen, Cyriel Truchi-Tardivel, Marie Lupien-Durocher, Julie Duguay
Musicien.nes | Elisabeth Besozzi, Elise Legrand, Gisèle B. Girardin, Lévy Leblanc, Mathieu Lacroix, Vincent Beaulieu, Étienne Leclerc
Merci aux jardinier.e.s illuminées et porteur.euses d’huards !
Crédits Marché de nuit
Marchands | Bases Essentielles, Fêtes Marycotton, Sara Beaudoin Lacasse, Sandrine D’aoust Archambault, L’écolo boutique, La nature de Sophie, Staatik, Artemysia Mystica, Baamcouture, Gina Munoz, Bobby Roy, Créations Ysmiir, Falang et Mexi & Co, Gina Munoz
Programmation artistique | Gab Padilla, Los Pacos, Félix Tessier Imbault, Olivier Lussier, Vanessa Courville, Félix Morin et Étienne Beaulieu
Bureau du Théâtre des Petites Lanternes
Direction générale | Véronique Barbara Viens
Codirection artistique | Cyril Assathiany et Kristelle Holliday
Adjointe administrative | Sandy Reuter
Agentes de développement pour Rivières de Lumières | Jeanne Lessard, Gésäel Drouin Vigneault et Rachel Morin-Denis
Captation et réalisation montage vidéo | Matthew Gaines
Graphisme | Sylvie Forgues & Véronique Barbara Viens