La FrancoFête 2025
A festive atmosphere for all tastes on June 22 at Lakeside Park
From 12pm to 7pm.
The AFKO team invites you to celebrate the French language… but also conviviality and life’s simple pleasures! Come and experience a warm atmosphere thanks to a series of festive activities open to all. A unique experience!
PROGRAM
Most poutine you can eat contest
Intergenerational pétanque tournament
Pastis bar…without pastis!
Concert by Vincent DLO
Who can eat the most poutines?
Big appetites and big challenges: the Francofête poutine contest is back with a vengeance!
Enter for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Sprout, voted the restaurant with the most unique and best-presented poutine of 2025!
1/ Register on site at 12 p.m.-children’s and adults’ categories – places are limited!
2/ Eat as much poutine as you can while the public launches 10 pieces of fake cheese into our giant poutine with our catapult!
It’s back too!
3/ Be voted the best poutine eater! And leave with a full stomach and the idea of a dish at Sprout to enjoy once digested!
Free registration! Don’t be late!
No pastis, but petanque tracks!
Do you have the soul of a boules player, or just want to have a good time in the sun?
Join our double-elimination pétanque tournament!
Open to beginners and pros alike, this classic game from the South of France comes to us for some friendly, wild fun.
Compose your triplette (3 members!) on our registration form. Don’t forget to name your team.
8 teams maximum! Meet at the pétanque courts at 12.30 p.m. Tournament starts at 1 p.m. sharp!
Don’t want to play? No problem, we’ve got plenty to keep the public engaged with the chance to win surprise prizes and make the game of boules that much more lucrative!
Prizes to win
1st prize
Three screen-printed T-shirts – Be the first to wear Marcus’ new designs!
Accompanied by a $10 gift certificate to La Ruelle
2nd prize
Three silkscreened tote bags from AFKO
Prize for the most intergenerational team
Try to be the team with the biggest age gap between the members of your triplet, and receive a special reward!
Wooden Spoon Award
Because not everyone is aiming for victory – quite the contrary!
Audience Award
SURPRISE!
Guinguette, pétanque and world flavours!
Cheers!
This year at FrancoFête, let yourself be carried away by the flavours of the French-speaking world… without leaving the park!
Our festive and colorful non-alcoholic cocktail bar offers 4 original creations, inspired by corners of the globe where French is spoken with heart and sunshine:
🍹 Le Marseillais Sage – A touch of alcohol-free pastis, Provencal freshness and fragrant herbs.
🌴 Le Soleil de Dakar – Pineapple, mango, ginger… a vibrant cocktail like a Senegalese afternoon.
🎶 Le Zouk Fizz – Guava, lime and tropical bubbles for a Caribbean party vibe.
🍁 Le Poutine Fizz – Cranberry, maple, and boreal effervescence: a gentle nod to Quebec.
Whether you’re big or small, a pétanque player, a guinguette dancer or just curious, come and toast to Francophone diversity… without moderation!
Vincent DLO, back in Nelson for a one-of-a-kind show!
Vincent DLO, former Nelson resident, is pleased to join us to close FrancoFête 2025! See you at 6 p.m. for a well-deserved reunion!
And for those who don’t know him, here’s a text from him that will entice you!
« Between breath, flow and fire, words take root and come to life.
In this show combining organic rap, vibrant slam and embodied poetry, Vincent Dlo makes images dance and emotions resonate.
An authentic, visceral journey through introspection, commitment and scenic power.
A moment when words become rhythm, emotion and gentle rebellion.
I’m so happy to be back in Nelson!
To return to this city that has inspired me so much, its mountains, its faces, and to make words vibrate there with you, heart to heart, breath to breath. »
