Preferred Means of Transport

All methods are good to get to the Festival: walking, biking, bus or carpooling. Choose active transportation and do your part for the planet.

Sustainable Development Policy

Walk or bike - Preferred Means of Transport - La Fête du Lac des Nations Promutuel Assurance – Music and fireworks festival in Sherbrooke

Walk or bike

Take advantage of the sunny days in July to walk or bike to the Festival! Note that there is a special parking space reserved for bicycles (corner of Marcil and Jacques Cartier Boulevard North)! However, please make sure to bring your own lock even though the site is always monitored by volunteers. The Festival team is not responsible for any theft or vandalism.

Take the bus - Preferred Means of Transport - La Fête du Lac des Nations Promutuel Assurance – Music and fireworks festival in Sherbrooke

Take the bus

The STS offers, again this year, a reduced price of $1! Take advantage of this low price from 2:00 p.m. until the last ride of the day, from Tuesday, July 18 to Friday, July 21, 2023, and all day Saturday and Sunday, July 22 and 23, 2023.

Carpool - Preferred Means of Transport - La Fête du Lac des Nations Promutuel Assurance – Music and fireworks festival in Sherbrooke

Carpool

Planning to join friends at the Festival? Why not join a carpool to limit the number of cars on the road! You’ll have the opportunity to listen to your favourite songs while doing something good for the environment.

Discover the many carpooling options available in the region: Communauto, AmigoExpress, Uber and Taxis Sherbrooke.

How to Get to the Festival

You are from out of town and would like to participate to the Festival? Here is how to get there by car!

  • Take Highway 10 East towards Sherbrooke
  • Take exit 140 East off Highway 410 East towards King West Street
  • Take exit 4 East towards Sherbrooke/Centre-Ville
  • Turn left on King Street West
  • The site is on the right

  • Take the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 20 West)
  • Take exit 173 to Highway 55 South
  • Take exit 140 for Highway 410 toward King West Street
  • Take exit 4 East towards Sherbrooke/Downtown
  • Turn left on King West Street
  • The site is on the right

  • Take VT-15 East and VT-14 North toward US-5 South at Irasburg
  • Take Interstate 91 N ( into Quebec)
  • Continue on Highway 55 North
  • Take exit 34 to Highway 10 E/Highway 55 N
  • Take exit 140 for Highway 410 toward King West Street
  • Take exit 4 East toward Sherbrooke/Downtown
  • Turn left on King West Street
  • The site is on the right
La Fête du Lac des Nations Promutuel Assurance – Music and fireworks festival in Sherbrooke

Where to Park

Although public transportation is highly prioritized, limited spaces are still available on the festival site.

  • Parking spots reserved for festival attendees holding a parking pass (Marcil Street) – FULL
  • Parking spots for people with restricted mobility (Marcil Street)
  • Several surrounding businesses offer paid parking for the benefit of various organizations
  • In the sections authorized on the surrounding streets

Restricted Mobility

The FLN is a place for everyone! Accessibility arrangements for the handicapped are in place to ensure six great days of festivities:

  • Reserved parking spaces
  • Adapted transport shuttles
  • Toilets for people with restricted mobility
  • Reserved section for wheelchair users in front of the Main Stage
  • Reserved space for people with restricted mobility in the privilege zone
  • Assistance dogs, duly identified, allowed on the site
  • Free access to the site for people who assist (upon presentation of the Companion Leisure Card (CAL). Apply for your CAL card online.

Inclusion Policy