Émile Bilodeau

Émile Bilodeau is a detonation of contagious sincerity who has found a way to conquer crowds relentlessly for the past 10 years. He’ll be delighted to bring the folk-rock gems of his new album Au bar des espoirs to life on stage, in a duet formula accompanied by his faithful keyboardist Nathan Vanheuverzwijn. In a bar cabaret atmosphere, the lucid chansonnier presents a show full of humor, social awareness and catchy melodies. Au bar des espoirs is driven by the idea that there can be a fine line between hope and its opposite: love in chaos; an unhappy bartender who doesn’t want to quit his job at the risk of becoming like the customers he likes to judge; Émile who wonders what he might do if, by some misfortune, he lost his hearing – all told with characteristic playful glibness, with the simple and necessary aim of keeping us hoping and smiling.