Behind the Name : La Slague

Slag is the waste product of the metal mining process. It’s only natural that so much of it is found in Sudbury, the nickel capital. The efficiency of modern metallurgical techniques has made it a rarer commodity today, but in the 1980s and 1990s, families and friends would pack a picnic and come from near and far to witness the lava-like slag being dumped.

Slag is the red rock that lights up the night, the blood that boils in Sudbury’s veins, an emblematic element in the eyes of many.
So is La Slague, in many ways.
It’s Les Trois Accords at the Farmers’ Market.
It’s Les Cowboys Fringants at Collège Boréal.
It’s Les Vulgaires Machins at the old Incinerator.
It’s Lisa Leblanc at Little Montreal, Pierre Lapointe at Fraser Auditorium, Yann Perreau at the Grand, the Hay Babies and Les Soeurs Boulay at the Moose Lodge, Stef Paquette with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra at Place des Arts.
It’s La Nuit Émergente, where new artists await you at every turn.
It’s a warm welcome, legendary green rooms, memorable encounters.
It’s nights where you know you were at the right place at the right time.

Programming

La Slague offers something for everyone. You like big stars, the ones that grace your TV screens? La Slague has that. Prefer emerging, undiscovered, singular artists? La Slague has that too. Like to laugh till it hurts with well-known and up-and-coming comedians? So does La Slague. No matter what you come to see, you’ll walk away with a head full of memories and a new appreciation for francophone arts and artists.

Festivals

Le French Fest
The French Fest is a big celebration of the Canadian “francophonie” in all its forms, without pretension, but with a lot of fun! It’s an invitation to celebrate in your own way, with open arms, a sea of white and green!

La Nuit émergente
A dozen artists playing musical hide-and-seek all over the building. At every turn, you just might find the next big thing, or your new favourite band. A free-form festival where you choose your own adventure, and where there are no bad choices. Wherever you end up is exactly where you’re meant to be. La Nuit Émergente has been creating memorable musical encounters in unconventional spaces for nearly 10 years now. With Place des Arts as its new playground, who knows what awaits unsuspecting music lovers this year?

Photo : Le Petit Russe

After holding shows in countless spaces throughout Sudbury and surrounding areas…
After dreaming of its own artistic creation and presentation centre for over fifty years…
After years of imagining, calculating, negotiating, meeting, toiling and starting over… 

La Slague is now at Place des Arts de Sudbury!

Our offices are now at 27 rue Larch.

Place des Arts is a cultural gathering place for Francophones and for the entire community.

Place des Arts is a project of the Regroupement des organismes culturels de Sudbury (ROCS). Founded in 2007, the ROCS is a coalition of francophone professional arts, culture and heritage organizations in Greater Sudbury.

Photo : Le Petit Russe