Culture Trois-Rivières brands the city as the capitale internationale de la poésie around its poetry festival.
Walk or drive through Trois-Rivieres long enough and Amphithéâtre Cogeco comes up. Outdoor stage at the Saint-Maurice and Saint-Laurent confluence, reached via avenue des Draveurs.
Summer stages stack fast. Amphithéâtre Cogeco is the named confluence showroom on avenue des Draveurs, where the Saint-Maurice meets the Saint-Laurent and Cirque du Soleil residencies share the calendar with touring acts. Culture Trois-Rivières also calls the city the capitale internationale de la poésie around the Festival International de la Poésie, keeps rue des Forges animated on free weekends, and lists Grand Prix race nights beside DansEncore. A navette fluviale on the municipal home keeps river mobility in ordinary speech, not only in tourism copy, which is how locals talk about getting across water without making it a special occasion.
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