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Milk & Bone (Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Camille Poliquin) will perform at the Bell Imperial Theatre on Sept. 17.

The Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ) is launching a program of concerts in September that could be stepping stones to the return next July of the mammoth outdoor music event.

Called FEQXP, the program features a series of three concerts, with two acts each performing an hour, at the newly upgraded Bell Imperial theatre on Rue Saint-Joseph in the Saint-Roch entertainment district.