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Montreal’s second-biggest music festival kicks off Friday, and anglos couldn’t care less.

Les Francos de Montréal (previously Les FrancoFolies) is our city’s largest musical gathering after the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Organized by the same folks who put on the jazz fest, at the same downtown site, with ticketed and free shows every night in styles ranging from rock to pop, hip-hop, electronic, world music and French chanson, it’s the official launch of summer fun, at least for those Montrealers who live, breathe and enjoy life primarily en français.

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For anglos, it’s as if Les Francos don’t exist.

Seriously, ask yourself — and/or your anglo friends — when Les Francos take place this year and who’s performing. Heck, ask them if they know what Les Francos are in the first place. (Hint: an annual celebration of French music from around the globe.) Chances are your questions will be met with an indifferent shrug.