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The city of St-Lambert lost its bid on Friday to get promoter Evenko to lower the sound levels at concerts at Jean-Drapeau Park.

The city filed an emergency injunction on Wednesday in Quebec Superior Court to have the volume of future concerts lowered between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. during musical festivals like Osheaga and Heavy Montréal.

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Residents of St-Lambert who live across the St. Lawrence Riverfrom the festival site are upset with what they say is excessive noise during Montreal’s outdoor festival season.

In her 15-page judgment, Judge Chantal Corriveau sided with Evenko, the city of Montreal and the Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau.

“Even if the court has concluded the existence of irreparable damage for St-Lambert, the balance of inconveniences favours the position of Montreal and Evenko,” wrote Corriveau.

The emergency injunction could have led to the cancellation of four different concert series during the next two months, including the Full Flex Express Tour on Friday, as well as Osheaga, Heavy Montréal and Île Soniq, which are scattered throughout August. All will go on as planned.