The festival started in 2011 with a beans competition in the village of Plantagenet. A thousand people attended the first edition in the rain. Now ten years later, the festival attracts over 10,000 people and is a renowned tourist attraction in the Prescott-Russell region.

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Our mission

The mission of the festival is to organize an event that will be both entertaining and will promote culinary tourism into our community. Therefore, stimulating the regional economy.

 

Our vision

The festival’s vision is to bring family and friends together through traditional baked bean recipes.

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Member of the organizer committee

President of the Festival de la Bine - Alain Lapensée

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Coordinator of the Festival de la Bine - Chloé Lapensée

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Luc Lapensée

Marielle Lapensée

Nathalie Lapensée

Chantal Lapensée

Karine Lapensée

Jacob Bélanger

Renée Chamberland

Benoit Frappier

Donald Léger

Denise Chartrand

Mélanie Mailhot

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