SACEF

SACEF

Société pour l'avancement de la chanson d'expression française

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Arts & Culture
National reach
Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

SACEF is a non-profit organisation based in Montréal, Canada working on arts & culture.

SACEF (Société pour l'avancement de la chanson d'expression française) is a Montréal-based non-profit that promotes the French language through song. It runs the Ma première Place des Arts competition, which supports emerging francophone singer-songwriters through auditions, quarter-finals, semi-final and final rounds, mentoring by established artists, workshops, and industry meetings. The contest has been running for around thirty years and has served over 800 artists, with recordings of the evenings made available for artist visibility.

Location

Montréal, Canada

Legal name

Société pour l'avancement de la chanson d'expression française

Focus areas

chanson francophoneemerging artistsmusic competitionFrench-language musicMontréal

Languages

FREN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & Culture

Works for

Youth

How they work

Capacity buildingCommunity programmes

Programmes

Ma première Place des Arts

Arts & Culture · Canada

Francophone song competition for emerging artists, offering staged performances before juries and the public, personalised mentoring, workshops, conferences, and professional networking, with a multi-stage contest from auditions to the final.

Countries of operation

Canada

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