The two-week Festival d'Été de Québec closed with strong numbers. Big acts played multiple stages on Grande-Allée and at Parc de la Francophonie. Organisers counted a larger number of visitors than ever before. Opening night had some issues that risked becoming a messier problem. Heavy rain caused headaches on a handful of days. Still, locals kept showing up despite the setbacks . A simple check after the event showed most people were happy with how it ran, even with the bumps along the way .