ADISQ

ADISQ (French: Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo; English: Québec Association for the Recording, Concert and Video Industries) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the independent music industry in Quebec.

Since 1979, it has also organized an annual awards ceremony for musicians and singers.

It is a member of the World Independent Network.

[1] Its first mission consisted of two goals to promote the Québec music industry: Several years after realizing these objectives, its mission was changed to include lobbying the governments of Canada and Québec on the following issues: The ADISQ initiated the urban project Quartier des Spectacles in Montréal.

It was first unveiled in 2002 at the Sommet de Montréal[6] by then-president Jacques K.