Alain Simard CC (born 1950) is a Canadian founder, producer, and manager of music festivals.

He began to produce underground music live shows at the college student café, La Clef, around 1969.

[1] He went on to manage Quebecois musical artists Paul Piché, Offenbach, Claude Dubois, and Michel Rivard.

[1] He established TV production company Spectel-Video with Momentum Vidéofilm and in 1978 co-founded ADISQ, which supports independent music industry in Quebec, with Guy Latraverse.

[3] In 2003, La Presse dubbed Simard "the most influential personality in the Quebec cultural sector".