This concert was a cross-cultural collaboration between CBC Radio, the French sister service, Radio-Canada, and the Carnaval de Québec, which celebrated its 50th anniversary of the modern era. The Carnaval's international country spotlighted this year was Ireland. Alexis Kochan's Paris to Kyiv's unique musical interlacing of Ukrainian and other cultures was the perfect choice for the match-up with Rosheen. Several of Paris to Kyiv's work's have a subtle Celtic flavour. Rosheen, coached by Julian Kytasty, integrated some of these songs for the performance. Both groups provided musical accompaniment for the popular local Shannon Irish Dancers. As part of the Carnaval's 50th anniversary celebrations, the famous Bonhomme Carnaval dropped by during the show to greet one and all.