Up Here 5 as captured by LePetitRusse

This is like Christmas for us. We finally received LePetitRusse's photos from Up Here 5.

For the past five years, LePetitRusse alias Marc Etienne Mongrain, has captured raw behind the scenes portraits of artists right before or after they hit the stage.

Here are some of his best shots of 2019.

Charlotte Cardin outside St-Matthew’s New Hope Lutheran Church

Ric Wilson getting warmed up at the Grand

Yonatan Gat pop-up show at the Dome

Members of the Eastern Medicine Signers performed with Yonatan Gat at the Dome

Art d’Ecco at the Townehouse Tavern

Boston’s Andy California at the Townehouse Tavern

Alexandria Maillot in Memo

Canadian-born, Switzerland-based, Camilla Sparksss

Cindy Doire at the Laughng Buddha

Legendary no-wave group ESG at the Grand

G.R. Gritt

Hubert Lenoir in the basement of the Townehouse

La spitoune

Thunder Bay’s Kutch at the Townehouse Tavern

Munya outside St-Matthew’s New Hope Lutheran Church

Nuisance at Little Montreal

Pale Lips at the Grand

Police des moeurs at Little Montreal

Reykjavikurdaetur, the Daughters of Reykjavik at the Grand

Simply Saucer at the Townehouse Tavern

Volunteer Sophie Tomlin at Up Here 5

Steven Lambke from the Constantines at Memorial Park

Pop-up show by Sudbury’s Supertoke at 3 am

Boston’s The Monsieurs at the Dome

FET.NAT at the Townehouse Tavern

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FET.NAT outside the Townehouse Tavern

Picking colours with legendary street artist RISK at the old St. Joseph’s Hospital in Sudbury

Jae Sterling pop-up show with Cartel Madras in the lobby of the Grand

Milk & Bone at the Grand

Xarah Dion outside of Little Montreal

ZIIBIWAN performing a late-night chill show in Daniel Freder’s immersive art installation