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The festival’s first wave mixes legacy acts, internet-era names, and a familiar attempt to prove Montreal’s comedy institution is firmly back on its feet.
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Inside the local premiere of Chandler Levack's love letter to Montreal's indie rock golden age at Théâtre Outremont on April 9.
The festival’s first wave mixes legacy acts, internet-era names, and a familiar attempt to prove Montreal’s comedy institution is firmly back on its feet.
The Montreal promoter who turned the Forum into a concert cathedral died on April 13. He was 82.
Barbie Ferreira anchors Chandler Levack's franglais romantic comedy about falling into Montreal's 2011 indie scene and never quite finding a way out.
From jazz at a new downtown venue to Laotian pop-ups and a bookstore turning 50: April 16 to 19, 2026.
Philippe Spurrell keeps rare prints out of dumpsters while Robert Miniaci reinvents the projectors that screen them. Together, they're proving the old ways still have life in Montreal.
Inside the local premiere of Chandler Levack's love letter to Montreal's indie rock golden age at Théâtre Outremont on April 9.
From euphoric stage drops to sweat-drenched dance pits, here are our visual dispatches from îLESONIQ’s 10th anniversary blowout.
August 11, 2025
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From euphoric stage drops to sweat-drenched dance pits, here are our visual dispatches from îLESONIQ’s 10th anniversary blowout.
August 11, 2025
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When Richard and Shuping Guo bought Hochelaga's Dépanneur Populaire in 2001, they got more than a corner store. Their daughter Angelina's new book tells the rest of the story.
Years of tavernas, bouzouki nights, and freddo coffee joints have left traces that remain to this day.
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With a new bylaw, mediators instead of cops, and the first updated noise standards since 1977, Montreal's watching to see if the Plateau's new approach to venue conflicts will hold.
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When Richard and Shuping Guo bought Hochelaga's Dépanneur Populaire in 2001, they got more than a corner store. Their daughter Angelina's new book tells the rest of the story.
Years of tavernas, bouzouki nights, and freddo coffee joints have left traces that remain to this day.
A masked duo from Saguenay that started out as a joke gig tells us a lot about what we actually want from music right now.
Maya Amoah's Batik Boutik brings Ghanaian wax print and batik craft to the world while keeping the artisans who make it at the centre of the story.
Vince Vaughn plays two versions of the same gangster, and that's barely the wildest thing about it.
With a new bylaw, mediators instead of cops, and the first updated noise standards since 1977, Montreal's watching to see if the Plateau's new approach to venue conflicts will hold.
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