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Sunburns, singalongs, and stage dives—this is what a country festival looks like in Montrey'all.
August 18, 2025
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Sunburns, singalongs, and stage dives—this is what a country festival looks like in Montrey'all.
August 18, 2025
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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.
From three jazz centennials to J Dilla, Willow, and UZEB at 50, the 2026 festival's best bets across free stages and ticketed venues.
Vince Vaughn plays two versions of the same gangster, and that's barely the wildest thing about it.
From Roman sculpture after dark to electroclash, grunge tributes, and an Easter cabaret with a costume policy: April 2 to 5, 2026.
From art fairs and film festivals to vinyl digs, clowns, and Roman emperors.
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The Olympic Stadium hosted the snowboard spectacle's Canadian debut—thousands showing up to prove Montreal is as serious a winter city as ever.
NDG's family-run Kavanagh Auctions traded the slow game of traditional antique retail for a global bidding audience.
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol's time-travel mockumentary is inventive, chaotic, and the most fun you'll have at a theatre this year.
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