LASSO Montreal returns August 15–16, 2026, and for the first time it takes the whole weekend. After four editions squeezed into Friday and Saturday, the festival has moved to a Saturday–Sunday run at Parc Jean-Drapeau, with LASSO in the City taking over downtown on Friday, August 14 as a warm-up.
What began as an evenko experiment—country music, in Montreal, on an island—pulled 51,500 people in 2025, its biggest year yet.
Whether you're a first-timer still figuring out what LASSO even is, or a seasoned cowpoke with a festival chair already strapped to your back, here's what you need: the lineup, the bag rules, how to get there, what to eat, and why Montrealers keep showing up in boots.
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