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    The Bulletin: Everywhere you look, it's Berlin DJs, flying bodies, pyrotechnics, and circus battles [Issue #136]

    The Bulletin is a collection of what's happened, what’s happening, and what’s to come in and around Montreal.

    By The MainJuly 3, 2025 - Read time: 7 min
    The Bulletin: Everywhere you look, it's Berlin DJs, flying bodies, pyrotechnics, and circus battles [Issue #136]It'll be hard to go anywhere downtown without a crowd this weekend. | Photograph: Eva Blue / @evablue

    Montreal’s out here doing the most this weekend—or is this just another day in the city's summer season?

    Circus battles in churches! Wrestling in the streets! Spicy food fests! Poetic park takeovers! Two, count 'em, two full-scale cultural festivals asking you to dress up for free entry!

    You’ve got Filipino eats at Premiers Vendredis, slow-burning cinema at Cinéma du Parc, and Verdun Beach throwing down with body slams and picnic tables. Plus: Berlin DJs, backyard piquette parties, and a pop-up queer market if your Sunday could use a little sparkle.

    Let’s get into this weekend’s chaos (and make sure to mark down July 20 in your calendars; you'll find out why below).


    Activities, parties, points of interest, art exhibitions, you name it: These are the weekend events you don't want to miss.

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