The Bulletin: Hot air balloons, line dancing to country legends, a digital village, and cat cinema [Issue #142]

By our count, this weekend's one of those rare sweet spots where everything and nothing’s happening at once: rooftop jazz, moonlit noir, backyard art sales, country legends, experimental AV shows, street food feasts, and a techno cruise, just for good measure. And that's only a fraction of what we've got tabulated below.

The big-name festivals are in full swing, but so are the lowkey neighbourhood hangs: archive sales, late-night listening sessions, gallery openings you only hear about from a friend. One minute you’re in a crowd of thousands, the next you’re sipping something weird and fizzy on a curb.

Before we dive in, a note from our desk.

When we launched the Local News section of our site, we had one simple goal: to give Montrealers a reason to check in with us every day. A quick scroll, a hit of local headlines, maybe a comment or two before you moved on with your day.