MTELUS has worn a lot of hats since 1884—ice rink, cabaret, porn theatre, disco—but it’s best known today as one of Montreal’s most iconic live music venues. Reborn as Métropolis in the late ’80s and renamed in 2017 after a Telus-backed facelift, the venue now operates under the banner of L’Équipe Spectra. Its main hall holds over 2,000 people and has hosted everyone from Bowie and Björk to Jean Leloup, who’s practically the house band at this point. Beyond concerts, it occasionally shapeshifts into a club or private event space, holding onto the versatility that’s defined its history. The annex, M2, doubles down on the nostalgia with chandeliers and Belle Époque flair. Wedged into the Quartier des Spectacles just off Saint-Laurent, MTELUS isn’t just a room with good acoustics—it’s where decades of reinvention collide onstage, under lights that never stay off for long.
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