Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for August 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include The Smashing Pumpkins (August 7), Colombian pop icon Shakira (August 8) and the massive Deep Purple and Judas Priest double-header (August 29) at the Bell centre, while ZZ Top […]
Ongoing Montreal’s Italian Week in Little Italy until August 14 http://italianweek.ca/en/ Under Pressure International Graffiti Convention, until August 14 http://underpressure.ca Festival Orientalys at Quai Jacques Cartier, until August 14 http://www.festivalorientalys.com Hot Air Ballon Festival at St-Jean-sur-Richelieu until August 21 https://www.ballooncanada.com Pompeii at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until September 5, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/upcoming/pompeii/ Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates […]
Ongoing **Montreal International Jazz Festival, June 29 – July 9 at Quartier des Spectacles http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/programmation/concerts-jour.aspx Montreal Cirque Festival until July 17 https://montrealcompletementcirque.com/en/program/ L’International des Feux Lotto Québec at Parc Jean Drapeau until July 30 http://www.parcjeandrapeau.com/en/international-des-feux-loto-quebec-montreal/ ZooFest at Place des Arts, until July 30. https://www.zoofest.com/Show Burlesque Evenings Every 3rd Thursday night at JoBlo on Wellington in Verdun. […]
Canadian 1980s pop icon Luba smiles when she recalls the day she performed in front of 12,000 rock fans at the Montreal Forum in January 1983. “Montreal shows have always been nerve-racking because it’s my hometown, but this show was crazier because it was my first big show, I was opening for Chris de Burgh […]