Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for May 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Legendary British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson headlines Théâtre Maisonneuve on May 9, Toronto indie rockers Broken Social Scene play at the Corona Theatre on May 21, Metric + July Talk (May 5) and […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for the second half of November 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include Brian Wilson at Théâtre St-Denis on Nov. 22, the Stone Temple Pilots and Seether double bill at Place Bell on Nov. 15, Milk & Bone […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for October 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include pop icon Elton John (Oct. 4), Montreal favourite Phil Collins (Oct. 16) and classical-crossover legend Andrea Bocelli (Oct. 21), all at the Bell Centre. Other legends in town this […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for September 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include hip hop superstar Drake (Sept. 4 and 5), Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Chicago (Sept. 13) and pop icon Paul McCartney (Sept. 20) – who launches his 22-date […]
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 […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for July 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include the classic-rock double-header Styx + Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Place Bell on July 3), Beck (Place Bell on July 10), Radiohead (July 16 and 17) at the downtown […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for January 2018: MUSIC The live music scene kicks off the year a little quietly as Montrealers avoid the deep freeze and try to save a few bucks after the holiday season. Some of the bigger names headed to town are The Killers (Place Bell on January […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for October 2017: MUSIC Rock icon Roger Waters is back in town. Following his Montreal appearance on the red-carpet at the world premiere of the Opéra de Montréal’s Spring 2017 adaptation of Pink Floyd’s iconic album The Wall, called Another Brick In The Wall – The Opera, […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for September 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA In his 12th year at the helm of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Maestro Kent Nagano launches the 2017-2018 season with Mahler’s sweeping Symphony of a Thousand. With more than 350 people on stage – including the OSM Chorus, mezzo-sopranos […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for July and August 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA This summer the OSM will continue Montreal’s 375th anniversary party when it joins forces with the Orchestre Métropolitain and the McGill Symphony Orchestra to present the free outdoor concert Montréal Symphonique on August 19. Presented at the foot of […]