Festival Quartiers Danses presents Roy Assaf / Collectif La Tresse / James Viveiros A Girl – Roy Assaf, Israel, Montreal premiere Israelian choreographer Roy Assaf, with Geneviève Boulet, an incomparable performer from the LA TRESSE Collective, a creation of dance-theatre exploring a girl’s feminine side. The solo A Girl stages a woman alone in a small space […]
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FESTIVAL YUL EAT CELEBRATES ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY! Festival YUL EAT is the destination of choice for epicureans, gourmets and culinary creativity enthusiasts. It offers a spectacular setting for discovering as well as enjoying food and alcohol prepared by local talents, highlighting Montreal as a gastronomical epicentre. Building on its success while showcasing the city as […]
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Festival Quartiers Danses presents Mattew Heli Brunel / Pauline Gervais / Eva Kolarova / Cai Glover / Menka Nagrani #L.E.M. – Mattew Heli Brunel (Miroir Miroir Company), Montreal, Montreal premiere Mathew Heli Brunel, a young choreographer who dares mix contemporary and urban dance, proposes a quintet, #L.E.M., Les Êtres Miroirs, the story of a young […]
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Festival Quartiers Danses presents Janelle Hacault / Jane Mappin Shapeshifters – Janelle Hacault, Montreal, World premiere For her first participation in the FQD, Janelle Hacault proposes a piece full of simplicity and irony, integrating theatre and contemporary dance. The quartet Shapeshifters uses movements from everyday life. Questioning our doubts and revealing the monster within each […]
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Montreal’s World Press Photo Exhibition The 13th edition of Montreal’s World Press Photo will takes place the Bonsecours Market (Old Montreal). With a record 55,000 visitors in 2017, this year’s iconic Montreal cultural event is welcoming three guests of honor: photographer and entrepreneur Alexandre Champagne, spokesperson for this edition of World Press Photo Montreal, which […]
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Hailed as one of the “most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era” by former President Bill Clinton, the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in at #9, the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. And Chicago is the first […]
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Festival Quartiers Danses presents Rebecca Margolick / Andrea Peña Birds sing a pretty song – Rebecca Margolick, New York, Montreal premiere Choreographer and performer Rebecca Margolick presents a high-voltage, rock-and-roll performance with a live guitarist and a trio unfolding in a world where solitude, beauty, and chaos loom. The two dancer-performers are prisoners of a […]
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The Great Montreal RibFest The finest ribbers from southeastern USA! A delicious culinary experience. A time-honoured classic from the Southern United States, RibFest is the place to meet Ribbers and taste their fare along with all the fixings of this Texan tradition. Ribbers from Texas, Alabama, New Mexico, Florida and Tennessee stop in the city […]
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Festival Quartiers Danses presents HODA / Victoria May / Hemabharathy Palani La Liberté des sens – HODA, Montreal, Montreal premiere Spoken-word artist HODA is a “naturally organic dancer” whose body moves to the rhythm of her breathing, her flow, and the words that she speaks. She tells with her words and body her story of […]
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Quartiers Danses Festival – Closing night Bhinna Vinyasa – Jayachandran Palazhy, Bangalore (India), Montreal premiere Jayachandran Palazhy is an established choreographer in India and has collaborated with numerous choreographers throughout the world. He founded the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, a dance biennial in Bangalore, for which he is Artistic Director. His creations sublimate women. […]
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Opéra de Montréal presents Rigoletto Cruel jester by day, loving father by night, Rigoletto is well aware of the dangers his daughter Gilda faces in the court of the depraved Duke of Mantua. His efforts to keep her hidden away are in vain: the unscrupulous Duke finds Gilda and seduces her. To avenge his daughter, the jester hires an assassin, but a […]
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Terry Fox Run 2018 Run Day Details The event will be held in the Old Port of Montreal at the Marché des Éclusiers, (400 de la Commune St. West, Montreal, at the corner of de la Commune and McGill). A non-competitive fun run where individuals, families and groups walk or run one to ten kilometres […]
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The Gipsy Kings The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes & Tonino Baliardo are set to perform in Montreal taking audiences back to the south of France with flamenco guitars and booming Spanish vocals. The band will be performing longtime favorites as well as new songs from their upcoming project Evidence. Melding deep-heated flamenco, rumba, salsa […]
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Blake Pouliot – Martin Chalifour – Bernadene Blaha Recital Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Canadian Music Competition Since it was founded in 1958, the Canadian Music Competition has provided young performers across the country with the opportunity to shine, encouraging them to excel and pursue their passion. This recital brings together three competition winners […]
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CORPS SONORES Percussion takes the lead in this concert tracing the connections between music and the work of Alexander Calder. Influenced by his friend Edgard Varèse, the French composer and naturalized American, Calder discovered in himself a fascination for sound structures. Conversely, composers such as John Cage and Earle Brown were inspired by Calder’s artistic […]
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X Factor contestant selected by Adele herself to portray her in Someone Like You: The Adele Songbook With two young children, Adele has decided to take time away from touring and performing live shows for at least several years. Her three albums, 19, 21 and 25 were blockbuster hits, each with several hit songs that […]
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A VIVALDI SOIRÉE The musicians of Les Violons du Roy give a conductor-less performance of a selection of magnificent concertos and sinfonias by the great Vivaldi. Les Violons du Roy takes its name from the celebrated court orchestra of the French kings. It was founded in 1984 by conductor Bernard Labadie, and continues under music director Jonathan Cohan […]
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PARIS ON DISPLAY: 18TH-CENTURY BOUTIQUES AN ENCHANTING GETAWAY TO THE FRENCH CAPITAL Nothing in the world is more worthy of seeing and knowing than the rare beauties of Paris. – Georges Louis Le Rouge, Les Curiositez de Paris, 1742. Paris on Display: 18th-Century Boutiques, runs until March 24, 2019, at the Stewart Museum. The exhibition […]
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André Rieu World Tour 2018 Waltzes, film scores, opera and musicals André Rieu is quite simply a musical phenomenon like no other. Known to millions around the world as the “King of the Waltz” André is also a true “King of Romance”, having sold a massive 40 million CDs and DVDs and notched 30 Nr. […]
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Danse Danse presents Dada Masilo / The Dance Factory – Giselle South African choreographer Dada Masilo is known for her bold reinterpretations of classic ballets: nothing escapes her fearless gaze. Having reimagined Swan Lake and Carmen, Dada Masilo now takes on Giselle, a classic heroine if ever there was one. Stunning. “To dance is to […]
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