Friday, April 5

Joey Badass, tonight at Cabaret Underworld

The Festival du Cinéma Latino-Américain de Montréal (FCLM), celebrating cinema from the whole Latin-American world, launches tonight with Carlos Sorin’s Días de Pesca, with Argentinian director Sorin in attendance. Cinéma du Parc (3575 Parc), 7 p.m., $12. (This screening will be in Spanish with French subtitles; the film also screens Saturday, April 6 at 5 p.m. with English subtitles)

Get your rap nerd on at Slang Rap Democracy, a panel discussion with Mario Reyes, Nantali Indongo and Concordia prof Marc Peters. Hall Building (1455 de Maisonneuve W.), 7-10 p.m.

Sightseers, the latest from subversive U.K. director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Kill List), screens at the PHI Centre. 407 St-Pierre, 7:30 p.m., $11.25

The show is sold out, but industrious heads will find a way to see Brooklyn rap phenom Joey Badass, a teenager who’s been likened to any number of New York rhyme heavyweights, at Cabaret Underworld with his crew Pro Era, along with Flatbush Zombies, the Underachievers and Statik Selektah. 1403 Ste-Elisabeth, 8 p.m.

Young Galaxy, Patrick Lehman, Faux Play and David Hodges & the Honest Family play the Punk Rawk Princess Benefit Concert, raising money for NGO Friends for Mental Health, at la Sala Rossa. 4848 St-Laurent, 8 p.m., $15

British singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas makes an appearance at the Corona Theatre. 2490 Notre-Dame W., 9 p.m., $22

Caribou spin-off band Pick a Piper bring beats to Quai des Brumes with Dam Ships and Pang Attack. Check cultmontreal.com at noon for an interview with Pick a Piper’s main man Brad Weber. 4481 St-Denis, 9:30 p.m., $10

Rock Camp for Girls Montreal, a camp that, surprisingly enough, encourages Montreal girls of camp-going age to rock, is hosting a fundraiser fittingly called Money Changes Everything, combining the Royal Phoenix’s karaoke night with DJs Rezurrection, Diggy + Grosso and Second Best. 5788 St-Laurent, 10 p.m., $10 or PWYC

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