Thursday, February 27

Nicholas Lachance’s Cadrer la fumée

Try a wide array of whiskys ($1 per token) on this first night of beer & whisky festival La Cuvée. Église Saint-enfant Jésus (5039 St-Dominique), 5–11:59 p.m., $10 (w/ La Cuvée plastic cup)/$15 (w/ La Cuvée glass)

The Darling Foundry hosts a double vernissage tonight, launching Thomas Bégin’s sound installation Byte by Byte and Nicolas Lachance’s Cadrer la fumée. 745 Ottawa, 5–10 p.m., free

Lez Spread the Word marks its second anniversary by launching a new monthly ladies night, Ou sont les femmes? La Porte-Rouge (1834 Mont-Royal E.), 6 p.m., $6 including a drink

Head down to Café Aleatoire for monthly comedy night Shits & Giggles. Tonight’s line-up includes Jon Selig, Travis Cannon, Jacob Greco, Jess Salomon, Mike Carrozza, Julien Tremblay and your hosts Rachel Gendron and Nour Hadidi. 1964 Notre-Dame W., 9 p.m., PWYC

Red Bull Music Academy’s Bass Camp installs itself at le Belmont for four days, and welcomes some premium local talent to the decks tonight, namely Lunice, Tommy Kruise, High Klassified and Shash’u. 4483 St-Laurent, 9 p.m., $10 (+ tax, service charges)

Wondering what’s good at Nuit Blanche this weekend? See our recommendations here.

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