Passovah till you puke
All about the festival that’s jamming Mile End venues with hipster scum, PLUS more killer gigs for heaviosity-inclined.
Has the World Film Fest always been shit?
Part one of our quest to find out whether the maligned Montreal World Film Festival was once great, and how its decline came about.
Thursday, Aug. 27
* Mont-Royal Avenue’s Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir begins
* The Passovah Festival presents Katie Moore’s album launch and the debut performance of Sam Patch
* RIDM screens Welcome to Leith at Cinema Excentris
* Comics Morgan O’Shea and Bruno Ly headline at ComedyWorks
* Darling Foundry 13th anniversary parties
Art this week
The annual World Press Photo Exhibit begins, plus two outdoor pop-up galleries and a lively weekend at the Belgo.
Your Passovah Festival primer
An informative playlist repping one band from every show happening at the five-day music fest this year.
The complete POP Montreal 2015 line-up
The full festival line-up is here, with more bands, programming for Film POP, Art POP and POP Symposium plus the new Resto-POP-UP.
Politicians and social media faux-pas
The Liberal and Conservative parties have reacted in very different ways to vitriolic comments made by their candidates.
Wednesday, Aug. 26
* The World Press Photo Exhibition opens at Bonsecours Market
* POP Montreal program launch party with She-Devils and Country
* SPCA Cat Adoption Day
* Corn roast 5à7 at Ping Pong Club
* Socalled, Random Recipe, Seba and Gigi French play Café Campus
Katie Moore is Montreal’s folk heroine
An interview with Moore about her new record, Fooled By the Fun, launching this week.
Tuesday, Aug. 25
* Aaliyah dance party at Monsieur Ricard
* Hot Butter screens Pink Floyd: The Wall
* Rae Spoon plays Casa del Popolo
* Kafein 50th poetry night
* Colleen Green plays Brasserie Beaubien