Friday, March 11

Half of Beat Market

Montreal reggae producer Poirier launches his new record Migration with a 5à8 at le Bleury, featuring performances by associates Face-T and Fwonte, with dancers. See our interview with him here. 2109 Bleury, 5à8, free

Eastern Bloc launches their newly renovated Media Lab with an audiovisual performance of Lucas Paris’s “Array,” a digital and analogue composition that uses computer algorithms to generate sound sequences that are visualized via LED lights — a work created during the artist’s recent seven-week long residency in the lab. 7240 Clark, 8 p.m., free

Tucked-away cocktail bar and art space Fonzie hosts a one-night only expo featuring works from Mélodie Roux-Dufort, Camille Chavigner, LOUM and Mira Barbara, plus a special cocktail menu. 10 des Pins W., 8 p.m., free

Local alt-dance trio Technical Kidman plays a show at Casa del Popolo to launch the vinyl edition of their new album Something Stranger Coming on the Horizon with openers Scattered Clouds. 4873 St-Laurent, 9 p.m., $10/$8 in advance

Lisbon Lux Records artists Beat Market and Fonkyson light up the dancefloor at Phi Centre alongside fellow Montrealers Hologramme. 407 St-Pierre, 9 p.m., $10

Le Belmont gets cinematic tonight with a rare Friday edition of monthly LGBT-oriented dance party Mec Plus Ultra, which is running with a Silver Screen theme. Resident DJs Franz, Montag and Diskommander are on music and, as a bonus, burlesque performer Lady Josephine will perform. 4483 St-Laurent, 10 p.m., $5 & a free drink before 11 p.m./$8

See our Event Listings for more concert, nightlife, theatre, comedy and community event options. See our Art Listings here. See punk, metal and rock show recommendations in Hammer of the Mods, here.

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