Friday, April 22 - Cult MTL

Prince

The team behind the periodic OldWIG Vintage Sale at the Bain Mathieu will be hanging up their fascinators after one last edition, opening tonight and running until Sunday. As usual they’ve got music to accompany your shopping/browsing experience, and tonight that comes courtesy of DJ Shash’U. 2915 Ontario E., 5–9 p.m., free entry

Montreal’s annual contemporary art fair Papier16 opens today, exhibiting works on paper from 38 exhibiting galleries from Montreal and across Canada. Hangar 16 (Old Port Clock Tower), 6 p.m., free

The Montreal Roller Derby season is in full swing, with a high energy matchup tonight as part of this weekend’s Beast of the East tournament, where we’ll see our own New Skids on the Block take on the Toronto All Stars at Arena St-Louis. 5633 St-Dominique, 7 p.m., $15/$10 in advance

If you’ve never had a chance to see Louisiana-bred art rock masters the Residents, you might want to take this opportunity to see their Shadowland show at la Tulipe. Their performance will be preceded by a screening of their film Theory of Obscurity. 4530 Papineau, 7 p.m., $35/$40

Burlesque and dance academy DG Dollhouse is offering a sultry Jem & the Holograms themed burlesque, pole dance and belly dance performance night at Café Cléopatre. Stick around afterwards to take part in a free dance class! 1230 St-Laurent, 9:30 p.m., $20/$10 in advance

Montreal is saying goodbye to Prince in the only appropriate fashion: with Prince-themed dance parties. Tonight’s options are A Tribute to the Purple One with Jef E. Barbara, promising hits, B-sides, covers, songs he wrote for others, songs by his protégés and a new purple ’do for the occasion, at NDQ (32 Beaubien E., 10 p.m., free) and Purple Tears with DJs Honest Lake and Wants and Needs at Bar le Ritz PDB (179 Jean-Talon W., 11 p.m., $5/PWYC).

For more rock, punk, metal, noise and weird pop concert recommendations, see Hammer of the Mods here.

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