Wednesday, Oct. 12

* Rudsak sample sale
* Red Bull Music Academy open house
* Brutalist architecture photo vernissage
* Tranna Wintour stand-up special live
* L.A.-based beat producer Goldroom live

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Tranna Wintour

Fill in the gaps in your fall wardrobe at this week’s five-day long Rudsak sample sale, starting today with leather jackets, bags, accessories and lots more for men and women. 9400 St-Laurent, 1st floor, 10 a.m.–9 p.m., runs through Sunday

The Red Bull Music Academy has been operating in the city for a few weeks now but the educational component has only been available to its students. That changes today, when the general public is invited to an RBMA open house at the academy’s headquarters — Old Montreal’s Phi Centre — which will be set up with special art exhibitions and studios outfitted with cutting edge technology. 407 St-Pierre, 2–9 p.m., free

Head to St-Hubert Plaza gallery Artgang for the vernissage of Ismaël Gueymard’s photo exhibit End, the photographer’s documentation of crumbling brutalist Soviet-era architecture and monuments in the mountains of Bulgaria. Bonus: On the way to the event, don’t forget to check out the alley behind the gallery for some of the best new street art murals in town, mounted during this past summer’s ongoing Artgang-organized Plaza Walls project. 6524 St-Hubert, 6 p.m., free

St-Henri music venue Turbo Haüs launches the first annual Turbo Times Festival, featuring four nights of live music, comedy and conferences. Tonight the fest kicks off with stand-up by Tranna Wintour, a set that’s being recorded by comedy event promoters the Brunch Club as part of a six-part series sponsored by Sirius XM Canada, plus opener Rachel Gendron. 5011 Notre-Dame W., 9 p.m., $10/$15

L.A.-based beat producer Goldroom makes a stop at Théâtre Fairmount tonight along with Chicago’s Autograf and Toronto’s Rainer + Grimm. 5240 Parc, 9 p.m., $25/$22.50 in advance 

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