Piknic Électronik Montreal 2022

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Nightlife

Piknic Électronik broke attendance records with 178,000 party people in 2022

by Lorraine Carpenter

35 events from May 22 to Oct. 9 drew a record number of people to party at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Montreal’s staple Sunday DJ event Piknic Électronik broke attendance records in its 2022 season, drawing 178,000 party people to 35 events between May 22 and Oct. 9.

Piknic Électronik, which has been running every summer at Parc Jean-Drapeau since 2003 (pandemic cancellations aside), focused on gender equality with its 2022 programming, booking the likes of Misstress Barbara and the Slut Island crew alongside High Klassified and Jacques Greene among its many Montreal talents. Internationally renowned local producer Kaytranada also played Piknic this year, as did U.K. and U.S. stars Fatboy Slim and Diplo, respectively, whose Off Piknic shows proved to be major ragers this summer.

Piknic Électronik broke attendance records with 178,000 party people in 2022

Next up for the Piknic crew is the annual winter-time party series Igloofest, running from Jan. 19 to Feb. 11, 2023, programming TBA.

Igloofest is coming

For more on Piknic Électronik, please visit the festival’s website.

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by Lorraine Carpenter

Editor in chief
Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.