In almost any other French-language city in the world, this inquiry would translate as: “Do you speak cutting-edge jazz?” But at Canada’s 44-year-old Festival International de Jazz de Montreal— better ...

One of the charges that has historically been leveled against the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (the FIJM, or popularly, the Montreal Jazz Festival) is that the programming had gone from ...

The Montreal International Jazz Festival should be on every jazz lover’s bucket list. The impressive range of acts is largely down to the expert programming skills of Maurin Auxéméry and Modibo Keita, ...

The organisers of the world’s biggest jazz festival have spent over 40 years perfecting their annual Montreal event and making it accessible to all, with many free gigs. The Montreal International ...

4 Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards; Cote Saint Luc Dramatic Society Leads Favorite Theatre! The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM) is fast approaching!

Jazz vocalist Samara Joy's career has been advancing rapidly. She drew a large, enthusiastic audience to the Maison symphonique, which was also a celebration of her receiving the festival's Ella ...

The post Montreal Jazz Fest 2024 Offered a Blueprint for Fixing the Broken Music Festival System appeared first on Consequence. In the dimly lit back bar of a venue on Saint-Catherine Street, a woman ...

Montreal is the most overlooked music city in North America. There are several reasons why. It’s in the upper-right corner of the continent, around 350 miles away from both New York and Toronto, a bit ...

EXCLUSIVE: Online Canadian film journal Panorama-cinéma has set plans in motion to launch Montreal Critic’s Week (Semaine de la critique de Montréal), a new film festival, in January 2025. Billed as ...

Last year, the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival looked like a thing of the past — after being founded in 1982, the venerated Montreal fest was bankrupt and cancelled. But like a well-told joke, it was ...

POP Montréal is a unique and artistically vibrant North American festival. It’s also huge. The five-day celebration of music, art, film and culture begins on Wednesday, September 25, and features ...