Experience The Beatles with RAIN returns to Montreal The Montrealer July 1, 2012 5070 The first live concert we took our kids to see was The Beatles. Actually - it was a group called Rain performing a show of Beatle music – Experience The Beatles with RAIN. With an exact reproduction of The Beat...
Just for Laughs celebrates 30 years of laughter The Montrealer July 1, 2012 10093 The annual comedy festival captained by Andy Nulman reflects the Spirit of Montreal Enter Stage Left With Sharman Yarnell It’s that time of year in Montreal where we are inundated with festivals. And a good...
Domaine Forget is home to a prestigious International Music Festival The Montrealer June 1, 2012 8651 The picturesque Charlevoix countryside is a lovely summer backdrop for fans of classical music and smooth jazz The Domaine Forget International Music Festival is set in the village of Saint Irénée in the Charl...
Tremblant International Blues Festival – July 6 – 15 The Montrealer June 1, 2012 12015 This year, over and above blues, the most varied musical genres will be featured at the Festival: R & B, soul, classical rock, boogie woogie, and gospel. The Festival features more than 150 concerts on four...
Just For Laughs – the world’s greatest comedy festival The Montrealer July 1, 2011 7706 With over 2 million visitors each summer, Just For Laughs has become the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy festival. Talent agents, television producers and impresarios have discovered performers like...
The Montreal International Jazz Festival – there’ll be music in the streets The Montrealer June 1, 2011 3331 The Montreal International Jazz Festival is going into its 32nd season, and once again the organizers are offering a huge variety of music to suit most musical tastes. Jazz aficionados will be pleased to know ...
Andy Nulman – from Just For Laughs to Airborne and back again The Montrealer May 1, 2011 6347 Ordering pizzas to be delivered to his room #208 at 2505 Côte Vertu wouldn't be particularly unusual; but in this case Andy Nulman's apartment #208 happened to be his classroom at Sir Winston Churchill High Sch...
Susie Arioli – jazz singer extraordinaire The Montrealer December 1, 2010 5507 “I’ve always had a way that I like to sing. I wanted to sing the melody without being drowned out by the music. When I realized that, that’s when I decided to sing jazz.” I’m in conversation with Susie Ario...
Just For Laughs – it’s good for you! The Montrealer July 1, 2010 4919 "If music be the food of love, play on", are words by the Bard. One might also say the same for laughter - it brings people closer together, it makes ya' feel good. So...laugh on. If good music serves the ...
There’s music in the air and dancin’ in the streets The Montrealer June 1, 2010 6315 According to no less authority than The Guinness Book of World Records, Montreal hosts the world's largest jazz festival. It's a time when Montrealers of all generations take to the streets in a celebration of ...