Montreal Cultural Calendar

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Craft Your SHIT away!! A mending and bedazzling workshop with our lovely facilitator. Ticket costs cover materials! Anywhere from beads, threads, patches… gems and lino patches. You can always pay more on sight and get access to more. Basically pay as you use if the standard package isn’t enough for you. Bring the clothes you want to play around with or you can take/buy some thrifted pieces on sight :) 💞💫 excited to see you

A celebration of the cultures, histories and communities that make up today's Montreal on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day. Join us on a journey inspired by the joyfully decorated and music-filled transits of the Global South. Performances by grassroots artists, craft tables and food, sustainable fashion show and tie-dye workshop, closing parade and evening festivities after 7 p.m. The full program will be published on our website. Still looking for food vendors and volunteers.

Visit the studios of Alia Aluma, Bastik, Bronwyn Garden-Smith, Christelle Saint-Julien, Dana Sulit, Flore de Ris, Gemma Else, Linsey Myriam Bain, Lovestruck Prints, Pascha Marrow, Rebecca Munce, Sadé Huh, and Sloane Sherman! Take a sneak peek at the process, browse prints, and meet the artists!

Join us as we blast off into space in order to answer the age old question: Is there PLUR on Mars? YOTA is taking over TLM once again in order to throw another totally out of this world party. Come along this interstellar journey packed with spacey tunes, groovy aliens and cosmically good vibes. Costumes are encouraged! Come dressed in your intergalactic extravaganza. Prizes will be awarded for best dressed! DJs: Mlle Cee (90s afrohouse/techhouse), back2touch (Eclectic and Vibey), Joy Machine (Cheesy Space Eurodance), ryntendo64 (Speed Garage), nectomire (Pulsar Breaks), Kousu (Cosmonaut Bass). Atmospheric visuals by Aura. 18+. The venue is located atop a set of stairs and is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. Presales: email info@yota.space to request payment instructions. If ticket price is a barrier, please do not hesitate to mention that, we have reserved accessibility tickets.

La SAT s'associe de nouveau à Skate with Marly pour une après-midi de roller dance à thématique discoooo! Amateur rice-s et habitué-e-s sont invité-e-s à nous rejoindre aux ry... Cours d'initiation, récupération de patins sur place, service de bar. 16+

Fondé en 1992, Ratchet Orchestra rassemble plusieurs des musicien·ne·s les plus actif·ve·s de la scène montréalaise de la musique improvisée. Ensemble phare et en constante évolution, le Ratchet développe une musique dense et collective où la puissance sonore n’est jamais dissociée d’une profonde fragilité humaine.

Porté par un large ensemble de voix, vents, cordes, guitares et percussions, le Ratchet Orchestra explore la tension entre écriture et improvisation, chaos et écoute, énergie brute et délicatesse. Chaque performance devient un espace de risque partagé, où le son se construit dans l’instant et dans le mouvement du groupe.

Line-up actuel:
Kim Zombik : voix
Lori Freedman : clarinettes
Jean Derome : flûtes et sax baritone
Yves Charuest : saxophone alto
Aaron Leaney: saxophone ténor
Andy King: trompette
Émilie Fortin : trompette
Kalun Leung : trombone
Julie Richard : sousaphone
Julie Houle : tuba
Hélios Paradis : violon
Adrianne Munden-Dixon : violon
Guido Del Fabbro: violon
Jean René : alto
Chris Burns : guitare
Ken Doolittle : percussion
Jahsun Promesse: batterie
Nicolas Caloia : contrebasse

Founded in 1992, Ratchet Orchestra brings together some of the most active musicians from Montreal’s improvised music scene. A large, ever‑shifting ensemble, the Ratchet creates dense collective music in which raw sonic power is inseparable from human vulnerability.

Drawing on voices, winds, strings, guitar and percussion, Ratchet Orchestra explores the dynamic tension between composition and improvisation, intensity and sensitivity. Each performance becomes a shared act of risk‑taking, where sound emerges through close listening, momentum and collective presence.

Bellbird est un quartet basé à Montréal réunissant Claire Devlin (saxophone ténor), Allison Burik (saxophone alto, clarinette basse), Eli Davidovici (contrebasse) et Mili Hong (batterie). Ancrée dans le jazz contemporain, la musique du groupe intègre des influences allant du contrepoint atonal aux grooves rock, en passant par des mélodies folk, le minimalisme et une énergie (post)punk assumée.

Issu·e·s de parcours et de scènes musicales variés à travers trois pays, les membres se sont rencontré·e·s dans l’underground montréalais. Leur premier album Root In Tandem (2023) a été salué par la critique, et après une tournée remarquée sur le circuit des festivals de jazz canadiens en 2024, Bellbird a signé chez Constellation Records. Leur second album, The Call, est paru en février 2026.

Bellbird is a Montreal‑based quartet featuring Claire Devlin (tenor saxophone), Allison Burik (alto saxophone, bass clarinet), Eli Davidovici (double bass), and Mili Hong (drums). Rooted in modern jazz, the group weaves in influences ranging from atonal counterpoint and rock grooves to folk melodies, Minimalism, and a driving (post)punk spirit.

Coming from different countries and musical scenes, the quartet coalesced within Montreal’s genre‑bending underground. Their 2023 debut Root In Tandem received strong critical praise, followed by an acclaimed run on Canada’s jazz festival circuit in 2024. Signed to Constellation Records in 2025, Bellbird released their second album, The Call, in February 2026.

A very special addition to the line up is coming soon!