That’s a wrap for Ceci n’est pas un Fringe ::: This Is Not a Fringe Festival as thousands of festival goers from around the world tuned in for an online lineup of over 150 local and national artists from June 10-20.

Opéra de Montréal’s General Director, Patrick Corrigan announced on June 19 changes to the company’s 2020–2021 season, owing to the current pandemic.

The McCord Museum offers a variety of outdoor activities to make the most of the summer without leaving the city.

Artists 4 Long-Term Care along with The Museum of Jewish Montreal invites the public to a pop-up exhibition in the windows of the museum’s space at 4040 St-Laurent in Montreal (corner of Duluth & St. Laurent).

From Eda Holmes, Artistic & Executive Director, Centaur Theatre Company —— In response to the extraordinary moment we are living through in the performing arts, Centaur Theatre is creating a new initiative to keep artists creating and audiences engaged this coming fall.

Montreal City Voices (MCV), a chorus of female a cappella singers specializing in the barbershop harmony style, and a member of Harmony Inc., recently announced that Jean MacBeth has marked 50 years of membership.

MainLine Theatre and the team behind the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival recently revealed the programming for Ceci n’est pas un Fringe ::: This Is Not a Fringe Festival, taking place June 11-21, 2020.

In order to bring performing arts to life as we know and love them, that is to say on stage, live and in front of a live audience, the Mickaël Spinnhirny Agency approached choreographers Andrea Peña, Christophe Garcia, Dominique Porte and Ismaël Mouaraki to create a show in four movements, e…

After remaining closed for the past 14 weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pointe-à-Callière will finally be reopening to the public as of June 25, with a discount on admission tickets, said a June 2 release.

Hi friends! — Isolation has some good points. Now that every day is clear of pollution I can sit here at my desk and look way out over the St. Lawrence to Mont Sutton. Looking into the future, however, is not so clear. But I remain optimistic and retain a firm grasp on Talisman's vision whil…

During this period of concert cancellations due to COVID-19, music lovers can stay in touch with the OSM and classical music. The section on the OSM website is updated regularly with new content right HERE.

During this time of social isolation, organizations are rethinking ways of reaching out to their audiences. This suspended time thus enables new initiatives and collaborations which would likely not have occurred in the past.

MainLine Theatre announced in a May 21 statement that the team behind the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival is eagerly planning This Is Not a Fringe Festival, an  online and socially distanced art festival that will take place June 11-21, 2020. Full programming – including micro-dance vid…

June 1st is World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day. With social distancing and confinement guidelines now imposing a new way of living, Inhaled warns of the heightened risk victims of abuse will face, away from their resources and support network. Montreal author Isabelle Duval shares her da…

The following is a letter signed by Eda Holmes, Artistic & Executive Director Centaur Theatre Company, and Michael Baratta Chairman of the Board, Centaur Theatre Company:

Snowglobe Theatre is set to present a completely virtual production of Denise Boucher's The Fairies are Thirsty (Les fées ont soif) to the theatre community. The company is taking the opportunity of the unique situation we're all facing to experiment with a new medium for theatre — every act…

In an age marked by global quarantines and climate change, the Montreal International Poetry Prize presents people everywhere with the opportunity to engage in a revolutionary creative community in a digital space, turning the often solitary pursuit of writing poetry into a communal endorsem…

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) announced in an April 27 statement the creation of a new and original curatorial position with the appointment of Iris Amizlev to Curator of Intercultural Arts.

The current isolation measures are difficult for all music lovers, which is why l’Orchestre classique de Montréal chose to innovate and present a series of eight mini concerts online. “It’s our way of offering audiences a taste of the upcoming season while bringing light and hope to the hear…

After having cancelled its two Spring concerts, Upper Canada Playhouse, in Morrisburg, Ontario, is also cancelling its four-show Summer season and plans to shift the Spring and Summer shows to 2021. According to Artistic Director Donnie Bowes, this difficult decision made sense on many front…

In a statement released at the end of March, Linda Leith Publishing expressed deep disappointment that all events associated with the Spring 2020 launches have been cancelled and said it was heartbreaking that the most celebrated time in the life of an author, the launch of a book, will nece…

A 2020 survey on Canadian leisure time and reading habits released by industry non-profit BookNet Canada on April 20 has found that readers are much more likely to be podcast listeners. While 59% of readers listened to a podcast at least once in the last year, only 18% of non-readers can say…

While the physical doors of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) have been closed since March 14, its virtual doors remain wide open. Striving to make art and its varied programs accessible to as many people as possible, the Museum's teams have rolled up their sleeves to offer their audie…

The McCord Museum launched on April 8 a photography project to document the daily lives of Montrealers during the pandemic, said a statement released on that day. The project consists of two parts, one participatory with the citizen initiative "Framing Everyday Life: Stories of Confinement,"…

The current isolation measures, which are difficult for all music lovers, inspired l’Orchestre classique de Montréal chose to innovate and present a series of eight mini concerts online. “It’s our way of offering audiences a taste of the upcoming season while bringing light and hope to the h…

SOCAN announced on April 2 that it is expanding its efforts to provide financial assistance to struggling members as a result of the COVID-19 crisis by allocating up to a total of $2-million for emergency royalty advances.

For the second year in a row, two out of every five print books sold in 2019 in both the English- and French-language markets in Canada were categorized as either Juvenile or Young Adult (YA), according to new research released by BookNet Canada. (

Despite exceptional circumstances, the board of directors of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and Forum RIDM recently announced the appointment of Sofia Laroussi to the position of executive director for both organizations.

“In order to conform to the requirements and continued measures adopted by the government of Quebec, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal announces that all concerts scheduled up to May 24 inclusively* are cancelled, the OSM wrote in a statement released on March 26.

CLASSICAL MUSIC: AN ETERNAL SOURCE OF COMFORT — In these most uncertain times, I wish to address myself to the deep community of Montreal and Quebec, so dear to my heart.

the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) announced on March 23 that it was allocating $60,000 in support of emerging artists, or 80 grants of $750. These funds will be granted to theatre artists in training, or artists who have completed a theatre training program within the past five yea…

The OSM will broadcast on OSM.ca one concert every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, starting tonight, Wed. March 18 at 8 pm. While the orchestra hit the pause button on its live shows, it will be more present than ever on its digital platforms. The OSM invits you to experience great musical mom…

The McCord Museum has received an exceptional gift of over 9,000 photographs dating from the mid-19th to the late 20th century created by Quebec photography studios from across the province. The donation from Mr. Jean-Luc Allard has been granted ‘‘cultural property’’ status by the Canadian C…

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) will be closed to the public until March 30. It will therefore temporarily suspend access to its exhibitions and collections as well as to all of its cultural, school, and community activities. The goal of …

The Segal Centre is committed to the safety, health, and well-being of our staff, artists, students, patrons, and guests. As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation evolves worldwide, the Segal Centre is closely monitoring the situation and will keep you apprised of any changes.

On Friday night the Centaur opened their newest presentation MOB, a psychological thriller by celebrated Quebec playwright Catherine-Anne Toupin. Originally written in French, titled La Meute, and translated by Chris Campbell, MOB is an exquisite rollercoaster of character development, compl…

Louise Pitre and W. Joseph Matheson are back at the Segal Centre, belting out tunes with abundant energy in The Times They Are a Changin’, a concert revue they created mostly of protest songs written by Jewish musicians during the 1960s. It had its debut in 2017 at The Greenwin Theatre in th…

On Sunday, March 8 at 4:30 pm, at the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Pointe-Claire, Cellist Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy will present two beloved solo cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, and will be joined by organists Matthieu Latreille and Francine Nguyen-Savaria to present romanti…

For more than four decades, the community theatre group Lakeshore Light Opera (LLO) has been presenting stellar performances. They do it not only for their love of theatre but also in hopes of helping contribute to the Lakeshore General Hospital, where they have raised over $227,000 to date.…

At the forefront of modern dance for more than 45 years, internationally acclaimed dance artist Margie Gillis is among the most influential Canadian choreographers/dancers of the 20th and 21st centuries. This year, along with other esteemed individuals, Gillis will be inducted into the 2020 D…

Following two years of applauded, in-depth workshop productions, Infinithéàtre continues its mandate of reflecting life in the 21st century with the combined and refined full-scale production of parts 1&2 of Fight On! (Nôtinikiy).

The Hudson Film Festival (HFF) has announced that past President of Sony Music Canada, Denise Donlon will headline their five-day event, which opens on Wednesday, March 4. Donlon will be joined by veteran of the Canadian music scene, Murray McLauchlan, as they take audiences through their ex…

The third concert of the Sinfonia de l’Ouest’s 2019-2020 concert series will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 29, at Saint-Joachim Church, 2 Ste-Anne Street in Pointe-Claire. In 2020, musicians and orchestras around the world are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Lud…

The beloved ice show Disney On Ice is back. Road Trip Adventures is hitting Place Bell in Laval March 4-8 and organizers say this will be the most innovative production in its storied history, with special effects, high-tech lighting, aerial stunts and more.

Diffusion Multi-Monde and Fauve Film recently announced the theatrical release of the documentary film The Sea Between Us by Marlene Edoyan. The film takes us to Beirut, 25 years after the end of a bloody civil war, to see whether forgiveness and reconciliation are possible in a country stil…

On Sunday, March 8th, at 3:00 PM, l’Orchestre classique de Montréal will present the sound of great jazz melodies and Broadway classics, featuring works by Weill, Legrand, Gershwin and Sondheim. The concert will also honour Montreal composer Airat Ichmouratov, in a beautiful composition for …

The Cole Foundation recently announced the latest grant winners for the Intercultural Conversations-Conversations Interculturelles (IC-CI) programme, created to motivate the production of professional theatre that features intercultural dialogue and introduces Montrealers to other cultural h…

The Art Souterrain Festival recently unveiled the complete program for its 12th edition, which will take place in the heart of the metropolis from February 29 to March 22, 2020. A new application launched this year will allow the public to learn more about the works and to facilitate geoloca…

Once upon a time… the wicked witch was Lilith, Queen of the Demons, the magical apple came from the Garden of Eden, and the first Rapunzel was Princess Keziah, daughter of King Solomon, locked in a tower waiting for true love. The Museum of Jewish Montreal invites the public to its new exhib…

Century Song, the one-woman show taking place at Centaur during Black History Month from February 12 to 16, highlights 100 years of Black female endeavour, beautifully embodied by the Dora Award-winning soprano, Neema Bickersteth. The play’s international artistic team started developing the…