Pop Montreal is an annual music festival occurring in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the early fall, usually at the end of September or the beginning of October. More than 400 acts are scheduled to play in more than 50 venues across the city, mostly located in the Mile End area. Along with music, Pop Montreal has music-related film (Film Pop), art events (Art Pop) as well as a conference and a cultural fair called Puces Pop. The initial festival in 2002 saw 80 musical acts performing in 40 venues around Saint Laurent Boulevard.
The name of the festival was inspired by the Halifax Pop Explosion. Since its creation by Daniel Seligman, Noelle Sorbara, and Peter Rowan in 2002,[4][5] Pop Montreal has presented concerts of important rock, indie-rock, alternative, hip hop and folk artists from North America and Europe as Beck, Billy Childish, Interpol, TTC or Franz Ferdinand along with local favorites The Dears, Les Breastfeeders, We Are Wolves, Arcade Fire and The Unicorns. The Halifax Pop Explosion is a music festival that takes place every fall, two weeks after Thanksgiving, in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada.
Founded in 1993, the Halifax Pop Explosion has actually been three different events that are now remembered as one long standing event. The original Halifax Pop Explosion, which was operated as private business from 1993–1995, was created as a platform to celebrate Halifax's new found fame as the "Seattle of the North" and home of Canadian grunge, as well as to promote local bands such as Sloan, Jale, The Super Friendz and Thrush Hermit. "Halifax Pop Explosion" also came to be adopted as the overall name of the Halifax music scene as a whole.
This years’ line up includes:
Lil B
Grizzly Bear
Chilly Gonzales
Tim Hecker
Jacob Lusk and the R Kelly All-Stars
K'naan
Patrick Wolf
Peaches DJ Extravaganza
POP vs Jock
Deerhoof
Gang Gang Dance
Gotye
Nicky Da B
Zammuto
David Byrne / Win Butler talk
Dam Funk
Venus X
Jimmy "Bo" Horne
Andre Williams
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Cate Le Bon
The Sadies
Hot Snakes
Dirty Three
Julia Holter
Antibalas
Laetitia Sadier
Bertrand Burgalat
The Soft Moon
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
Ben Howard,
Buke and Gase
I Break Horses
Katatonia
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