Les Hay Babies. Photo by le Petit Russe
Holy shit, it’s all here!
POP Montreal has been doling out line-up announcements since May, but today they’ve finally announced the complete festival line-up, including Film POP, Art POP and POP Symposium news and a novel venture called Resto-POP-UP.
Among the newly announced music acts are garage rockers the Sonics, Prison Garde (fka Sixtoo), Acadian act les Hay Babies, local rapper Chuggo, electro-pop singer/producer Doldrums, Liverpool psych band All We Are, Vancouver pop band Frankie, and free closing party faeturing DJ Torquil Campbell (the singer from Stars), Radiohead cover band Brother’s Got the Bends and super Smiths band the Smiffs (who some of you will remember from our Halloween party last year).
POP will also be transforming part of the Rialto into a Clubhouse, where Montreal chefs Michelle Marek (Foodlab), Danny St-Pierre (Qu’est-ce qu’on mange pour souper), Owen Pallett (the musician), Nantha Kumar (Fabergé) and Beaver Sheppard (Bethlehem XXX) will prep a unique snack menu while guest DJs play from 7 p.m. till 3 a.m.
In Film POP news, the festival will be hosting the Quebec premiere of Arcade Fire documentary The Reflektor Tapes, directed by Khalil Joseph (who’s worked with FKA Twigs, Kendrick Lamar and Flying Lotus), and a midnight screening of Showgirls at Cinéma l’Amour.
This year’s POP Symposiums will include Montreal’s won Andy “Sugar Sugar” Kim, while Swiss artist Olaf Breuning will speak and present an exclusive video as part of Art POP.
It’s all happening Sept. 16–20. See ALL the newly announced events below, and view previous line-up announcements here: 1st wave, 2nd wave, 3rd wave.
Art POP presents:
Broad City Bootleg Trilogy (2015), Piss Paint (2014), Pure Vapes (2015), W-W-W-Wave (2014), Just a PC (2013) – Hannah Epstein
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
I Scream (2015) – Michael Doerksen
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Ghost (2005), Group (2001), King (2001), Ugly Yelp (2001), Woodworld (1999), Gum Gum Glee (2000), Cris Croft (1999) – Olaf Breuning
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Quartered (Geo Wyeth| U.S.A., 2014 | 26 min.)
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
The Way of the Barefoot Lone Pilgrim: The Five Boroughs (David Blandy| U.K., 2004 | 12 min.)
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and FACTOR present:
One-on-One with Factor
Wednesday, September 16th and Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Meetings 2 pm to 4 pm
FREE! RSVP here
POP Montreal presents:
Fanfaraï + Nancy Pants + LOC-NAR + Nick Persons
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
POP Quarters BBQ (3450 St-Urbain)
BBQ 2 pm to 4 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and RACS present:
Polaris Panel
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 3 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium present:
Fanfaraï: BYOH!
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 4:45 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Quickie Art Tours!
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
POP Quarters, (3450 St-Urbain)
Tours 5:30 pm
FREE!
Art POP, CKUT and Archive Montreal present:
Montreal Shows 1965-1975: Posters, Photos and Ephemera
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
Vernissage: Wednesday, September 16th, 6 pm
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium, Artgang and The Medium present:
WATM (We Are The Medium) with B+ (Brian Cross)
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Concordia University, Room H-100 (1455 De Maisonneuve West)
Talk 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Souvlaki (Neon installation) (2015) – Eleni Bagaki
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
Le Clubhouse POP (Rialto) (5719 Parc)
Open 7 pm to 3 am
FREE!
POP Montreal, Festival Anachron and Café Campus present:
Les ShrimpS + Eddie Paul + Paul Jacobs + guests
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Petit Campus (57 Prince-Arthur East)
Doors 7 pm / Show 8 pm
Tickets $8 in av / $10 at the door, and available here
Puces POP presents:
Fashion POP
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Rialto Hall (5719 Parc)
Doors 8 pm / Show 8:30 pm
RSVP here
POP Montreal and Blue Skies Turn Black present :
The Sonics + Les Breastfeeders
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Théâtre Fairmount – Salle Shure (5240 Parc)
Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
Tickets $30 in av / $33 at the door and available here
POP Montreal and Music Mansion present:
Clément Jacques + Barrasso + Ariane Zita + Simon Kearney + Vincent Appelby
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
La Vitrola (4602 St-Laurent)
Doors 8:30 pm / Show 9:30 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal and Indie Montreal present:
Lakes of Canada + APigeon + Our Books & The Authors
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Club Lambi (4465 St-Laurent)
Doors 8:30 pm / Show 9:30 pm
Tickets $10 in av / $12 at the door and available here
POP Montreal and PHI Center present:
denitia & sene + Branko (Buraka Som Sistema)
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
PHI Center (407 Saint Pierre)
Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
Tickets $19.25 and available here
POP Montreal and Maison Sociale present:
Excaliber (audio) + Cedric Laurenty (visual) + Pascale Project (audio) + guest
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Maison Sociale (5386 St-Laurent)
Show 12 am
FREE!
POP Symposium and the Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) present:
“Click This, Please”: Get Streamed
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 12 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium presents:
“You Won’t Recognize Canada[‘s music industry] when [we’re] through with it”: Global, Big-time
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 12:15 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium presents:
Face to Face with our International Delegates – Booking Agents and Festivals
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Meetings 1 pm to 2:30 pm
FREE! RSVP here
POP Symposium presents:
Reading and Listening (with Arto Lindsay)
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 2 pm
FREE! RSVP here
POP Montreal presents:
Chuggo + Country + denitia & sene + Samito
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters BBQ (3450 St-Urbain)
BBQ 2 pm to 6 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and the SOCAN present:
The Icon, Montreal’s Andy Kim Talks Songwriting
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 2:30 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal and Ontario Reality Generation present:
Deamboy + Luka + The Walls Are Blonde + Blunt Chunks
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Empire Exchange (51 Bernard West)
Show 3 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and Third Side Music present:
Money vs Exposure: Who Wins?
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 3 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and Artisti present:
Copyrights in performances: What are they? How much are they worth? and … WHERE IS THE MONEY???
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 4:30 pm
FREE!
Puces POP presents:
The Puces POP Arts & Crafts Fair
Thursday, September 17th to Sunday, September 20th, 2015
160 St-Viateur East – 2nd floor
Thursday – Friday: 5 pm to 9 pm
Saturday – Sunday: 11 am to 6 pm
Opening party Thursday at 5 pm! RSVP here
Art POP and the POP Symposium present:
Artist Talk: K8 Hardy in Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Duclos
Thursday, September 17th , 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 5:30 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal, We Are The Medium, and Argang Montreal present:
Scott C & Andy Williams (The Goods) + Walla P & Mahdi (Voyage Funktastique) + Mochilla & Friends
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Artgang Montréal (6524 St-Hubert)
Doors 5 pm / Show 6 pm
Tickets $15, on sale August 28th and available here
Art POP and CK2 Gallery present:
Discipline & Plug In
Wednesday, September 16th to Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Vernissage: Thursday, September 17th, 6 pm
CK2 Gallery (6560 Esplanade, suite 203)
Show 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Ghost Sex – by Rachel Granofsky
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
Vernissage: Thursday, September 17th, 6:30 pm
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Bethlehem XXX – David Armstrong Six and Frances Adair Mackenzie
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Vernissage: Wednesday, September 16th, 6:30 pm
Bethlehem XXX (6568 St-Laurent)
Open 6:30 pm till late
FREE!
Art POP presents:
The Office
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
Vernissage: Thursday, September 17th, 6:30 pm
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Side Project – Curated by Corri-Lynn Tetz
Wednesday, September 16th to Sunday, September 20th , 2015
Vernissage: Thursday, September 17th, 6:30 pm
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Wed – Thu – Fri: 11 am to 8 pm
Sat – Sun: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Film POP presents:
The Reflektor Tapes (Kahlil Joseph | Canada, USA, UK, 2015 | 75 min.) – Quebec premiere!
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Théâtre Rialto – Salle St-Ambroise (5723 Parc)
Screening 8 pm
Tickets $12.50, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal presents:
Conrad Clifton + UN + Advaeta + Animalia + Terrace + Programm
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Casa del Popolo (4871 Saint-Laurent)
Doors 8 pm / Show 8:30 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal and Indie Montreal present:
Static Gold + Po Lazarus + First You Get The Sugar + Corinna Rose
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
L’Hémisphère Gauche (221 Beaubien East)
Doors 8 pm / Show 8:30 pm
Tickets $10 in av / $12 at the door and available here
POP Montreal and Headless Owl Records present :
Michael Feuerstack + By Divine Right + The Burning Hell + Nick Ferrio
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Rialto Hall (5719 Parc)
Doors 8:30 pm / Show 9:15 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal and Maison Sociale present:
Ariana Molly + Hua Li + Prismhouse + guest
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Maison Sociale (5386 St-Laurent)
Show 12 am
FREE!
POP Symposium presents:
Face to Face with our International Delegates – Labels and A&R
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Meetings 11 am to 12:30 pm
FREE! RSVP here
POP Symposium and The Indigenous Studies Program at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada present:
Indigeneous Beats
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 11:30 am
FREE!
POP Symposium and The Walrus present:
Total Control (Businesses, Not-for-Profits, Co-operatives, and Charities): It’s Time to Build The “Industry” You Want
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 1:15 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium presents:
Jean Grae is Your Favourite, with Matt Sonzala
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 1:30 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal presents:
HeartStreets + Frankie + All We Are + For Esmée
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters BBQ (3450 St-Urbain)
BBQ 2 pm to 4 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal and Oh Hi present:
Ohara + Alexia Avina + Tamara Sandor + Commander Clark
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Empire Exchange (51 Bernard West)
Show 3 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium presents:
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 3 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and MESLA present:
POP Law: The Mechanics of the Deals
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 4:30 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium presents:
Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie in Conversation with Tim Hecker
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 5:30 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and Art POP present:
Screenings and Artist Talk: Olaf Breuning
Friday, September 18th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 6 pm
FREE!
Film POP and the Montreal International Documentary Festival present:
Orion : The Man Who Would Be King (Jeanie Finlay | UK, USA, 2015 | 88 min.) – Quebec premiere!
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Salle J.A. de Sève (1400 De Maisonneuve West)
Screening 6 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal and Simone Records present:
Les Hay Babies + guests
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Ukrainian Federation – Salle Ubisoft (5213 Hutchison)
Doors 7 pm / Show 8 pm
Tickets $20, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal, Kruger Originals and PASA Musik present:
Pierre Kwenders + Brendan Philip + Jjanice+ + bizZarh + Afrikelektro
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Théâtre Sainte-Catherine (264 Sainte-Catherine East)
Doors 7 pm / Show 8 pm
Tickets $10 in av / $12 at the door and available here
POP Montreal and Duprince present:
Rosie Valland (Album launch!)
Friday, September 18th, 2015
180g (6546 Waverly)
Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal, Craft Singles and Halifax POP Explosion present:
Doldrums + Each Other + Crosss + Alex Calder + Old & Weird
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Club Lambi (4465 St-Laurent)
Doors 8:30 pm / Show 9 :30 pm
Tickets $10 in av / $12 at the door, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal and TRH Bar present:
MAP + Achigan + guests
Friday, September 18th, 2015
TRH Bar (3699 St-Laurent)
Doors 9 pm / Show 10 pm
Tickets $15 in av / $18 at the door and available here
POP Montreal presents:
Prison Garde + Nautiluss + Sergio Levels + Project Pablo
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Piccolo Little Burgundy (5719 Parc)
Doors 11 pm / Show 12 am
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
Film POP and CISM present:
Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven | USA, 1995 | 131 min.) – 20thanniversary screening!
Friday, September 18th, 2015
Cinéma L’Amour (4015 Saint-Laurent)
Screening 11:59 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal and Duprince present:
Toastdawg Brazivilain II
Friday, September 18th, 2015
180g (6546 Waverly)
Doors 11 pm / Show 12 am
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal and Maison Sociale present:
Girls in uniform (visual & audio) +Holy Ghosted (visual) +James Benjamin + guest
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Maison Sociale (5386 St-Laurent)
Show 12 am
FREE!
Puces POP presents:
The Record Fair
Saturday September 19th and Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Église St-Michel-Archange (105 St-Viateur West)
Opening hours: 11 am to 6 pm
FREE!
Art POP presents:
Special Presentation of Pillars: Voices to Look Up To, by youth from LOVE
Saturday, September 19th , 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 12 pm
FREE!
Kids POP presents:
The Kids POP Crawl
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Le Clubhouse POP (Rialto) (5719 Parc)
Event 12 pm to 4 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal presents:
The Muscadettes + Nick Diamonds of Islands + Mild High Club + Smileswithteeth
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
POP Quarters BBQ (3450 St-Urbain)
BBQ 2 pm to 4 pm
FREE
POP Montreal and Art No Love present:
AE Bridger + DirtyOrgans + Bile Sister + Stranger Familiar
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Empire Exchange (51 Bernard West)
Show 3 pm
FREE!
Film POP and Picture Palace Pictures present:
A Poem Is a Naked Person (Les Blank | USA, 1974/2015 | 90 min.) – Quebec premiere!
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Salle J.A. de Sève (1400 De Maisonneuve West)
Screening 4 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal presents:
Mary Ocher + Better Person
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Goethe Institute (1626 St-Laurent #100)
Doors 7 pm / Show 8 pm
FREE!
Film POP and the Japan Foundation present:
Playback (Sho Miyake | Japan, 2012 | 113 min.) – Canadian premiere with director in attendance!
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Salle J.A. de Sève (1400 De Maisonneuve West)
Screening 6 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
Film POP and the Japan Foundation present:
The Cockpit (Sho Miyake | Japan, 2014 | 65 min.) – Canadian premiere with director in attendance!
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Salle J.A. de Sève (1400 De Maisonneuve West)
Screening 8 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
Kids POP presents:
Film Animation Workshop
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Workshop 11 am to 1 pm
Ages 6 and up, registration required. Email kids@popmontreal.com with child’s name and age
FREE!
POP Symposium, Miscellaneum Studios, Heroes Never Lose and Multijoueur present:
POP Arcade
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Event 11 am
FREE!
POP Symposium and Constellation present:
The Politics Of Independent Music: An Open Forum
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 12 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium, Third Side Music and Miscellaneum Studios present:
Music, Video Games & New Technologies: The Shape of Fun to Come
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 1 pm
FREE!
POP Montreal and Indie Montreal present:
Debbie Tebbs + KROY + APigeon + Beat Sexü
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Divan Orange – Salle CISM (4234 St-Laurent)
Doors 12:30 pm / Show 1 pm
FREE!
Kids POP presents:
Kids POP Rocks!
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Rialto Hall (5719 Parc)
Event 2 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and Third Side Music present:
Sync Face to Face
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Meetings 3 pm to 4:30 pm
FREE! RSVP here
Film POP and Panorama Cinéma present:
Hot Sugar’s Cold World (Adam Bhala Lough | USA, 2015 | 85 min.) – Quebec premiere!
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Salle J.A. de Sève (1400 De Maisonneuve West)
Screening 4 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
Art POP presents:
Curator (2013-15 | 17 min.), Natural History (2012 | 11 min.), Dear Debora (2014 | 14 min.), by Tamy Ben-Tor in collaboration with Miki Carmi
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Screening 4:30 pm
FREE!
Film POP and Festival du nouveau cinéma present:
The Beaver Trilogy Part IV (Brad Besser | USA, 2015 | 82 min.) –Quebec premiere!
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Salle J.A. de Sève (1400 De Maisonneuve West)
Screening 6 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal and Indie Montreal present:
Choses Sauvages + Human Human + Fast Romantics + Grand Lark
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Quai des Brumes (4481 St-Denis)
Doors 8 pm / Show 8:30 pm
Tickets $10 in av / $12 at the door and available here
POP Montreal presents:
Vinyl Williams + People Pretend + Bronswick + Radiant Baby
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Casa del Popolo (4871 Saint-Laurent)
Doors 8 pm / Show 9 pm
Tickets $10, on sale August 28th and available here
POP Montreal presents:
The Smiffs + Brother’s got the bends + DJ Torquil Campbell
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Piccolo Little Burgundy (5719 Parc)
Show 11 pm
FREE!
POP Symposium and matralab present:
Uncovering Space
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
POP Quarters (3450 St-Urbain)
Talk 2 pm
FREE!