Calendar
Single Events | Ongoing | Festivals/Camps
Casa Del Popolo: 4873 St. Laurent
La Sala Rossa: 4848 St. Laurent
Mariposa…le café: 5562 Upper Lachine Rd.
P’tit Ours: 5589 Park
The Wheel Club: 3373 Cavendish
Saturday, December 20
Duke and Goldie, at P'tit Ours 8pm
Tuesday, December 30
Le vent du nord, at Club Soda 8pm
Sunday, January 11
Matt Large Presents: Benjamin Dakota Rogers, and Zachary Lucky at Casa del Popolo 8pm $26.06
Ongoing
Best confirm these before heading over.
Saturdays
Original Music Showcases, at Grumpy's
Bar (1242 Bishop) 9:30pm–12:00
Mariposa…Blues Café (live acoustic performances) 7pm–11pm 514.699.5951
Sundays
Bluegrass Jam at Barfly (4062A St. Laurent).
514.284.6665
Trad Irish session, at The Wheel Club, (3375 Cavendish), 3–6pm
Mondays
Hillbilly Night at the Wheel Club (3375 Cavendish,
below Sherbrooke). Free. Begins at 9pm 514.489.3322
Traditional Irish Music at Hurley's, welcoming musicians of all skill levels (1225 Crescent,) 8–11pm 514.861.4111
Tuesdays
Drop the Gloves Tuesdays (open mic) at Grumpy's
Bar (1242 Bishop) 514.866.9010
Open mic at the Arts Cafe (201 Fairmount/Esplanade) 514.843.6415
Guy Donis at Cafe la ligne verte (2531 Ontario E) Every third tuesday of the month, I put on an evening splitted in a performance followed by a Bluegrass Jam for all Levels au café "La Ligne Verte" à Montréal. You can contact me for more details through e-mail or social medias!
Wednesdays
Singer/Songwriter open mic, at Grumpy's
Bar (1242 Bishop)
Irish sessions, at O'Regan's Irish Pub (1224 Bishop). Something for beginners and experienced musicians. 8–11pm
Café Mariposa (open mic) 6pm–10pm (5562 Upper Lachine Rd) 514.699.5951
Thursdays
Moonshine on Thursday (bluegrass & old-time jam)
at Grumpy's
Bar (1242 Bishop) 514.866.9010
Fridays
Open Stage at The Yellow Door hosted by Marc Nerenberg
on Friday nights. Three songs or 20 minutes, whichever comes first.
Come before 8:30 and sign up. No telephone sign-ups or prior
reservations — just show up. Bring friends. Admission is free. (3625
Aylmer)
Original Music Showcases, at Grumpy's Bar (1242 Bishop) 9:30pm–12:00
Finegan's First Friday: Old time/bluegrass music circle, the first Friday of the month, at 5202 Queen Mary Road
Festivals/Camps 2026
February 12–15: Winterfolk XXIII Blues and Roots Festival
April 4–28: Festival de la Voix (various locations)
April 23–26: Ottawa Grassroots Festival
April 23–26: MerleFest (North Carolina)
May ?–?: NDG Porchfest
June ?–?: International Indigenous Music Summit (Toronto)
June 11–14: Midwest Banjo Camp XVII (North Manchester, Indiana)
June ?–?: Chants de Vielles (Village de Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, QC)
June ?–?: Roots to Boots Festival (Chéticamp/Louisbourg, NS)
June ?–?: Montreal Festival on the Canal
June 21–27: Northeast Heritage Music Camp (Starksboro, Vermont)
June 26–28: Old Songs Festival of Traditional Music & Dance (Altamont, NY)
July ?–?: Old School Bluegrass Camp (Ontario)
July ?–?: Almonte Celtfest (Almonte, Ontario)
July 3–4: Maritime Fiddle Festival (NS)
July 3–5: Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia, Ontario)
July 9–12: Winnipeg Folk Festival (Manitoba)
July ?–?: Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival (St. John's)
July 17—19: Vancouver Folk Music Festival (BC)
July 17–19: Dawson City Music Festival
July ?–?: Acoustic Maritime Music Festival (Kempt Shore, NS)
July 17–19: Folk on the Rocks (Yellowknife, NWT)
July 20–26: The Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso, Nova Scotia)
July 24–26: le Festival Memoire et Racines (Joliette & St. Charles Borromée)
July 23–26: Calgary Folk Festival (Alberta)
July 24–26: Islands Folk Festival (Duncan, BC)
July 24–26: Mission Folk Music Festival (Mission, BC)
July ?–?: Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Dodds Farm, Hillsdale, N.Y.)
August ?–?: Blue Skies Music Festival (Ontario)
August ?–?: Blueberry Bluegrass Festival (Stony Plain, Alberta)
August ?–?: Coombs Bluegrass Festival (Coombs, BC)
August ?–?: Miramichi Folksong Festival (Miramichi, NB)
August 6–9: Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (Nova Scotia)
August 6–9: Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Alberta)
August 7–9: Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (College & Kids Camp 3–7) (Ont)
August 12–16: Festival des traditions du monde de Sherbrooke
August 13–16: Peterborough Folk Festival (Peterborough, Ont)
August 14–16: Bear Creek Folk Fest (Alberta)
August 21–23: Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival (Owen Sound, Ont)
August ?–?: SuperFolk Morin-Heights Festival (Morin-Heights, QC)
August ?–?: Afromonde Festival (Old port of Montreal)
August 22–24: Rogersville Bluegrass Festival (Rogersville, NB)
August ?: Muskoka Music Festival (Gravenhurst, Ontario)
August ?–?: Festival Trad Montréal (Ahuntsic)
September 17–20: City Folk (Ottawa)
September ?–October ?: Halifax Urban Folk Festival (Halifax, NS)
October ?–?: Les Rendez-vous ès TRAD de Québec (Québec City)