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
Friday, July 25
Irish Millie, at Casa Del Popolo 8pm
The Woodshredders (Terry Joe Banjo, Pat Loiselle and Kevin Baker) bring: BOBGRASS, their bluegrass tribute to Bob Dylan, to the Wheel Club. Tickets $20 in advance $25 at the door
Thursday, August 7
Dennis Ellsworth, at P'tit Ours 8pm
Wednesday, September 10
The Waterboys, and Anna Tivel, at Théâtre Beanfield (doors: 8pm) $62.25
Wednesday, October 29, Thursday, October 30
Sarah McLachlan, at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts 7:30pm $95.50–$343.71
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, below Sherbrooke), 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 2025
February 14–16: Winterfolk XXIII Blues and Roots Festival
April 4–27: Festival de la Voix (various locations)
April 24–27: Ottawa Grassroots Festival
April 24–27: MerleFest (North Carolina)
May 17–18: NDG Porchfest
June 2–6: International Indigenous Music Summit (Toronto)
June 5–8: Midwest Banjo Camp XVII (North Manchester, Indiana)
June 6–9: Chants de Vielles (Village de Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, QC)
June 12–15: Roots to Boots Festival (Chéticamp/Louisbourg, NS)
June 13–15: Montreal Festival on the Canal
June 22–28: Northeast Heritage Music Camp (Starksboro, Vermont)
June 27–29: Old Songs Festival of Traditional Music & Dance (Altamont, NY)
July 2–6: Old School Bluegrass Camp (Ontario)
July 4–6: Almonte Celtfest (Almonte, Ontario)
July 4–5: Maritime Fiddle Festival (NS)
July 4–6: Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia, Ontario)
July 10–13: Winnipeg Folk Festival (Manitoba)
July 11–13: Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival (St. John's)
July 12–14: Vancouver
Island MusicFest now defunct
July 18—20: Vancouver Folk Music Festival (BC)
July 18–20: Dawson City Music Festival
July 18–21: Acoustic Maritime Music Festival (Kempt Shore, NS)
July 19–21: Folk on the Rocks (Yellowknife, NWT)
July 21–27: The Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso, Nova Scotia)
July 22–27: le Festival Memoire et Racines (Joliette & St. Charles Borromée)
July 24–27: Calgary Folk Festival (Alberta)
July 25–27: Islands Folk Festival (Duncan, BC)
July 25–27: Mission Folk Music Festival (Mission, BC)
July 25–27: Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Dodds Farm, Hillsdale, N.Y.)
August 1–3: Blue Skies Music Festival (Ontario)
August 1–3: Blueberry Bluegrass Festival (Stony Plain, Alberta)
August 1–3: Coombs Bluegrass Festival(Coombs, BC)
August 1–5: Miramichi Folksong Festival (Miramichi, NB)
August 7–10: Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (Nova Scotia)
August 7–10: Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Alberta)
August 8–10: Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (and: Celtic College and
Kid's Camp—August 4–8 (Ontario)
August 8–10: Regina Folk Festival (Saskatchewan) (Aug 8–10 2025)
August 13–17: Festival des traditions du monde de Sherbrooke
August 14–17: Peterborough Folk Festival (Peterborough, Ont)
August 15–17: Bear Creek Folk Fest (Alberta)
August 15–17: Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival (Owen Sound, Ont)
August 22–23: SuperFolk Morin-Heights Festival (Morin-Heights, QC)
August 22–24: Afromonde Festival (Old port of montreal,
Clock tower quay street)
August 22–24: Rogersville Bluegrass Festival (Rogersville, NB)
August ?: Upper Canada Folkfest (Prescott, Ontario)
August 29–31: Festival Trad Montréal (Ahuntsic)
September 10–14: City Folk (Ottawa)
September 29–October 5: Halifax Urban Folk Festival (Halifax, NS)
October 9–13: Les Rendez-vous ès TRAD de Québec (Québec City)