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What's on in Montreal this weekend?

4 events are listed for Montreal this weekend, including Mamma Mia! (Oct 18) and Eli Brown (Oct 18). See the full list on the Montreal this-weekend page.

Which venues in Montreal host the most upcoming events?

Across the current listings: Bell Centre with 16 dates, MTelus with 13 dates, Olympia Theatre - Montreal with 9 dates, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier At Place Des Arts with 8 dates and Cabaret Du Casino De Montreal with 7 dates.

Which teams play in Montreal?

Montreal Canadiens (NHL), Montreal Alouettes (CFL) and Club de Foot Montréal (MLS). 14 sports events are listed in Montreal right now.

What's the cheapest ticket listed in Montreal right now?

CF Montreal vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Nov 7 lists from CA$17. Prices are the seller's listed starting price and can change.

What kinds of events are listed in Montreal?

63 concerts, 14 sports events and 23 theatre shows — 100 in total, refreshed every 6 hours.

What’s on in Montreal

100 upcoming events are listed in Montreal, 26 of them in the next 7 days and 70 within 30 days. That includes 63 concerts, 14 sports events and 23 theatre shows.

The venues with the most upcoming dates are Bell Centre (16), MTelus (13) and Olympia Theatre - Montreal (9). Next up: Mamma Mia! on Oct 18 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier At Place Des Arts (from CA$100); Eli Brown on Oct 18 at Parc Jean-Drapeau (from CA$29); Donavon Frankenreiter on Oct 18 at Le Ministere (from CA$95).

Genres in the current concert listings include Pop, Hip-Hop, House Music and Rock. Montreal's home teams are Montreal Canadiens (NHL), Montreal Alouettes (CFL) and Club de Foot Montréal (MLS).

Next up in Montreal

  • Mamma Mia! — Oct 18, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier At Place Des Arts (from CA$100)
  • Eli Brown — Oct 18, Parc Jean-Drapeau (from CA$29)
  • Donavon Frankenreiter — Oct 18, Le Ministere (from CA$95)
  • Jimmy Carr — Oct 20, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier At Place Des Arts (from CA$1,388)

Venues with the most upcoming dates

  • Bell Centre — 16 dates
  • MTelus — 13 dates
  • Olympia Theatre - Montreal — 9 dates
  • Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier At Place Des Arts — 8 dates
  • Cabaret Du Casino De Montreal — 7 dates

Montreal teams

Genres in the current listings


Inside Montreal

Montreal does not have an off-season — it just changes coats. The city of 1.78 million in the proper and roughly 4.3 million across the island and the South Shore runs the busiest live calendar in Canada outside of Toronto, and on most nights it is the louder of the two.

The downtown core is built around a handful of rooms that anchor everything: the Centre Bell, the largest NHL arena by capacity and the busiest concert building in the country, where the Montreal Canadiens, the Habs, the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge play eighty-plus dates a year and where the biggest world tours stop on their North American runs; the MTELUS on Sainte-Catherine, the mid-size rock room that took over from the Metropolis name; Place des Arts, the largest performing-arts complex in Canada with five halls under one roof; the Olympia just east of the Quartier Latin; and a deep bench of clubs — Corona, Beanfield, Bell Centre Bar a Spectacles, Club Soda — that fill in everything between an arena tour and a basement show. From late June into early August the Quartier des spectacles becomes a stage of its own: the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal puts free outdoor shows steps from the metro, Juste pour rire / Just for Laughs takes over with galas, Les FrancoFolies fill the same blocks with francophone music, Osheaga draws crowds to Parc Jean-Drapeau and the city runs on festival hours.

This is a town with a real double market — francophone Quebec and an anglophone scene that thinks of itself as continental more than Canadian — and a Plateau-Mile End nightlife corridor that stays awake long after every other city in the country has gone to bed.

What's happening in Montreal this week

A typical Montreal week pivots around the Centre Bell schedule and the Place des Arts subscription series, then fills in from there. Tuesday and Wednesday belong to the indie rooms — Bar le Ritz PDB in Villeray, Casa del Popolo on Saint-Laurent, La Sotterenea, Petit Campus near McGill — where touring bands on weeknight routes through the Northeast stop between Boston and Toronto.

Thursday is the soft start of the weekend: Old Port restaurants get loud, Quartier des spectacles puts on programmed series, and the comedy clubs at the Comedy Nest and Le Bordel fill up with locals before the tourist surge. Friday and Saturday are the heavy lifts — Centre Bell concert dates, Canadiens home games, MLS at Stade Saputo when CF Montreal is in town, Alouettes games at Percival Molson on the McGill campus during football season, and Place des Arts performances across all five of its halls.

Sunday is matinee classical, French theatre, neighborhood brunches with live music, and the residency shows at the Diving Bell and other small Mile End rooms. The festival summer compresses everything: from mid-June through mid-August the calendar runs effectively non-stop, with outdoor stages programmed from noon to midnight and a winter slate (Igloofest, Montreal en lumiere, Nuit blanche) that keeps the streets full when the temperature drops.

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