Festivals, cultural events and workshops still abound in August. Here are some suggestions for enjoying the beautiful season.
Guns N’Roses will be visiting our metropolis on Tuesday, August 8… 31 years to the day after the riots caused by their “mythical” presence at the Olympic Stadium in 1992. This time, it is at Parc Jean-Drapeau that Axl Rose and his band – yes, Slash, Duff McKagan and Dizzy Reed will be there – will play their classics Paradise City, November Rain, Sweet Child O’Mine and other Welcome to the Jungle. We somewhat question the choice of Carrie Underwood to provide the first part in front of the fans of Guns, she who pours into country-pop much more than into heavy metal and rock…
To close the 2023 edition of the Festival de Lanaudière, the organizers have retained the services of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Accompanied by pianist Seong-Jin Cho, the popular maestro will conduct the Orchester Métropolitain during a concert devoted to the works of Chopin and Tchaikovsky. The Fernand-Lindsay amphitheater will host this event on Sunday at 2 p.m. It should be noted that during the previous days, the hall will receive visits from the OSM and Rafael Payare, who will deliver the complete version of The Firebird (Friday at 8 p.m.), and Karen Cargill (Saturday at 7 p.m.) . The mezzo-soprano will sing Schumann, Wagner and Mendelssohn.
The Fantasia festival will end in style on August 9 with the world premiere of the film WE ARE ZOMBIES, by the trio of directors Anouk Whissel, Yoann-Karl Whissel and François Simard. The feature film transports us to a city infested with zombies, but not cannibals. The protagonists, who are looking for easy money, must fight small bandits and a megacorporation to save their grandmother.
At the Jean-Talon market, summer is made for… cooking. Every two weeks until August 19, young people aged 3 and over can participate in free cooking workshops on Saturday afternoons. What will we be cooking this week? A Mexican bowl with pico de gallo sauce. Do your little cooks want to get their hands dirty? Get a ticket on C’est moi le chef!, the company that hosts these sessions where kids and parents cook together.
The International Festival of Domaine Forget de Charlevoix, which has been in full swing for two months, offers, on Saturday at the end of the afternoon, the show Sous les ponts de Paris with the Orchester symphonique de Québec. The young Quebec soprano artist Florie Valiquette will participate in the musical rendezvous, which will bring together well-known composers and others less known such as André Grétry and Étienne Nicolas Méhullequel. Mathieu Lussier will conduct the 100% French-speaking concert. The next day, at 3 p.m., Laura Anglade will sing Jerome Kern with the Orchester national de jazz de Montréal and Jean-Nicolas Trottier.
Little Italy will host the 30th edition of ItalfestMTL this weekend in Montreal. From Friday to Sunday, musical artists will follow one another to celebrate Italian culture. Among them is Rick Pagano, from the show The Voice. Also on the program: exhibitions, fashion show, circus performance and the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti, not to mention the first Dolci Sapori d’Italia, a tasting of cannoli, this classic Italian dessert, which will take place on Sunday at 4 p.m. . On boulevard Saint-Laurent, between rue Saint-Zotique and avenue Shamrock.