When you think of hotspots for indie culture, Calgary might not be the first place that comes to mind – but Sled Island is on a mission to change that. Every June, the festival turns the city into “Palgary, Palberta,” as the organizers call it, throwing a three-day-long party dedicated to introducing audiences to excellent… Read more
NXNE is a pretty swell time: it was founded by the cool peeps at NOW Magazine in Toronto and is a blast for those wanting to see massive, internationally renowned headliners as well as some of the newest and freshest acts. It is a joy to explore Toronto on foot at night, venue-hopping and NXNE… Read more
Northside Festival in Brooklyn has grown into a multi-venue, multiple-date city-wide celebration of music, art, film and entrepreneurship. They co-presented Dirty Three at POP last fall and we’re happy to collaborate with them again, bringing Canadians Born Ruffians to the party! Give your eyes a squirt of our POP guide to Northside Festival. EVENT: Northside… Read more
MUTEK kicks off summer in Montreal with a BANG! starting Wednesday, May 29th with KOMPAKT’s 20th anniversary party at the SAT featuring John Tejada, The Field, Saschienne and Michael Mayer ! Now in it’s 14th year and spanning 5-days and multiple venues, refined minds from the disco-acoustic diaspora flock to MUTEK seeking the cutting-edge in post-avant… Read more
Roadtrip! The POP team is headed to New York for CMJ this week and to channel our excitement, we’ve put together our “Seriously Important POP Guide to CMJ” which includes all our too-cool-for-school party suggestions and concert recommendations. WE CAN’T WAIT. Let’s get it poppin’! See full CMJ schedule here. POP Seriously Important and Great… Read more
Warren Seuradge, Program Coordination/Ad Sales Pick 1: Purity Ring Pick 2: Pop vs. Jock: Charity Basketball Game Pick 3: Chevalier Avant Garde Pick 4: Fanfare Ciocarlia Festival Survival Tip: Make at least 1 Saint Viateur Bagel pitstop during your nightly adventures.
Daniel Seligman, Co-Founder and Creative Director 1. Fanfare Ciocarlia 2. Sweet Nothing by Andi State, with Suuns (Live) 3. Bertrand Burgalat + Jef Barbara 4. Yamantaka // Sonic Titan: Opera 33 5. Lil B + Lunice and Cadence Weapon http://popmontreal.com/events-tickets/lil-b/ 6. PCSS – shhh: it’s a secret. friday 9pm at the Ukrainian Federation, Peaches and Chilly Gonzales make… Read more
Johanna Heldebro, Art POP Curator Pick 1: All Art POP events!! Pick 2: POP Symposium: Artist Talk with Cory Arcangel, Howie Chen & Alan Licht Pick 3: Fixture Records Showcase – Freelove Fenner + Brave Radar Pick 4: Martin Bisi + The Nymphets + What Next? + Nubians Pick 5: Jeannette Lee in conversation with Vivien Goldman Festival Survival Tip: “Attitude”… Read more
Aaron Thomas Smith, Finance & Ticketing 1. WAGWAK 2. The Omen Screening 3. Cousins 4. Apollo 18 5. Passovah Showcase 5. The Soft Moon Festival Survival Tip: Don’t linger at horrible shows & save some thirst for the late night space.
Demi Bégin, Marketing Assistant // one half of Web Team // Venue Manager at O Patro Vys 1. Purity Ring & Nicky Da B (on Sept 23rd) 2. Jeannette Lee in conversation with Vivien Goldman 3. Venus X in conversation with Bear Witness 4. POP @ Piknic (Put my two favourite things together and I’m… Read more