POP Montreal 24th edition – New Additions!
From September 24 to September 28, 2025
Holy Fuck! POP Montreal is back for its 24th edition. What a miracle! We are pleased to announce our full lineup, featuring numerous découvertes, a few secret shows, a few pop-up shows, a parade, a Kiki Ball, and a couple of legends as well…
Highlights include Annie-Claude Deschênes (Duchess Says, PyPy) – The solo project of the iconic avant-garde Montreal artist, Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou – The foremost female ambassador of Moroccan Gnawa music, performing for the first time in north america, Bolis Pupul – Think early Mr. Fingers-like techno and Yellow Magic Orchestra’s exuberant man-machine minimalism, Chanel Beads – a dream druggy pop bliss, DAM – The pioneers of Palestinian hip hop, Do Make Say Think – Toronto post-rock misfits who are returning to Montreal, Isabella Lovestory – The Reggaeton perro-pop provocateur, Lankum – The Montreal debut by the mythical Mercury Prize-nominated drone folk Irish band, Michel Pagliaro – The legend and Top 40 hitmaker en français and English, Múm – The Icelandic indie electronica experimentalists are back, to present their 7th studio album, out this September. First new album in 12 years! Don’t miss this iconic show! No Joy – Montreal shoegaze stars are back with their first new album in 5 years, QUAL – Dark wave chaos to burn the dance floor. Dress code: wear black. Ribbon Skirt – Led by Anishinaabe musician Tashiina Buswa, Ribbon Skirt just reached the 2025 Polaris Prize short list with their debut album Bite Down. U.S. Girls – 4AD pop mavericks led by Meg Remy return in support of their last album, Scratch It.
Also, our famous Rooftop Shows:
– Rialto rooftop: La Force and Billianne + a SURPRISE show
– Taverne Atlantic rooftop: a SECRET show reserved for festival pass holders
– Ubisoft rooftop: Angine de Poitrine, reserved for festival pass holders and winners of the Ubisoft contest (find the QR code on posters in the Mile-End as of the beginning of September!!!)
Album launches by local artists include Sarah Rossy (with Christian Sean and Naïka Champagne), Pompey, Mint Simon, Meggie Lennon, Hanorah, lots of showcases including presentations by ISLAS Productions, Next Door Records, Second Summer Festival, Struck Productions, Paper Bag Records, Kickdrum, Pique, Venus Fest, Bonbonbon et Du Prince, who celebrate their 10th anniversary with a stellar bill featuring Hawa B, Les Shirley and Jesuslesfilles.
What’s new this year
=> New venues: Please note that we won’t be holding any events at l’Entrepôt 77 (except for Fashion PUP), but we will be hosting several pop-up concerts at new venues, including Taverne Atlantic, Bar Wills, and the Ubisoft rooftop.
=> Fashion PUP festival edition at Entrepôt 77 on Sept 28 from 2 pm to 4 pm
Fashion PUP! Where your dog is the star! Join Sandy Bridges, with DJ support by LaFHomme, and all the other dogs in town for some playful competition on the theme “Nautical”.
=> Art POP at Espace POP from Sept 27 to Sept 28, a 24-hour closed-door performance with Velours Velours (and guests: Safia Nolin, Lumière, Étienne Coppée…).
=> also with Art POP in co-presentation with PHI, “SPACE IS THE PLACE” Wednesday, Sep 24, Avant-jazz mystic Sun Ra brought his pioneering Afrofuturist vision to the screen with this film version of his concept album.
=> Film POP will be screening films at both Cinéma Public and Cinéma Moderne with Köln 75, the story of Vera Brandes, who staged the famous Köln Concert by jazz musician Keith Jarrett.
Monk in Pieces, a biopic about composer and performer Meredith Monk.
Flore Laurentienne, The End and the Beginning, a sober immersion into a work that slows down time…
Dancer In The Dark, the cult movie by Lars Von Trier with Björk
Not to be missed:
=> Comedy POP: 2nd edition on Sunday, Sept 28 at Rialto Theatre
=> One of our POP favourites, the Mile End Parade, presented by SiriusXM on Sunday, Sept 28
=> POP Symposium: our music industry-related hot topics, including Ribbon Skirt Artist Talk, Navigating Borders While Trans, Montreal Nightlife Policy Roundtable, What’s Next For Radio? and more…
=> The Kiki Ball: on Saturday, Sept 27 at Rialto Theater
=> The Record Fair: taking place at Bar WILLS on Saturday, Sept 27=> Puces POP festival edition: from Friday, Sept 26 to Sunday, Sept 28 at Église Saint-Denis
