2011 Osheaga Music Festival ( Lineup Announced )

The organizers had too much music on their plates this year that it could not be
contained in merely 2 days, a third day had to be summoned.
The 6th edition of this now 3 day festival goes down @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
July 29th, 30th and 31st.
Last year’s lineup was pretty much unbeatable. Expectations were high for this [...]

Osheaga 2010: The Recap

A week ago today, 53 000 people showed up on Île-Sainte-Hélène, making this year’s festivities their most well attended edition yet.
Killer lineup of bands + perfect Summer weather, there was no way this edition
would fail.
Highlights for me included hearing songs from the new Walkmen album “Lisbon”.
they were the first band I caught on Satuday and [...]

2010 Osheaga Music Festival ( Lineup Announced )

Now that I’m back from SXSW, It’s time to think about other music
festivals I get to look forward in the coming Summer season.
First up, the 5th edition of our own local little slice of the Summer
music festival pie, I speak of course of Osheaga, which is held
each and every year @ Parc Jean-Drapeau on île [...]

Osheaga 2009: The Recap

45 000 people.
That’s how many showed up for this year’s festivities. Readily beating the 28 000
that showed up last year.
Coldplay had a lot to do with this number obviously and it’s probably because of
them that we may see another edition next year but I’d like to think the rest of
the schedule was enticing enough for [...]

Photos: The Veils @ La Sala Rossa (07. 28. 2009)

The Veils / Foreign Born @ La Sala Rossa ( 07. 28. 2009 )

To kick off the Osheaga festivities, a few shows were set up in
venues around town under the Osheaga “In The City” banner to get
us in the mood for the big blowout this weekend.
First up on the schedule was New Zealand’s The Veils [...]

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