It is no coincidence that concert announcements for 2023 are multiplying as Christmas approaches, it is of course an incentive to hang tickets in the tree. LASSO and the Montreal International Jazz Festival unveiled some of their headliners: Chris Stapleton for country, Melody Gardot, Buddy Guy and a few others for jazz.
LASSO, which drew 35,000 spectators last summer according to producer evenko, will return for a second edition on August 18-19, 2023. Chris Stapleton, one of country’s biggest stars right now, will headline on August 19, a little less than a year after filling the Bell Centre. The day before, Kane Brown will close the evening. LASSO passes go on sale December 12.
The unveiling is broader on the side of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. The organization notably announced the return of Melody Gardot (July 2, at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) in the wake of her very fine album Between them tworecorded with pianist Philippe Powell.
PHOTO BERNARD BRAULT, PRESS ARCHIVES
Melody Gardot at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier in 2016
Bluesman Buddy Guy, 86, will be in the same venue two days earlier, June 30, for a farewell concert as part of his tour Damn Right Farewella nod to his song and his album Damn Right I’ve Got the Bluesdating from 1991. The Brazilian Marisa Monte will be at the Maisonneuve Theater on July 4th.
Tuesday’s list also includes adventurous jazz bands like The Bad Plus (July 4), Snarky Puppy (June 30) and Avishai Cohen Trio (also June 30). The singers Stacey Kent (1er July) and Emilie-Claire Barlow (July 6), as well as the Rodrigo Y Gabriela tandem (1er July) are also part of the guest list that has just been unveiled.
Tickets for the concerts scheduled at the Montreal International Jazz Festival will be on sale Friday, starting at 10 a.m. However, subscribers to the newsletter will be able to purchase tickets as of Thursday at 10 a.m.