Cultural suggestions | Good plans to start October

Theater, musical shows and new festivals are on the menu for our journalists at the start of October, who offer you here their great finds.

Queer accents

Usine C once again hosts the Accents Queers cabaret this fall, hosted by author and journalist Samuel Larochelle. This 8^e edition will bring together actress Debbie Lynch-White, comedian and actress Erika Suarez, performer Vlad Alexis, screenwriter Florence Nadeau and Emdé Dussault, from the Coalition of LGBT Families of Quebec. The show offers short texts in several styles: intimate chronicle, humor, opinion, poetry, slam, song and extracts from books that talk about LGBTQ+ issues. After the show, DJ Plastik Patrick will be at the turntables for the party dancing.

Friday October 4, from 7 p.m., at Usine C

Luc Boulanger, The Press

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16 gongs for the price of one…

New addition to the constellation of Montreal festivals. Dedicated to experimental music, Flux will offer over six days a series of concerts, workshops and round tables, conferences, discussions and book launches devoted to “sonic arts”. Very niche, we agree, although some concerts are frankly intriguing. We think, among others, of the American avant-garde cellist Lori Goldston, who has already collaborated with huge names like Nirvana, David Byrne or Terry Riley (Friday October 4, Sotterenea), the 16 gong orchestra (yes , 16!) led by the Japanese Tatsuya Nakatani (Sunday October 6, Sala Rossa) and the radical Phew, 65 years old, pioneer of Japanese punk, recycled in total experimental (October 9, Sala Rossa).

Presented from October 4 to 10, Flux is dedicated to the experimental.

Jean-Christophe Laurence, The Press

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Theater freaks

The 5^e edition of Fous de théâtre is being held this weekend in Repentigny. This event is aimed at theater lovers as well as neophytes, with public readings, works in progress and completed shows. This year, author and host Émilie Perreault opens the program at the Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, with her play The willing suspension of disbelief. This will be followed by an eclectic selection of theatrical productions, including Michelinby Michel-Maxime Legault, The potential theater factoryof the LNI, a Macbeth mute (!) signed Marie-Hélène Bélanger Dumas and Jon Lachlan Stewart… Also note, a reading of the new comedy by Pierre-Michel Tremblay, Blazing nakedled by the merry guys from the company Les Eternals Pigistes.

Festival Fous de théâtre, from October 3 to 6, in Repentigny

Luc Boulanger, The Press

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Move with Boogát

After launching Del Horizonte in April, Boogát continues to present on stage the album which obtained a citation at the next ADISQ gala in the World Music category. He will perform at L’Anti, in Quebec, on Friday, October 4, then at Quai des Bruges, in Montreal, the next day. One of the most important ambassadors of Latin music in the province has just released a music video for the piece Todo Saldra Bienproduced in collaboration with Mateus Vidal & Mestre Pato. The song, which translates as “Everything is fine”, gives a good idea of ​​the atmosphere that reigns during the shows of the Quebecer who is as comfortable in Spanish and French as in English. He will be accompanied by his band and special guests. Gabriela Olivo will be the opening act in Quebec, while Nunne will be in Montreal.

Pascal LeBlancThe Press

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MUZ at Studio TD

For 14 years, the Rendez-vous des musiques métisées has offered a platform to artists who make what is commonly called world music, and who fuse them with all kinds of trends. This event is an opportunity to discover talents from all walks of life, like the sister duo Bel and Quinn, two Montrealers of Haitian origin whose album was selected for the Junos and the ADISQ this year. In total, 17 groups or artists will perform on the Studio TD stage between October 3 and 6 for the modest sum of $15. For traveling in your own city, it’s a godsend.

Josée Lapointe, The Press

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Jordi Savall

The eminent conductor Jordi Savall, known for his in-depth work on ancient repertoires, will return to the Maison symphonique de Montréal and the Palais Montcalm in Quebec in the coming days. This time he will be accompanied by two ensembles that he directs: Hespèrion XXI, of course, and the wonderful choir La Capella Reial de Catalunya. On the program, madrigals by Monteverdi, but also by John Dowland, Anthony Holborne, Samuel Scheidt and Jacomo de Garzanis. The two Quebec stops are the first of the North American tour of the venerable chef, whose fame has expanded beyond circles of connoisseurs thanks to the film Every morning in the world. The year 2024 marks the 50^e anniversary of the founding by Jordi Savall of the Hespèrion XXI ensemble (formerly Hespèrion XX).

At the Palais Montcalm on October 6, 4 p.m.
At the Maison symphonique on October 7, 7:30 p.m.

Alexandre Vigneault, The Press

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COOLTRAD

Nicolas Boulerice and his double bassist sidekick Frédéric Samson are visiting the metropolis this Thursday to present the Montreal premiere of their show COOLTRAD at the Claude-Léveillée room at Place des Arts. The singer and viellist of Vent du Nord launched his third solo album in the spring, his second created with Frédéric Samson after the remarkable Stone house – Confined to travel. The texts, sung and sometimes slammed, are drawn from the poetry of the ancients and are once again supported by the voice and the double bass with accents sometimes jazz, sometimes swing, to which are now added baritone guitar and melodica. The two musicians are even accompanied by a turntable from which sound ambiances and archive samples come.

COOLTRAD at the Claude-Léveillée room, this Thursday, October 3, 8 p.m.

Pierre-Marc Durivage, The Press

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