Eight plans for the weekend | Plans in songs and emotions

The 24^e edition of Montréal en lumière opens on February 16. Until March 5, the Quartier des Spectacles will host a number of culinary and cultural events for all audiences. Note, on February 25, the 20^e edition of the Nuit blanche, where nearly 150 activities will be offered to festival-goers throughout the city.

If you feel like getting out of Montreal, the tour Top Kitty of the group Bleu Jeans Bleu stops in Victoriaville on February 16th. And, according to journalist Josée Lapointe, the show is worth the trip. “At the end of the evening, with a smile on your face, it is clear that the expression ‟top kitty” to describe a state of mind of satisfactory well-being has also been adopted. But it will never apply as well as a review of a Bleu Jeans Bleu show. »

The dancing machine, the Compagnie créole tour, is stopping at the Casino de Montréal for performances from February 15 to 18, as part of a tour of the province. While the February 18 performance is sold out, there are still tickets available for the afternoon performances on February 15 and 16. The band’s last visit dates back to 2018, when they released the album On the road to rum.

Singer-songwriter Paul Piché continues his tour which highlights the 35^e album anniversary On the way to the fires. It stops at the Outremont Theater on February 17, at 8 p.m. “This show, born of an idea pitched to Paul Piché by Nicolas Houle, program director at the Palais Montcalm in Quebec City, is above all a luminous moment. Who is as much about the songs as the palpable complicity between the singer and his musicians, three of whom were on the tour On the way to the firesmore than 30 years ago: the amazing Pierre Hébert on drums, the tongue-in-cheek Rick Haworth on guitar and the sensitive Mario Légaré on bass,” says journalist Alexandre Vigneault.

The artists of the Théâtre de la Pire Species revisit one of their greatest successes, the solo play Leon the sucker. This time, Léon’s story is told by an adult narrator played by Étienne Blanchette. Suffering from his school friends, Léon dreams of becoming a train, hard and powerful… To this piece intended for ages 8 and up is added a new creation for teenagers and adults entitled little carbon paper man. Object theater and shadow play are used here to tell the story of Léon’s brother, a confident boy. Ostensibly. At the Théâtre Aux Écuries, from February 14 to 18 for Leon the sucker and on February 16 and 17 for little carbon paper man.

Stephanie Morin, The Press

After being part of the Orchestra Baobab, a venerable Senegalese band, Cheikh Ibra Fam made the leap to solo in 2021 with a few singlessubsequently collected on his album Peace in Africa in March 2022. His musical universe is made up of a groove afropop, tinged with reggae and soul, and where the kora – a kind of harp intimately associated with West African music – plays an important role. Cheikh Ibra Fam returns for a concert on Thursday, at the National, after performing on the large outdoor stage at the Nuits d’Afrique festival last summer.

The documentary directed by Ayana O’Shun arrives at the right time, in theaters for Black History Month. The myth of the black woman offers 21 testimonials, including those of Diane Gistal, exhibition curator, Agnès Berthelot-Raffard, professor of philosophy at York University, as well as rapper Sarahmée. “We come out of this film a little stunned, but with a certain amount of hope that the message will make its way. Let’s move on to something else one day, finally, ”wrote journalist Sylvia Galipeau in her review published on February 10.

Rodeo, director Joëlle Desjardins-Paquette’s first feature film, tells the story of Lily (Lilou Roy-Lanouette) and her father (Maxime Le Flaguais). Lily, a big truck enthusiast, and her trucker dad go on a road trip where they dream of attending a rodeo organized in Alberta, while a major family crisis is hidden. “Primarily focused on the touching relationship between father and daughter, Rodeo is a visually splendid film, from which also emanates a certain poetry. Winner of the prize for best direction at the Whistler festival, Rodeo immediately imposes the unique approach of a filmmaker whose career we will follow with interest,” says journalist Marc-André Lussier in his review.