Things to do in Montréal: October 14 to 20

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The brilliant colors of fall come out to play this week in Montréal on city walks, in seasonal dishes, on stage in dance, theatre and reside music, and even in an out-of-this-world Björk artwork exhibition.

Autumnal actions 

Day or night time, discover the seasonal spectacle of Montréal’s Botanical Backyard at Montréal Space for Life, this month internet hosting the Great Pumpkin Ball and Gardens of Light lantern exhibition – and see extra of the pure world on the close by Biodome and the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. Uncover city public artwork in a walk among the skyscrapers downtown and in multimedia tour Cité Mémoire in Old Montréal. Or head out apple picking with Labonté. Indoors, Disney on Ice’s Dare to Dream delights Oct. 12-16, and the Montreal Canadiens face the Pittsburg Penguins on Tuesday and the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday, on the Bell Centre. Or scoop up a brand new designer wardrobe for a tremendous deal at Braderie de mode Québécoise, Oct. 20-23. All that plus free things to do this fall.

Movie and artwork

The one and solely Björk lauches the North American premiere of her digital actuality exhibition Björk Digital on Oct. 15 at DHC/ART as a part of Purple Bull Music Academy – and there’s extra digital actuality curated by RBMA and the Phi Centre on the Centre d’histoire de Montréal. Catch the previous few days of worldwide movie pageant Festival du nouveau cinéma: take a look at our five must-see local films, see digital actuality movies within the FNC Explore collection and dance on the fest’s closing party. On the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, don’t miss star-studded present Focus: Perfection – Robert Mapplethorpe and, on Oct. 15, a Phi Centre co-presentation of brief movies made beneath the steerage of Abbas Kiarostami. Artists discover non-binary gender expression at Never Apart’s fall artwork exhibition. And BNLMTL 2016, Le Grand Balcon Biennelle de Montréal opens Oct. 19 on the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, with extra occasions and exhibitions unveilled at venues all through the town.

Les Grands Ballets CanadiensOn stage

Bask within the neoclassical ballet glory of choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo & Juliette, Les Grands Ballets’s season opener. Including to the fall dance calendarDanse Danse presents dreamy, humorous a quite pretty factor by NYC’s ARIAS Firm at Place des Arts to Oct. 15; Danse-Cité’s presentation of Aqua Khoria merges modern dance with projections on the SAT to Oct. 14; and Agora de la danse presents Meg Stuart’s Hunter at Usine C to Oct. 15. In theatre this fall: magic unfolds in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Place des Arts Oct.18-23; Talisman Theatre takes us up north in Yukonstyle at Theatre La Chapelle to Oct. 29; and a fantastical journey of romance by means of parallel worlds awaits in Constellations at Centaur Theatre. Circus, dance and jazz be a part of forces in Night Circus at La Tohu to Oct. 22. Eclectic, fantastical performances intrigue on the Phénomena Festival, that includes Cabaret Dadamomentum on Friday and Serocene on Saturday, plus extra all week. The Montreal Burlesque Festival turns up the warmth this weekend at Club Soda. On Thursday, Broadway musical A Night time with Janis Joplin rocks at Théâtre St-Denis, and Halloween begins early with Mainline Theatre’s The Rocky Horror Show.

Classical and jazz

The week abounds with classical music, beginning with a Montréal Symphony Orchestra live performance of Japanese European music that includes violinist James Ehnes at Maison symphonique on Friday – the violinist and orchestra return to Place des Arts on Sunday to carry out works by Beethoven, Franck and Ravel. The Canadian International Organ Competition’s Festival continues to Oct. 30, that includes a guided tour of the town’s organs, a Tribute to Raymond Daveluy, live shows at St-Joseph’s Oratory and extra. The OFF JAZZ Festival presents Daybreak Tyler Watson and Roscoe Mitchell this weekend. Legendary pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi performs at Place des Arts’ Maison symphonique on Oct. 15. The Montréal Symphony Orchestra pairs with The Azrieli Music Project celebrating Jewish music, together with The Seven Heavenly Halls by composer Brian Present on Oct. 19. Kent Nagano conducts the Montréal Symphony Orchestra once more on Thursday for the 50th anniversary of the Montréal metro, at Place des Arts, and Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and the American Modern Music Ensemble astound at Cinquième Salle.

Extra reside music

On Friday, award-winning artist Kadim AlSahir involves Place des Arts performing songs from all through his 30 yr profession, whereas a roster of nice native bands performs close by L’Astral on Friday and Saturday night time, singer-songwriter and former member of duo The Civil Wars, John Paul White involves Théâtre Fairmount on Friday and Cymbals Eat Guitars debuts songs from new album Fairly Years at La Vitrola. Saturday night time brings Les Cowboys Fringants to Metropolis, native rock greats Crops and Animals and The Climate Station to Théâtre Corona, English pop singer-songwriter Anne-Marie to Bar le Ritz P.D.B., digital producer-composer Eelke Kleijn to Théâtre Fairmount , and EDM producers Will Sparks and Ookay to New City GasRed Bull Music Academy Montreal packages a month of digital music and extra, together with late-night electro on the Turbo Crunk bass get together on Saturday and London-bred soul singer and producer SAMPHA and Kelsey Lu at Théâtre Fairmount on Oct .19. Sunday night time sees singer, songwriter and YouTube star Charlie Puth at Metropolis, adopted by famed Canadian rockers SUM 41 on Monday. Violinist, dancer and efficiency artist Lindsey Stirling warms up Théâtre St-Denis on Wednesday. And on Thursday, it’s Dweezil Zappa at Club Soda and NYC rock duo Phantogram at Théâtre Corona.

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