All The Free Concerts You Can See Along Montreal’s Lachine Canal This Summer
Montreal is known for festivals, but it seems it's always the same ones who get all the attention.
But now we want tot urn the spotlight to a lesser known festival.
Montreal'sFolk Festival On The Canal
It's a 5 day event taking place at the Centennial Esplanade On The Lachine Canal to showcase and celebrate Folk, Roots, and Bluegrass music.
This year the festival will include nearly 60 shows in total and nearly all of them are FREE!
So head on down to the canal between June 15 - 19 and discover local established and emerging musicians, take part in folk dancing or let yourself be transported by musical storytellers.
Here's the full lineup of FREE shows for this year:
Friday June 17
Lhasa de Sela Youth Stage:
5:00 p.m. / Emma June
5:30 p.m. / Lunch Hour Husbands
6:00 p.m. / Phoénix Hart
6:35 p.m. / Regina Soto
7:05 p.m. / Aerienne
Montreal and Emerging Artists Stage:
4:30 p.m. / Simon Boudreau
5:30 p.m. / Trîles
6:30 p.m. / Caribou Stew
7:30 p.m. / Pat Loiselle
Main stage:
5:00 p.m. / Street Meat
6:00 p.m. / Sussex
7:00 p.m. / Sheesham and Lotus and ‘Son
8:00 p.m. / Whitehorse
Lhasa Tent:
9:00 p.m. / Old-Time Square Dance
Saturday June 18
Lhasa de Sela Youth Stage:
2:00 p.m. / Bursary recipient
2:35 p.m. / TBC
4:10 p.m. / Bursary recipient
4:45 p.m. / Jack Etok and Company
5:15 p.m. / Pénélope Carbonneau
Montreal and Emerging Artists Stage:
2:30 p.m. / The Swindlers
3:30 p.m. / Friend of All the World
4:30 p.m. / Mathieu Langevin
5:30 p.m. / Caleb Smith and the North Country Towers
6:30 p.m. / Dan Livingstone
7:30 p.m. / Bloodshot Bill
Main stage:
2:00 p.m. / The Barrel Boys
3:00 p.m. / Sharon and Bram
4:00 p.m. / Notre Dame de Grass
5:00 p.m. / Next Generation Leahy
6:00 p.m. / Will Driving West
7:00 p.m. / David Myles
8:00 p.m. / Mélanie Brulée
9:00 p.m. / Joel Plaskett
Lhasa Tent:
9:00 p.m. / Veillée du canal
Sunday June 19
Lhasa de Sela Youth Stage:
1:00 p.m. / St. Lambert Church Band
1:35 p.m. / Bursary recipient
2:00 p.m. / TBC
2:35 p.m. / Bursary recipient
3:00 p.m. / Ben Spencer’s Songs for Terrible Children
4:10 p.m. / Tyler Watson
5:00 p.m. / Jasper
5:35 p.m. / The Record Breakers
Montreal and Emerging Artists Stage:
2:30 p.m. / Triple Trouble Ragtime Band
3:30 p.m. / Hillsburn
4:30 p.m. / The Rising Few
5:30 p.m. / Bad Uncle
6:30 p.m. / Les Royal Pickles
Main stage:
2:00 p.m. / Shtreiml
3:00 p.m. / Katie Moore
4:00 p.m. / Anique Granger
5:00 p.m. / Lizzy Hoyt
6:00 p.m. / Richard Shindell
7:00 p.m. / Philippe Brach
8:00 p.m. / Socalled and Yves Lambert