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montreal music festivals

Are you going to Osheaga this year? If so, are you planning on balling out?

This may seem like an unusual question, but it appears that a lot of would-be festival-goers are shelling out big bucks to secure a good time because the Montreal music festival's most expensive ticket package of 2024 has already sold out. Oh, and did we mention it costs $24,000?

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The Chainsmokers and Mr. Worldwide himself will be touching down in Montreal this summer to headline an all-new Podium Concerts series for Formula 1 weekend.

In addition to the Grand Prix festivities, which will take place in Montreal between June 7 and 9, 2024, Montrealers and visitors alike can catch a star-studded lineup with a handful of special concerts.

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LASSO Montreal, the country music festival whose long-delayed first edition finally hit Parc Jean-Drapeau this past August, has announced its return in 2023, citing a "massive" success for its debut.

2022 acts included Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Five Roses and Tenille Townes. As many as 35,000 people showed up dressed in their country best.

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LASSO Montreal yee-hawed for the very first time this past weekend and it's safe to say that it was one heck of a turnout. The two-day country music festival took the 514 by storm with an impressive lineup featuring performances by Luke Bryan, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, The Reklaws, Five Roses and so many more.

With country legends Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan closing out Friday's and Saturday's shows, it's no surprise the festival had Montre'yall bursting with country love.

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Can you feel the Montreal energy picking up slowly but surely? Well, you're about to feel it a whole lot more now that summer is coming. Luckily, Montreal summer comes with many festivals where you can get your groove on, including the Montreal Jazz Festival. The esteemed Montreal music event is an annual fave, and the 2022 lineup just dropped.

The Montreal International Jazz Festival officially released this summer's upcoming artists and performances, and it's bound to be a festival to remember with such a star-studded lineup.

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Montreal is home to so many great summer music festival, including ÎLESONIQ, Metro Metro, and of course, Osheaga. The event will be taking place this summer in Montreal from July 29 to July 31 — and after dropping the Osheaga 2022 lineup, it's bound to be a festival to remember.

Osheaga is definitely coming back full force this year with major names headlining the event, including Foo Fighters, Dua Lipa, and A$AP Rocky.

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Although Montreal is known for its music festival scene, the last few years have unfortunately not allowed anyone to enjoy festival experiences the way we did in 2019 and before.

But, as Quebec's reopening plan starts to roll out, life is feeling more and more normal every week. And for Montrealers, normal means spending summer days at Montreal music festivals. So, here's a list of a few you can finally attend this summer.

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Almost three years after it was first announced, Montreal country music festival LASSO is finally going ahead. The festival dropped its lineup for its long-awaited first edition, including headliners Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Old Dominion, and Kelsea Ballerini.

Other names could be added to the list.

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Montreal hip-hop, dance and electronic music festival îLESONIQ has dropped the first part of the lineup for its 2022 edition. The three-day event is set to take over the Espace 67 festival grounds in Parc Jean-Drapeau with headliners including Swedish House Mafia and French Montana.

Sean Paul, Eric Prydz, FISHER, Ben Böhmer, and Ilan Bluestone are among the other big names highlighted by the festival in a press release.

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Finally, something to look forward to! Get your dancing shoes ready for an all-new Montreal Latin music festival happening in summer 2022.

The festival "Fuego Fuego" is being organized by Midway Group, DNA Live and Shah Entertainment.

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After Montrealers had to miss out on their favourite freezing festival during winter 2021, Igloofest is preparing to come back bigger than ever — and the recently released lineup proves it.

The iconic music festival is taking place every weekend from January 13 to February 5, 2022.

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Sure, it's October. But it's never too early to start thinking about summer — and one of Montreal's favourite festivals, îLESONIQ, just gave us a big reason to get excited.

In a Facebook post announcing festival dates for 2022, îLESONIQ also announced that it was expanding from two days to three days. That means festival-goers get a whole extra day of DJs and dancing this August.

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