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What\u2019s on in Montr\u00e9al courtesy of Tourisme Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s on in Montr\u00e9al courtesy of Tourisme Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n
EXPOS FEST<\/p>\n
Montreal\u2019s annual Expos Fest Celebrity Gala<\/a> aims to raise $3 million by 2028 to support Le Pavillon\u00a0Kat Demes<\/a> at the Montr\u00e9al Children\u2019s Hospital. Thus far Expos Fest has raised $2.47 million.<\/p>\n Their 2026 edition will be held at the Embassy Plaza on April 25. Celebrity guests include iconic Expos skipper Felipe Alou, former Expos pitcher and National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Randy Johnson \u2013 nicknamed \u201cBig Unit\u201d \u2013 as well as Montr\u00e9al Canadiens<\/a> icon Larry Robinson who was nicknamed \u201cBig Bird\u201d during his playing days.<\/p>\n Montreal\u2019s annual Expos Fest Celebrity Gala Fundraiser will be held at the Embassy Plaza on April 25<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no real theme for our 2026 edition,\u201d says Expos Fest founder and organizer Perry Giannias. \u201cBut I like \u201cThink Big\u201d with Big Unit and Big Bird!\u201d<\/p>\n The Expos Fest online silent auction begins on April 11.<\/p>\n CLASSICAL MUSIC<\/p>\n Grammy-winning Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al<\/a> Conductor Emeritus Kent Nagano headlines \u201cA German Requiem\u201d by Kent Nagano<\/a> (April 3 and 4), and the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain<\/a> presents German Waltzes and Latin Psalms<\/a> with the Choeur M\u00e9tropolitain (April 11). Both concerts at the Maison Symphonique<\/a>.<\/p>\n The FILMharmonique Orchestra presents Star Wars: A New Hope \u2013 In Concert<\/a> at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier on April 10 and 11 (English with French subtitles).<\/p>\n THEATRE<\/p>\n The West End smash hit\u00a0Bat Out of Hell: The Musical<\/a>\u00a0headlines Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier on April 5, featuring the music of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf.<\/p>\n The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts<\/a> presents Detroit: Music of the Motor City<\/a> from Toronto\u2019s Soulpepper Theatre, a high-energy celebration of the music that defined a city, from Motown to Hip Hop. Runs April 12 to May 3.<\/p>\n Statue of an Emperor on a Throne with a Portrait of Augustus, 1st c., Roman, Imperial Period, ancient: Pentelic marble; restored: white marble and one fragment of grey bardiglio marble, 164 x 51 x 101 cm. Torlonia Collection, Rome. \u00a9 Fondazione Torlonia. Photo Lorenzo De Masi<\/p>\n Centaur Theatre Company<\/a> closes its 57th\u00a0season with the English-language world premiere of\u00a0playwright Marie-Claude Verdier\u2019s hard-hitting sci-fi drama Seeker<\/a> which takes place in the year 2250 and follows a pair of exes hired by the US military to solve a mystery that could have consequences for all of humanity. Presented in partnership with Talisman Theatre from April 15 to May 3.<\/p>\n EXHIBITIONS<\/p>\n The Torlonia Collection: Masterpieces of Roman Sculpture<\/a> exhibition at the\u00a0Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<\/a>\u00a0displays 58 life-like marble sculptures: Roman statues, busts, and sarcophagi; stunning bas-reliefs; mythological creatures; and striking portraits of gods and goddesses, emperors \u2013 including Marcus Aurelius, Hadrian and Commodus \u2013 and their wives. Runs to July 19.<\/p>\n FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n The Harlem Globetrotters<\/a> at Bell Centre (April 17) and Place Bell (April 18), Raffi<\/a> brings his joyful children\u2019s music to Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier (April 18 and 19 matinees), and Stars on Ice<\/a> at Place Bell on April 30.<\/p>\n An evening with David Sedaris, America\u2019s pre-eminent humourist and master storyteller will entertain at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Maisonneuve on April 7<\/p>\n CIRCUS ARTS<\/p>\n The 9th edition of the Montreal Clown Festival<\/a> presents nine shows and cabarets in seven venues from April 10 to 18.<\/p>\n LITERATURE<\/p>\n Spend An Evening With David Sedaris<\/a> \u2013 America\u2019s pre-eminent humourist and master storyteller \u2013 at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Maisonneuve on April 7.<\/p>\n The Montrealer columnist and filmmaker Guy Rex Rodgers<\/a> launches his explosive new book What We Choose to Forget<\/a> \u2013 about the struggles of Anglophones, Allophones and other immigrants in Quebec \u2013 with a 5 \u00e0 7 in the Atrium of the Montreal Arts Council (1210 Sherbrooke East) near Sherbrooke Metro, opposite Parc Lafontaine, on April 16.<\/p>\n The 2026 edition of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival<\/a> runs April 23 to 26 at the Hotel 10. Their online edition begins on April 13.<\/p>\n Montreal drag superstar Mona de Grenoble headlines her French-language touring show De la poudre aux yeux on April 22 and 23.<\/p>\n CIN\u00c9MA<\/p>\n The PARC AT MIDNIGHT<\/a> cycle at the Cin\u00e9ma du Parc<\/a> offers nocturnal screenings in the great tradition of the famous rep-house \u201cmidnight movies\u201d of the 70s. Films include Pink Flamingos by John Waters and starring drag icon Divine (April 3-5), the 1972 Jamaican classic The Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff (April 10-12), and Targets by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Boris Karloff (April 24-26).<\/p>\n The 42nd edition of the Festival international de cin\u00e9ma Vues d\u2019Afrique<\/a> screens international features, documentaries and shorts by filmmakers from across Africa and the African diaspora, from April 2 to 11.<\/p>\n DRAG<\/p>\n Hilarious Montreal drag superstar Mona de Grenoble headlines her French-language touring show De la poudre aux yeux<\/a> at Studio-Cabaret<\/a> at Espace St-Denis on April 22 and 23.<\/p>\n Canadian rock icon Michel Pagliaro brings his Acoustic Saloon show to the Studio-Cabaret at Espace St-Denis on April 10<\/p>\n COMEDY<\/p>\n Comedy Superstar Nate Bargatze<\/a> brings his\u00a0Big Dumb Eyes World Tour to the Bell Centre on April 19.<\/p>\n POP MUSIC<\/p>\n Pop icon Lady Gaga<\/a> headlines three nights at the Bell Centre (April 2-3-6), Canadian rock icon Michel Pagliaro<\/a> brings his Acoustic Saloon show to the Studio-Cabaret at Espace St-Denis (April 10), British pop star RAYE<\/a> at Place Bell (April 12), influential UK post-punk band The Chameleons<\/a> at\u00a0Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Fairmount (April 13), Florence + The Machine<\/a> returns to the Bell Centre (April 15), beloved Montreal heartland rockers Sam Roberts Band<\/a> at the Olympia Theatre (April 24), British singer-songwriter Calum Scott<\/a> two nights at MTELUS (April 26 and 28), and legendary Canadian heavy metal band Anvil<\/a> rocks the iconic Foufounes \u00c9lectriques (April 30).<\/p>\n Dubbed \u201cMr. Montreal\u201d by the CBC, arts and culture journalist and columnist Richard \u201cBugs\u201d Burnett knows Montreal like a drag queen knows a cosmetics counter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s on in Montr\u00e9al courtesy of Tourisme Montr\u00e9al EXPOS FEST Montreal\u2019s annual Expos Fest Celebrity Gala aims to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[223162,49,48,223163,223164,223165,223166,5846,1554,223167,10095,2338,188740,223168,341,223169,223170,223171,5474,207122,10904],"class_list":{"0":"post-583622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal","8":"tag-blue-metropolis-literary-festival","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-centaur-theatre","12":"tag-circus","13":"tag-classical","14":"tag-espace-st-denis","15":"tag-expos","16":"tag-film","17":"tag-lolympia","18":"tag-live-events","19":"tag-montreal","20":"tag-montreal-museum-of-fine-arts","21":"tag-mtelus","22":"tag-music","23":"tag-orchestre-filmharmonique","24":"tag-orchestre-metropolitain","25":"tag-place-des-arts","26":"tag-pop-music","27":"tag-segal-centre","28":"tag-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Expos](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1_Expos-Fest-2026-poster-240x300.webp.webp\")
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