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Projet Tyxna\u2019s Fuse works on a creation for this year\u2019s edition of the Mural Festival on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\nFriday on My Mind is a highly subjective, curated rundown of five of the cooler things happening in Montreal during the weekend.<\/p>\n
Mural Festival<\/p>\n
All weekend on St-Laurent Blvd. above Sherbrooke St.<\/p>\n
Murals have become a big deal in Montreal over the past 15 years or so, and one of the more happening mural collectives splashing their eye-popping work on the city\u2019s walls over that period has been Projet Tyxna. I met up with the three members of the group \u2014 Fuse, Zek and Dodo-ose \u2014 in the parking lot just north of Moog Audio on St-Laurent Blvd., where they were busy working on a new piece as part of the Mural Festival. The fest continues through June 14.<\/p>\n
Projet Tyxna\u2019s Fuse works on a creation for this year\u2019s edition of the Mural Festival on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n
Fuse and Zek grew up within streets of where they were working and have known each other since they were toddlers in the lower Plateau. They became graphers, or graffiti artists, as teenagers and they\u2019ve grown up with the art form, making the leap with many others from illegally spraying paint on walls to doing it legally as mural artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople understand it more now because street art has become popular,\u201d said Fuse. \u201cSo there is more openness from people to this culture now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Muralists Zek, left, and Dodo-ose from Projet Tyxna use a VR headset while sketching the line work for their new mural on St-Laurent Blvd. in Montreal on Thursday, May 28, 2026. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n
They remember starting out doing murals on buildings near the old MusiquePlus studios on Ste-Catherine St. E., and that led to doing murals inside nearby bars, like Foufounes \u00c9lectriques. Twenty years later, it\u2019s a big business here, even a tourist attraction. Think about it: That giant Leonard Cohen mural<\/a> has become one of the symbols of Montreal.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to find a wall in Montreal today,\u201d said Zek.<\/p>\n Projet Tyxna\u2019s most famous mural is M\u00e9m\u00e9 la Main<\/a>, a giant portrait of a rather wacky grandma wielding a spray-paint can, plastered on the wall of a building at the southeast corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and des Pins Ave. They originally painted it 13 years ago at that same location for the very first edition of the Mural Festival, and then completely redid it in 2023.<\/p>\n That mural represents the spirit of St-Laurent Blvd., said Fuse.<\/p>\n \u201cSt-Laurent represents the mix of all of the different cultures,\u201d he said. \u201cThe mix of all the new people arriving in Montreal \u2014 it could be Italian or Portuguese or Chinese. Culturally, you have on this street punk, hip-hop, metal, electro.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cM\u00e9m\u00e9 has been around, she has the knowledge, but she\u2019s also cool, in the sense that here she is in 2026 doing graffiti with the kids,\u201d said Zek.<\/p>\n Fuse said the character is partly inspired by his grandmother Giselle.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was born around here, she used to go to Warshaw\u2019s and she was open to people from different places,\u201d said Fuse. \u201cIf you live on this street, the street colours your personality.\u201d<\/p>\n The mural they\u2019re currently working on for the Mural Festival is a great example of how today\u2019s mural scene mixes street art with big business. It\u2019s based on the popular video game Dead by Daylight and the festival asked Projet Tyxna to create it. The horror-themed video game, produced by Behaviour Interactive, is centred on a killer and those who survive the killing spree. But the guys from Projet Tyxna chose to shy away from the violent side of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to make it more mysterious than horror,\u201d said Fuse. \u201cIt is two people being chased. It\u2019s like a thriller.\u201d<\/p>\n They will be holding a free, open-to-the-public block party on Saturday, June 13 from 3 to 10 p.m. in the parking lot by the mural on St-Laurent Blvd. just south of St-Cuthbert St. There will be a DJ and projections on the wall.<\/p>\n Information on the Mural Festival: muralfestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n Broadway Babies: Fringe Edition<\/p>\n Friday at Club DD\u2019s<\/p>\n This exuberant evening of wild musical theatre will be hosted by Augusta Wind, who starred in the MainLine Theatre production of The Rocky Horror Show, and Amy Blackmore, the executive and artistic director of MainLine Theatre and the Fringe Festival. This show is part of the Fringe and is the perfect example of everything that is so great about this indie Plateau-centric fest. It focuses on Broadway show tunes, but done in fun, edgy fashion. Yes, very Fringe.<\/p>\n Tickets at the door. Information: montrealfringe.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Kon-Fusion<\/p>\n Friday at Le Belmont<\/p>\n All you need to know is that this band is signed to MTL Sauce Piquante, a self-described \u201cindependent tropical punk rock record label,\u201d and Kon-Fusion is, label co-founder Eli Levinson said, \u201cMontreal\u2019s finest anarchist cumbia punk brigade.\u201d I mean, they might also be Montreal\u2019s only anarchist cumbia punk brigade, but who am I to stress over that small detail?<\/p>\n They are launching their new album, Arriba de su Muro, and Levinson tells me \u201cit is 10 tracks of rebellious rambunctious celebration, resilience, solidarity and resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Here is what you can expect Friday, according to the best-written email I\u2019ve received this year: \u201cA full-on Latin Punk Carnival complete with a pi\u00f1ata politician punching bag, great local bands including\u00a0Mapuche electro singer Carmen Lienqueo, pirate rock and rollers Bad Uncle and tropical punks Sonido Pesao, plus circus performances and more!\u201d<\/p>\n Tickets: lebelmont.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Don Pyle<\/p>\n Friday at BBAM! Gallery<\/p>\n Don Pyle will be reading from his new memoir, Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music, which chronicles his life and career, a wild ride that included playing drums in the genius \u201980s Canadian instrumental band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and co-writing the theme music for the Kids in the Hall TV show.<\/p>\n Tickets: bbamgallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Kevin Morby<\/p>\n Saturday at the Beanfield Theatre<\/p>\n If you know, you know. One of the best American songwriters currently plying that trade.<\/p>\n Tickets: evenko.ca<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605-city-col-kelly-3123_303501384.jpg\")
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to find a wall in Montreal today,\u201d says Projet Tyxna\u2019s Zek, right, working on a new creation with Fuse on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605-city-col-kelly-3184_303501390.jpg\")
Projet Tyxna\u2019s work for this year\u2019s Mural Festival is inspired by the video game Dead by Daylight. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0604-kelly-augusta.jpeg\")
Augusta Wind co-hosts the Fringe edition of the musical theatre show Broadway Babies. Montreal Fringe Festival<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605-kelly-konfusion.jpg\")
Kon-Fusion, \u201cMontreal\u2019s finest anarchist cumbia punk brigade,\u201d launches a new album Friday. MTL Sauce Piquante<\/p>\n