Montreal ex-pat A-Trak is one busy monsieur. On top of his Fool’s Gold record label, its new Williamsburg shop and his own musical productions, the Montrealer-turned-New Yorker also maintains a hectic DJ tour schedule that includes a stop at the 2012 edition of Igloofest… … More 
From the simply intimate to the ludicrously grandiose, from the under-your-nose to the off-the-beaten-path, Montreal once again plays host to a huge array of partays this New Year’s Eve, any one of which just may be just the ticket to ringing in a new year that some sayers of sooth are predicting will be our last. Might as well do it up right this NYE… … More 
When it comes to concert craziness, it seems that each subsequent year outdoes its predecessor, and 2011 was no exception. Record attendance was reported at Montreal’s major music festivals and the number of club and larger venue music events hit an all-time high. Clearly, the appetite for music entertainment in Montreal continues to be one that’s not easily satisfied. Hungry music gourmandizers, therefore, will want to take note that Prince, The Wailers, Jay-Z & Kanye, Feist, Judas Priest, Bon Iver, the New York Philharmonic and many more represent the best of what’s left in 2011… … More 
We Montrealers know we live in a pretty special city, but sometimes it takes a fresh set of eyes to see your hometown’s true beauty. Which is why we’ve come up with the Toronto Pics Montréal contest: we’re asking Toronto residents to submit their wonderful photos of our city in order to win a trip for 2 to Montréal with VIA RAIL and the opportunity to become guest photo-bloggers for the Montréal Buzz… … More 
Montreal residents generally don’t need an excuse to get out and enjoy their city. But if ever there was one, it’s Halloween, which very comfortably slips the city – and its seasonally-appropriate Old World sensibilities – into an otherworldly embrace each and every October 31, with a colourful array of activities and events, tricks and treats… … More 
To the undiscerning Montreal race fan, NASCAR will always and inevitably appear to be the backwoods brethren of the more moneyed Formula One race that deigns to grace Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve as it, in recent times at least, sees fit. Thankfully, there is almost no such thing as an undiscerning Montreal race fan. It’s a big part of the reason that NASCAR’s annual Nationwide series event (officially titled the NAPA Auto Parts 200, for its two-hundred 4.36 km laps) in Montreal, August 19-20, sells out here year after year, making it one of the most successful destinations on the expansive NASCAR circuit… … More 
The 2011 Osheaga Music and Arts Festival drew record numbers of people to Parc Jean Drapeau to see everyone from Eminem to The Flamings Lips. But while the musicians that play a festival grab most of the headlines, it’s the fans that make it amazing. We got the wonderful Montreal photographer Susan Moss to capture it all… … More 
“I knew nobody would want to see me in a meat dress,” said Weird Al Yankovic from his home in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and daughter. The frock of meat is one of the many costumes (from bees to cheese) his weirdness dons in the kooky music video for Perform This Way, his popular parody of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. “So it’s a female body with my face surgically imposed,” explains Yankovic, who also directed the video that generated two million Youtube hits in two days. … More 
Summer is off to a spanking start with sunny days and sexy nights in Montreal. From Gurl Talk, a new night for queer ladies, to the first queer bar in Mile End, The Royal Phoenix—the city’s about to burst at the seams. All this in preparation for the August extravaganza that is Montreal Pride, aka la Fierté… … More 
Our Montreal Buzz writers are all over the Festival International Jazz de Montréal. Read their reviews of amazing concerts by Trombone Shorty, Bootsy Collins, Mark Berube, Ernest Ranglin, Steel Pulse, Return to Forever IV, Hugh Masekela, Theophilus London, Men Without Hats, Nikki Yanofsky and more… … More 