Join us on Friday, September 5th from 5:00-10:00pm for a unique encounter with live improvised music and contemporary dance, unfolding in real time across public space at the newly opened Metcalfe Plaza. This site-specific, site-interactive program is designed to meet you where you are—whether you pause, pass by, or stay awhile. Come as you are, tune in or out, and let the environment shape the performance as much as the performers do.

Laylit is a platform and collective celebrating music and artists from the Arab/SWANA region and its diaspora. Over the last four years their dance parties in New York City and Montreal have carved out an unmatched place in North American nightlife, becoming an anticipated social gathering and unique musical experience.

Join us for an immersive show featuring ambient performers and DJs at the Champagne Bath's indoor pool. Audience members are invited to bathe communally in sound, water, and sweat. Swim in the pool, sweat in the sauna, or bask under the sunroof while listening deeply to sustained tones, encompassing drones, and ambient music performed by featured artists Simone Provencher, Nick Schofield, and SUBR.

We are thrilled to be back at POP Montréal this year to present a showcase of some of the most exciting underground artists from across the globe, with international artists from Indonesia and the Netherlands joining familiar faces from Montreal and Toronto. This showcase is an opportunity for international connection and artistic discovery that is not to be missed!

Usher in the fall season with another bold and forward-thinking edition of Pique, coming up on September 27, 2025 at Arts Court. Showcasing experimental and underground music, art, and performance, the quarterly festival features global innovators, local creators, and underground legends converging in downtown Ottawa’s Arts Court complex for a single-day blowout.