You Can Haz Pop Montreal Updatez

The 7th Annual Pop Montreal festival is quickly approaching and we couldn't be more excited! If you haven't heard, the finalized schedule includes appearances by Hot Chip, WIRE, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ratatat, Burt Bacharach, Irma Thomas and many, many more. Check out the schedule with venue and time info on the Pop Montreal site HERE!

We're also proud to announce this year's Pop Montreal Symposium which aims to empower, educate, and inspire by offering intimate access to the ideas and forces at the heart of today's music world. The Symposium will bring together a diverse range of presenters who will focus on the relationship between art, culture, and creativity, with the aim of encouraging the community to build movements, strategise, and create. This year's installment will include:

A CONVERSATON WITH NEW ORLEANS' QUEEN OF SOUL IRMA THOMAS
MASTER CLASS WITH EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FILMMAKER JEM COHEN
THE HERSTORY OF MCING WITH ORIGINAL REGGAE STAR SISTER NANCY
PERFORMANCE BY NO-WAVE PIONEER, SINGER, AND POET LYDIA LUNCH
BEATBOX CHOIR WITH ACAPELLA LEGENDS THE PERSUASIONS
AFRICAN RAP CULTURE WITH NOLLYWOOD FILMMAKER FEMI AGBAYEWA
INTERNET POLICE WITH THE FUTURE OF MUSIC COALITION (FMC)

Also super exciting is the newly-created Pop Montreal NING group, which you can join to stay up on information surrounding the festival and connect with others traveling there!

JOIN THE POP MONTREAL NING NETWORK

Passes on sale now and tickets for individual shows also available.
For details and updates, please visit:
www.popmontreal.com
MySpace.com - POP Montreal - CA - Hyphy / Other / Pop - www.myspace.com/popmontreal