Infringement Montréal

PAST FESTIVAL ARCHIVE

Infringement Social 2 tonight: Come down to The Pound, 377 Richmond (near Guy and Notre-Dame) starting at 9pm for performances by Ashtray Heart, Skip Jensen, Starling and Rebecca Anne Banks. It costs $5 at the door and is a BYOB event. There will also be a fundraiser barbecue and other surprises.

Join the infringement: The 2009 Montreal infringement Festival runs June 18th through June 28th and there’s still time to get involved as an artist (theatre, music, film, spoken-word, visual arts, street performance, culture-jamming, etc.) or as a volunteer organizer.

To propose a show, please fill out the form here:

http://www.infringementfestival.com/montreal/0809/eng/application.html

and to get involved as an organizer, please contact 514-699-3378 or volunteermtl@infringementfestival.com for more information.

Brooklyn infringement Festival: Congratulations to our colleagues in Brooklyn, NY for completing their first ever infringement Festival a few weeks ago. It was a one-weekend musical event and plans are underway for next year. To read organizer Steve Ferrara’s report, please click here.

Theatrical Masquerade Ball challenges Montreal’s anti-mask bylaw

On Monday night over 50 masked protesters descended on City Hall for a Masquerade Ball protest – the Bal Masqué. Organized by an ad hoc collective known as Le Gros Bon Sens, the masked demonstration aimed to challenge the anti-mask bylaw the City of Montreal is attempting to pass (read more)

Make a child smile

Friday night, over 15 artists will play for free to collect toys for underprivileged children and at the same time show that the concept of Le Maître Chanteur is still alive even though the place itself has closed its doors (read more)

Bye bye giant ad, hello un-renovated building by Donovan King

A towering billboard has finally been removed from The Main historic site, causing a collective sigh of relief from local residents who had been subjected to its gigantic advertisements since March (read more)

Mr. Monopoly on Buy Nothing Day

On Friday, OTL continued its Buy Nothing Day tradition of jamming the corporate monoculture and our consumer culture by going to the bank and the mall (read more)

Manny Fried at the opening of the space that bears his name. Buffalo's most dangerous subversive namesake by Jason C. McLean

Manny Fried was once called the worst subversive in Buffalo. Now this actor, playwright, union organizer and all-around artistic activist has a theatre named after him (read more)

Is a new way to protest the real key?

During Quebec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations this past July, officials decided to give the key to the city to the Canadian military in an early morning ceremony. Protesters showed up, including some infringers (read more, includes video)