The annual POP Montreal festival is starting to shape up. Among the 300 artists to participate in the multi-venue fall music fair are punk poet laureate Patti Smith, Touch & Go’s Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Toronto hardcore luminaries Fucked Up, post-punk pioneers Pere Ubu, Vancouver druganauts Black Mountain and prolific Memphis garage punk musician Jay Reatard. They’ll play alongside celebrated acts from a variety of genres, including the National, Sunset Rubdown, Magnolia Electric Co., Fujiya & Miyagi, Final Fantasy, Caribou, Half Japanese, Oakley Hall, A-Trak, Kid Sister, the Cool Kids, Qui, MSTRKRFT, Chromeo, Ron Sexsmith, Born Ruffians, Bobby Conn, DJ/Rupture, Chad VanGaalen, Earlimart, Daedalus,Georgie James, the Watson Twins, Tiga, DJ Mehdi, Cody ChesnuTT and the Federation.

. This is the 6th year of the Quebec festival. The event, which also features a conference and numerous events relating to fashion, film and the indie music lifestyle, will run from October 3rd to the 7th.
Source The annual POP Montreal festival is starting to shape up. Among the 300 artists to participate in the multi-venue fall music fair are punk poet laureate Patti Smith, Touch & Go’s Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Toronto hardcore luminaries Fucked Up, post-punk pioneers Pere Ubu, Vancouver druganauts Black Mountain and prolific Memphis garage punk musician Jay Reatard. They’ll play alongside celebrated acts from a variety of genres, including the National, Sunset Rubdown, Magnolia Electric Co., Fujiya & Miyagi, Final Fantasy, Caribou, Half Japanese, Oakley Hall, A-Trak, Kid Sister, the Cool Kids, Qui, MSTRKRFT, Chromeo, Ron Sexsmith, Born Ruffians, Bobby Conn, DJ/Rupture, Chad VanGaalen, Earlimart, Daedalus,Georgie James, the Watson Twins, Tiga, DJ Mehdi, Cody ChesnuTT and the Federation.

. This is the 6th year of the Quebec festival. The event, which also features a conference and numerous events relating to fashion, film and the indie music lifestyle, will run from October 3rd to the 7th.
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