As part of the current Leonard Cohen – Une brèche en toute chose / A Crack in Everything exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the MAC will be holding a series of five concerts, focused on five iconic Leonard Cohen albums during the five-month-long exhibition.
Taking place at the intimate Salle Gèsu, the concert series will feature a handful of Montreal’s leading folk, indie, and pop musicians paying homage to the late, great Leonard Cohen. See the full concert series listing below:
CONCERT SERIES*
November 30, 2017, 8:30 p.m. – I’m Your Man
Little Scream
Martha Wainwright
Thus Owls
December 14, 2017, 8:30 p.m. – New Skin for the Old Ceremony
Pierre Kwenders
Katie Moore
January 18, 2018, 8:30 p.m. – Songs from a Room
Marie-Pierre Arthur
Laura Sauvage
February 15, 2018, 8:30 p.m. – The Future
Dear Criminals
Un Blonde
March 28, 2018, 8:30 p.m. – Songs of Leonard Cohen
Cœur De Pirate
Ariane Moffatt
*Other guest artists will be announced closer to the dates of each concert.
The concerts are under the musical direction of:
Li’l Andy
An orchestra will accompany the guest artists at each concert:
Joe Grass (Patrick Watson band)
Jason Rosenblatt (Shtrieml, founder of the Montreal Jewish Music Festival)
Erika Angell (singer from Thus Owls)
Jamie Thompson (Esmerine and The Unicorns)
Jéremi Roy (Esmerine)
Robbie Kuster (Patrick Watson band)
Josh Toal (The Keylites and Plants & Animals)
Morgan Moore (Blood & Glass and The Barr Brothers)