Do you dream of becoming the next Nelly Furtado, Jully Black, LU KALA or Haviah Mighty? If you're a Canadian female musical artist between the ages of 14 and 25, you can audition for the same program that helped launch their careers. Honey Jam is coming to Montreal to hold pop-up auditions for emerging women artists.
Spotify and Tidal plays simply don't hit the same as a crisp vinyl according to many, especially Montreal hipsters (and legitimately cool people). Montreal's thriving music scene includes a network of local record stores responsible for hosting, amplifying and spreading indie music throughout the city.
Montreal is packed with talent, but there's no denying that not everyone gets the same opportunities to express their talent as others. That's exactly why Chuong Trinh, otherwise known as Lil Waterboi, decided to start Bahay Collective in 2019 because he felt as though there wasn't enough representation for BIPOC artists in the Montreal music scene."Our ambition has always been to support the local and BIPOC scene. We originally focused on the Asian community because when I started making music, I didn't see a lot of things like this," he explained. So Lil Waterboi took it upon himself to start a music collective that could provide opportunities for artists where he didn't see there were many.
Montreal is home to so many great summer music festivals, including ÎLESONIQ, Metro Metro, and of course, Osheaga. The event will be taking place this summer in Montreal from July 29 to July 31 and after dropping the Osheaga 2022 lineup, it's bound to be a festival to remember. Osheaga is definitely coming back full force this year with major names headlining the festival, including Foo Fighters, Dua Lipa, and A$AP Rocky. Well, another festival highlight is the many afterparties that take place around the city and now Osheaga might want to bring the afterparty to the grounds of Parc Jean Drapeau.