St John's
Local musicians and visiting bands take the stage on the regular at this little pub.
Must-see entertainment in Canada
Ottawa
Check out this art-house cinema, which hasn't changed much since the early ’30s.
Prince Edward Island
This modern theater is the venue for a changing series of plays, comedy and more.
Rotary Centre for the Performing Arts
Kelowna
Home to galleries, a theater, a cafe, craft workshops and live classical music.
Montréal
This slick warehouse and new-media space hosts a range of thought-provoking fare. The 360-degree Satosphere shows cutting-edge audiovisual works, while…
Montréal
Montréal’s Jewish theater stages dramatic performances in English and Yiddish – although as one of the city’s most prominent professional theater venues,…
Montréal
Holds lavish stage productions in the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier that feature big names from Québec and around the world. The repertoire includes four or…
Montréal
This hip 60-member orchestra is comprised of young professional musicians from all over Québec, and led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The orchestra’s…
Montréal
Built in 1929, this theater was both a repertory cinema and a major concert hall until it was shuttered in the late 1980s. The municipality of Outremont…
Fairview & South Granville
Although there are other comedy nights in bars and theaters around the city, Yuk Yuk's is one of Vancouver's few dedicated stand-up venues. Check ahead to…
Montréal
Although Canadians aren’t known for doling out the soccer love, the Montréal Impact has played its heart out to earn a local following. Saputo Stadium is…
Vancouver
Downtown's shiny multiplex is big enough to have its own corporate sponsor and it's the most likely theater to be screening the latest must-see…
Montréal
This former jam factory in the Village is home to the award-winning Carbone 14 theatrical dance troupe that performs here regularly. Its two flexible…
Niagara Falls
Open 24/7, this mammoth building across from the Skylon is itself worth a look – an amazing complex of commerce and crapshoots, with a fantastical foaming…
Québec City
Located in Ste-Foy some 7.5km west of Québec City, this huge cinema with the unfortunate name shows off the best of what’s going on in the film world. On…
Montréal
This venerable club hosts some of the city’s most eclectic bands. Up-and-coming indie-rock, punk, metal, country and hip-hop groups have all taken the…
Québec City
This beloved neighborhood cinema began as a deliciously old-world little place attached to a video shop, with big comfy chairs and nothing but art-house…
Montréal
Going strong for more than 50 years, this venerable country-and-western bar is famous for its Hillbilly Night on Mondays, featuring bluegrass, cowboy and…
Montréal
Housed in a former art-deco cinema, this beautiful old space (capacity 2300) has featured everyone from indie rockers Interpol to Aussie Courtney Barnett…
Montréal
This bright, busy, dressy place presents large live salsa bands pumping out tropical rhythms. The Latin community (and their admirers) come out in droves…
Montréal
Formerly known as Biddle’s, this mainstream-but-excellent jazz club and restaurant changed names when owner-bassist Charlie Biddle passed away in 2003…
Montréal
Located on the Main (hence the name), this intimate indie theater presents mostly new plays in French or English. Past productions include Bonnie & Clyde …
Montréal
This large cinema plays French films and French versions of some Hollywood movies, as well as live broadcasts of performances from the Metropolitan Opera…
Québec City
Opened in 2015 as the Amphithéâtre de Québec and subsequently renamed, the city's $370-million, 18,250-seat Centre Vidéotron stadium hosts rock concerts…
Québec City
Each summer dozens of free concerts are staged at this bandstand in the middle of Battlefields Park, just a stone's throw (and visible from) the Musée…
Québec City
This understated performing-arts center offers community theater in interesting quarters: a former synagogue built in 1950. The Hebrew letters on the…
Toronto
Weekly themed DJ nights, live music and comedy are all part of the lineup at iconic Clinton's, which attracts a fun, arty crowd. There's a pub at the…
Montréal
Located in the lower level of the Galeries du Parc complex, Montréal’s English-language repertory cinema is a tried-and-true favorite of Plateau…
Charlevoix
This music and dance academy on a hill overlooking the St Lawrence has a 600-seat hall that attracts classical and jazz musicians and dancers from around…
Montréal
Under the leadership of Jean-Marie Zeitouni, this 12-member chamber ensemble has won many awards for its baroque and contemporary performances. Over the…
Toronto
This excellent Little Italy venue showcases alt-rock acts like The Killers and Muse. If you want to flaunt your hip-hop rhymes, look out for 'trap karaoke…
Gros Morne National Park
This hotel bar in the Ocean View is fine for a beer, but is perhaps most notable for Anchors Aweigh, a music-skit-comedy variety show with lots of…
Toronto
At the heart of Yonge & Dundas Sq, this enormous cinema complex has 23 huge screens with fabulous stadium seating, IMAX, VIP screens with reserved seating…
