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Festival goers can purchase tickets through our website and avoid lineups at the door here:www.osheaga.com.OSHEAGA tickets will also be available at the Parc Jean-Drapeau box office Friday, July 29th through July 31st. The box office is located right next to the Jean-Drapeau metro station at the entrance to the Osheaga Festival site. Visit www.osheaga.com for full details on day of show prices.
*OSHEAGA urges festival goers to buy their tickets through official sources – tickets from scalpers may NOT be valid. And please support the artists by buying official merchandise on the Festival site only. Merchandise sold at the Metro station is NOT official OSHEAGA merchandise.
OSHEAGA strongly recommends the use of public transportation*, especially given the extra traffic on the island created by Saturday night’s fireworks competition.
Metro: The OSHEAGA Festival site is located right next to the Jean-Drapeau metro station (yellow line) operated by the STM. For more info about the STM, please click on the link below. www.stm.info
* Unlike past editions of Osheaga, STM fare is not included with your Osheaga ticket. Please be sure to purchase your STM fare in advance to avoid line-ups day-of-show.
Bike: OSHEAGA offers free bicycle parking on site for festival-goers. Directions on how to reach Parc Jean-Drapeau by bicycle and foot can be found HERE ** Spaces are limited. First come first served **
Osheaga and Red Bull have partnered up to bring you a totally stacked 2011 edition of Osheaga in the City! Things get started tonight with The Glitch Mob, Phantogram, and Com Truise at the SAT along with a first ever Ciné-Osheaga! See below for a full listing of OITC events!
Tonight – Wednesday, July 27th • 9:00PM: The Glitch Mob w/ Phantogram & Com Truise @ Le SAT
• 9:00PM: Ciné-Osheaga – White Stripes: Under Great Northern Lights @ Place de la Paix (Ste-Catherine & St-Laurent) *FREE*
Thursday, July 28th • 8:30PM: Gobble Gobble w/ Pat Jordache & Grimes @ Sala Rossa
• 9:00PM: Ciné Osheaga – Les cendres de verre @ Place de la Paix *FREE*
• 10:00PM: Osheaga Kick-Off Party w/ CLAASS, Jokers of the Scene & Freedom or Death @ Théâtre Corona *FREE upon presentation of your Osheaga ticket*
Saturday, July 30th • Midnight: Special Disco Version feat. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney (of LCD Soundsystem) @ L’Olympia
OSHEAGA is thrilled to announce the detailed schedule for the festival!
Now you can plan your great weekend of arts and music on the island with the interactive schedule. And don’t forget the OSHEAGA in the City shows that take place starting Wednesday, July 27 and OSHEAGA Arts exhibitions that start on July 6.
Once again, several of the artists performing at the festival are on the long list for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize, which, like OSHEAGA, celebrates and supports Canadian music. Those groups on the long list are: Braids, Galaxie, Hey Rosetta!, The Luyas, Malajube, PS I Love You, The Rural Alberta Advantage and Timber Timbre.
Adding to the entertainment on the Saturday night will be the fireworks competition at La Ronde which will light up the skies during performances by Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Bassnectar, Fucked Up & Girl Unit. The fireworks theme that night? Appropriately, it’s The Beatles!
We’ve also added a few more bands to round out the bill:
222s – Saturday July 30
The Sheepdogs – Sunday, July 31
The Sherlocks – Sunday, July 31
The OSHEAGA Music & Arts Festival will once again bring the OSHEAGA experience right into the city and feature several concerts in venues around town as part of the week’s events.
As early as Wednesday, July 27 the bass-driven Glitch Mob will hit Société des arts technologiques along with trip-pop duo Phantogram and the synth-obsessed Com Truise for a pre-party sure to get you dancing.
The official kick-off is Thursday, July 28 at the Corona Theatre with the indie-pop polyrhythms of Freedom or Death and the techno beats of Jokers of the Scene.
On Saturday night, July 30, once the rocking has concluded on the island (Parc Jean-Drapeau), revelers can continue the revelry at the Olympia Theatre at midnight with multi-talented James Murphy and Pat Mahoney’sSpecial Disco Version. Murphy created the label DFA, founded LCD Soundsystem (with Mahoney as drummer), has scored music for films, engineered albums, as well as DJing. Multi-talented doesn’t even begin to describe what he can do.
Here is the complete list of shows that will be presented as part of OSHEAGA in the City.
Wednesday, July 27 – the SAT
THE GLITCH MOB, PHANTOGRAM, COM TRUISE
9pm (doors at 8pm)
Tickets from $22.50 to $23.50 including taxes & service charges
Presented by OSHEAGA in association with Greenland & NEON
Thursday, July 28 – Corona Theatre
OSHEAGA kick-off party
FREEDOM OR DEATH, JOKERS OF THE SCENE
10 pm (doors at 9pm)
Tickets from $11.50 to $14.15 including taxes & service charges
Presented by OSHEAGA in association with Greenland
Thursday, July 28 – La Sala Rossa
GOBBLE GOBBLE, PAT JORDACHE and GRIMES
9:30 pm (doors at 8:30 pm)
Tickets from $9.50 to $12.15 in advance including taxes & service charges
Tickets from $11.50 to $14.15 at the door including taxes & service charges
Presented by OSHEAGA in association with Greenland, Pop Montreal and Blue Skies Turn Black
Saturday, July 30 – Olympia Theatre
JAMES MURPHY
SPECIAL DISCO VERSION featuring James Murphy and Pat Mahoney
Midnight (doors at 11:00 pm)
Tickets from $33.75 to $38.90 in advance including taxes & service charges
Tickets from $38.75 to $43.90 at the door including taxes & service charges
Presented by OSHEAGA in association with Greenland & MEG
OSHEAGA is proud to work with RED BULL on the OSHEAGA in the City series. Please consultwww.osheaga.com for more information on the bands and ticket sales outlets for OSHEAGA in the City.
OSHEAGA has added another slew of performers to its 3-day festival roster, which already features Eminem, Elvis Costello, The Flaming Lips, The Tragically Hip, Death Cab for Cutie, Cypress Hill, Death From Above 1979 and a myriad of groups, making the this the must-see, must-experience music event of the summer.
Now, in addition to a music-lover’s already-packed collection, fans can see: Multi-talented rapper Lupe Fiasco, who has collaborated with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and B.o.B. among many others; bluesy-folky Canadian trio Timber Timbre, winner of the 2009 Eye Weekly Album of the Year; multi-award winning Brit Ellie Goulding, who received raves for her appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend and the only performer who can claim to have grabbed the coveted role of performer to Prince William and Kate Middleton at their wedding last month. Also joining the OSHEAGA experience: Egyptrixx, Glass Candy, Frightened Rabbit, Sam Adams, Dillon Francis, The Barr Brothers, Comis Strip, El Ten Eleven, Sweet Thing, Anita Tijoux, MC2, Seb Diamond and DuVall.
With this much talent to offer OSHEAGA 2011 expands to a THREE-DAY event on the island. Friday, Saturday & Sunday July 29, 30 & 31, 2011; 3 entire days of festivities on 5 different stages featuring more than 70 acts. Today, OSHEAGA adds even more surprises to the artist roster announced last week. See our lineup tab for more info. Added to the line-up:
Cali rappers Cypress Hill will pay OSHEAGA an incredibly rare visit; after a stellar breakthrough year, Janelle Monae will perform for the first time in Quebec; and indie darlings Broken Social Scene are back after launching their Forgiveness Rock Record in a sold-out Metropolis. Also added: prolific iconoclast Joseph Arthur, Daptone Records soul revivalist Charles Bradley, sharp beat-maker Baths, electro-pop songstress Oh Land, garage rockers Uncle Bad Touch, as well as Stones Throw’s own funk savior, DâM Funk, on the Piknic stage. Also on the roster: Rural Alberta Advantage, An Horse, Jacques Greene, Midway State, A-Rock and Shaydakiss. And that’s not it; we promise more announcements to complete this epic line up!
Osheaga 2011 expands to a three-day event!
With this much talent to offer, we couldn’t fit it all into two days so OSHEAGA 2011 will take over Parc Jean-Drapeau for three days! Friday, Saturday & Sunday July 29, 30 & 31, 2011.
Eminem, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, The Flaming Lips play The Soft Bulletin, Death Cab for Cutie, The Tragically Hip, Death From Above 1979, Kid Cudi, Bright Eyes, City and Colour, Ratatat, Karkwa, Sam Roberts Band, Malajube, Beirut, Bran Van 3000, Crystal Castles, Bassnectar, MSTRKRFT, John Butler Trio, The Sounds, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Sia, Jamie xx, Claude Von Stroke, Eels, Yoav, Mountain Goats, Fucked Up, White Lies, Braids, Hey Rosetta!, Lights, Robot Koch, Shad, Manchester Orchestra, Twin Shadow, Anna Calvi, Smith Westerns, Tokyo Police Club, Jimmy Hunt, Galaxie, PS I Love You, Mother Mother, Suuns, The Joy Formidable, Brother, Natalia Kills, Girl Unit, The Low Anthem, The Luyas, Elephant Stone, The High Dials, Passwords, Jesuslesfilles, Typhoon
Nothing compares to summertime in Montreal and there’s no close competition to an OSHEAGA weekend – THE cultural reference for what’s hot and up-and-coming in the current music scene. For its sixth edition, OSHEAGA once again celebrates a stellar collection of the best artists from around the world. And Piknic Electronik will have festival-goers dancing all through the day and night at the Piknic stage, a huge hit in 2010.
Montrealers will once again be spoiled by OSHEAGA’s generous offering: hip-hop superstar Eminem will be playing a first show in over a decade; post-punk and new-wave icon Elvis Costello will be showing the youngsters how it’s done; The Flaming Lips will be celebrating a return to the festival with their classic album The Soft Bulletin; a rebanded Death from Above 1979 will no doubt knock everyone’s socks off; Karkwa, Malajube, Bran Van 3000 and the Sam Roberts Band will be representing our dear city’s talent; not to mention favorites like Kid Cudi, The Tragically Hip, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, Ratatat, Beirut and so many more!
Far enough away from the busy city streets, yet only a metro-ride away; it’s a great chance to hang out and relax, chill out on the hill, and discover a ton of new bands just before they become The Next Big Thing. (Bands such as The Black Keys, La Roux, Lykke Li have all played OSHEAGA and then returned to Montreal to headline their own shows once they were discovered by Montreal fans.)
Nick Farkas, Director of Talent Buying for evenko, and founder of OSHEAGA doesn’t need to hide his excitement about this year’s festival. “We are very excited to be able to expand to 3 days. In keeping with Osheaga tradition we have worked hard to come with a lineup that will speak to a wide range of music-lovers.”
Osheaga in the City
Osheaga in the City once again highlights a collection of music in various venues around the city. These shows will be announced shortly.
Tickets
A limited number of Early Bird Passes will be on sale, subject to availability. See pricing grid below.
The daily line-up for OSHEAGA will be announced on Tuesday, April 19.
Single-day and OSHEAGA Classic (Saturday and Sunday) passes will go on sale Thursday, April 21, subject to availability.
EARLY BIRD
GENERAL ADMISSION* EARLY BIRD
RESERVED SEATING* REGULAR
GENERAL ADMISSION REGULAR
RESERVED SEATING 3-DAY
FESTIVAL
PASSES $197,50 $349,50 $217,50 $369,50
TAXES AND SERVICE FEES ARE INCLUDED IN THE PRICES.
*Very limited quantities of Early Bird passes available.
Reserved seating passes will grant access to grandstands with a first-rate view of the main stages as well as exclusive concessions and restrooms.
OSHEAGA is proud to again work with top-notch sponsors BlackBerry and Budweiser among others to provide festival fans with amazing opportunities before, during and after the festival. More announcements and details will follow in the weeks and months to come, meanwhile check out www.osheaga.com for some great promotions offered by the festival’s sponsors.
