Montreal Pop Concerts [SEP] country of origin
Montreal Pop Concerts
Montreal Pop Concerts was a Canadian symphony music television miniseries produced and broadcast by Radio-Canada in 1969. It was also broadcast to English audiences on CBC Television.
Premise.
Performances of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra were recorded at Montreal's Place des Arts for this series.
Scheduling.
This hour-long series aired on CBC Television (English network) Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. from 12 July to 23 August 1969. The Radio-Canada (French network) airdates preceded the English broadcasts
initial festival in 2002 saw 80 musical acts performing in 40 venues around Saint Laurent Boulevard.
The name of the festival was inspired by the Halifax Pop Explosion.
Since its creation by Daniel Seligman, Noelle Sorbara, and Peter Rowan in 2002, Pop Montreal has presented concerts of important rock, indie-rock, alternative, hip hop and folk artists from North America and Europe as Beck, Billy Childish, Interpol, TTC or Franz Ferdinand along with local favorites The Dears, Les Breastfeeders, We Are Wolves, Arcade