The twenty-third edition of one of Quebec’s, if not Canada’s, best music festivals is set to get underway from August 28-31. Once a year, the Festival de Musique Émergente (F.M.E.) takes over Rouyn-Noranda. The mining town, better known for its toxic Horne Smelter and minor league hockey team, The Huskies, will vibrate with the amplified cacophony of music and mayhem. 

What you get from Akiva Shaffer’s The Naked Gun is a non-stop stream of laughs from your fellow audience members at a set of some of the most mindless jokes. And the best part is that you will be laughing along to the cacophony.

Fantastic Four First Steps (Currently playing in wide release, IMAX recommended)

Dir: Matt Shakman 

Staring: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Run Time: 115 Mins 

Something happened in Montreal this week. The long-awaited Something Fest occurred with its day passes completely sold out and the promise of 9 acts spread over 3 venues and 10 hours. The planning of the thing was something I was lucky enough to witness from the sidelines, and it cannot be understated what a triumph of community organizing Something Fest turned out to be. Arriving at the first venue and seeing the giant Something Fest banner hung behind the little DIY stage opened a new angle of appreciation for this city within me, and I strapped myself in for a whole day of music.

    The Fantasia Film Festival, the premiere international genre film festival that takes over Montreal’s Concordia Hall and surrounding area every summer, is back this year for the 29th edition, happening from July 17th to August 7th 2025.