Free Stuff!
POP Events for the Financially Challenged
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Everyone loves free stuff, especially broke students. Want to take part in POP but a little short on cash? Want some fun activities that will cost you nothing, with the guarantee to make you smile? POP has an amazing offering of free events running throughout the festival.
Fashion POP
Fashion POP will be kicking off the Puces POP festivities happening around the city. The show will be held Sept. 21 from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m, showcasing six of the city’s top emerging designers.
With Le Chateau sponsoring the event, the show will be juried and winning designers will receive a prize of $1,000 as well as a four-page editorial in WORN Fashion Journal.
Also present will be some top names in the industry, such as Dulcedo Model Management. Head down to St. Édouard Church in Little Burgundy to check out this free event!
Arcade Fire
What’s better than streaming free music online? Watching free music live! That’s exactly what Arcade Fire is providing POP Montrealers with this year. The Montreal natives will be giving us all a chance to catch the now world-famous Suburbs live at the Place des Festivals of Quartier des Spectacles on Sept. 22, 8:00.
Art POP
Many of the Art POP exhibits are free, with the aim to exhibit the acts of emerging Montreal artists and to help them communicate with each other. The shows take place in a variety of community-run spaces as well as some better-known galleries within Montreal.
The POP Montreal Symposium
The POP Montreal Symposium is an artist-driven conference held over the span of five days at POP Quarters, L’ancienne école des beaux-arts de Montréal.
The conference is comprised of a variety of panels and conferences focusing on a number of different creative outlets, creating a space where music-lovers and music makers alike will be able to discuss openly in a common area of interest.
Nearly 20 workshops, seminars, panels, listening sessions and keynote presentations will be free to the public.
POP Record Fair
Here you can peruse the findings of both local and international record collectors, and you’ll even get to talk about how much you love that special vinyl pressing.
In association with POP Symposium, there will be a cozy vinyl show and tell. Yes, just like you used to do in grade school with a favorite gadget or ridiculous souvenir from a cross-country family road trip—only this time, you don’t have to pretend to like anything: just prove that you love a certain song or album of your choice.
Participants will be invited to play a couple songs from a record or two that they enjoy, and time to briefly comment on them. This event is happening at the Ukrainian Federation in the Mile End.
Puces POP DIY & Craft Fair
These events are both free until you find something you just can’t live without… That’s when the hole starts burning through your pocket. Make the trip up to the Mile End on the weekend of Sept. 24 and 25 for the Puces POP DIY and Craft Fair. A marketplace for Montreal’s local creations, whether it be something yummy to snack on or a gem to adorn your apartment, you’ll find it at the fair. Anyone with a barren wall should take home one of the many silk-screened posters to be found. It’s free, so stroll on by St. Michel Church to scope it out!
For more info, visit popmontreal.com/en/art/events
This article originally appeared in Volume 32, Issue 04, published September 20, 2011.
