This Weekend in Montreal - Just For Laughs Warm-Up, Jazz Fest Wrap-Up, Street Sale Setup

Fantasia Film Festival
This weekend features the aquatic Thai epic Queen of Langkasuka, acclaimed Japanese director Sion Sono's four-hour Love Exposure and Park Chan-wook's Thirst, a vampire flick that won the Jury Prize at Cannes but is getting mixed reviews from critics lamenting that it doesn't measure up to Chan-wook's previous work. But I bet it's still better than most of Fantasia's lineup.

Pre-Just For Laughs Set & Colours of Comedy
Comedyworks is hosting a pre-Just for Laughs set and "Colours of Comedy" night with Toronto's Daniel Woodrow as well as Montreal's Eman El-Husseini, Andrea Stanford, Ali Hassan and more. This weekend only.

Montreal Jazz Festival Freebies
The fest wraps up this weekend with the wonderful Matt Andersen, Ben Harper and Relentless 7 as well as Montreal's Bet.e, The National Parcs and the mind-blowing aRTIST oF tHE yEAR.

Fireworks Competition
Make way for Hong Kong.

Tam Tams
A free-for-all tribal must.

Piknic Electronik
Deep house veteran/Soulmeka family member Fred Everything is reason enough to enjoy a day at Parc Jean-Drapeau. And Piknic is adding a second stage on the grounds with the soothing sounds of thisquietarmy.

Street Sales
It's all about Plaza St. Hubert this weekend, a particularly kid-friendly sidewalk sale event, with mini-tennis courts, inflatable games, face-painting for kids, a free concert with Stefie Shock and other enticing activities. Details here.

Maybes ...

Zoofest
Theatre, circus arts, performance art, comedy, etc., good luck navigating the site.

Gay Village
Street theatre and the potentially cancer-fighting art of Qi Gong are on the menu this weekend.

And consulting your Guide to Montreal in July will prove fruitful should you need yet more weekend inspiration, from dance events to festival freebies to horse stunts and more!