The 2011 Montreal Pride parade is proudly brought to you by … Viagra. No kidding. Welcome to the community parade that requires that you sign up months ahead of time to participate and dedicates more space to floats advertising banks, pharmaceuticals and condom companies than to members of the community. This is not the image we want to present to poor ‘normal’ ‘straight’ folks about what it means to be queer. Unfortunately we’ve been too frazzled so far trying to get this festival and program together to come up with a good way to tell them what IS important to us, but get in touch with us if you’ve got any brilliant ideas. perverscite@gmail.com

The book fair is happening today from 12-6pm at Centre St-Pierre 1212 Panet. There will be free food!

Today is also the second day of workshops. (Also at 1212 Panet) Take a look at the schedule. All of the workshops are free.

Tonight is the party of the summer. Come dance with the person you’ve been eyeing all week at A Night at the Races: An Equeerie Fundraiser.
Espace des arts 9 Ste-Catherine E. 10pm to 5am $6 before 3am $12 after

The second weekend of Pervers/cité kicks off tonight!

First we have the much anticipated Soirée avec Ponni Arasu, Organisatrice Queer de l’Inde. The time for the soirée has been moved up to 5pm. Centre communautaire des gais et lesbiennes de Montreal 2075 Plessis. Free.

Next: Femme Show, Fag Show, Gem Show, Drag Show: An Evening of Cabaret. 7-11pm – La Maison Hurle 1425 Iberville $5-10 PWYC Please note that the time for the cabaret has also been moved up.

Hochelaga welcomes fierce queens from NYC and TO in a once in a lifetime backyard cabaret featuring the unforgettable Glenn Marla, Ryan G. Hinds, Kitty van Dyke, Joseph Gabereau…and more! Join us for a barbecue and stay for the show as the sun goes down over Iberville Boulevard.

Celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Against the Wall tonight! Midnight $10 PWYC. The only way to get the location is to join the Facebook group. So what are you waiting for?

9pm at Il Motore 179 Jean-Talon W. $10

New York based queer rapper and producer Le1f is gracing Montreal’s presence for the first time this August. He’s been described as the future of rap music by Das Racist, with whom he’s collaborated on track “Jungle Fever”. He has also collaborated with artists NGUZUNGUZU and Spank Rock. His music, which he describes as “ethereal and epic, but over hip-hop,” (Eye Weekly) builds on hip hop fundamentals while simultaneously drawing on influences as diverse as house, Afrobeat, and ghetto tech. Le1f‘s Kickstarter-funded first album Dark York is coming out summer 2011 and will surely blaze fierce new paths into the musical future. Le1f’s first show in Montreal will be THE show of the summer — don’t miss your chance to see an extraordinary performance from one of NY’s hottest up and coming MC’s. The show promises to be an amazing and rare experience – a gorgeously gritty explosion of sweat, glitter, and sex. On August 11, experience the music that “has been walking the bleeding edge of future and today” (lastnightsmixtape.com).

We also have Atelier Discussion Sex Work Queer at 6pm at Café coop Touski (2361 Ontario E) followed by a screening of Never on Sunday by Jules Dassin. This event is free.

And the ever popular gay soccer and wrestling at 7pm Parc des Carrières (Corner of Boyer and des Carrières). This event is free.

For more about our events, see the calendar.

Two teams, two fags running rampant- a battle for territory and RESPECT. Capture the flag gone homo in the GRITTY streets of Montreal.

After is Spunk Enema, an evening of Punk Cinema 9:30pm at the Pick-up (7032 Waverly).

Both events are free.

There have been some changes for Friday night. Une Soirée avec Ponni Arasu, organisatrice queer de l’Inde has been changed to a 5 à 7. (Starts at 5pm.) Femme Show, Fag Show, Gem Show, Drag Show has been moved up to 7pm. We’re wicked but we like sunlight.

Last but not least, we need volunteers. Please check out the volunteer page for more info.

Come check out the workshops today happening at Mise au jeu (90 Gauchetière E) from 12:30pm to 7pm. All of the workshops are free.
Tonight we have Meow Mix Spectacle Bénéfice pour P10 featuring Rae Spoon, Peaches LePage & 2fik, Ledges Blast, NO/HO/MO, and Axon D’Luxe
9pm doors, 9:30pm show – Sala Rossa 4848 St-Laurent $10 PWYC
The Meow Mix for Project 10 will be a lady-queer-cabaret event to remember! Hosted by Peaches Lepage, and featuring musician RAE SPOON, Brooklyn queer performance artist Damien Luxe, the night is gonna shake up the Mix and leave you wanting to break out your inner queer performer. Musical innovators Edges Blast and No Homo round out the programme of diva-led shenanigans by internationally renowned performer 2Fik.

This unmissable event is brought to you by MIM Productions and thedutymyth, with most proceeds going to Project 10, a Montréal org that works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25.

Last night’s cabaret was spectacular, hope you all enjoyed it.

Tonight we have another party, Hell’s Belles: A Debutante Ball. Don’t worry, the activist, political stuff is coming, we promise.

Something has gone HORRIBLY wrong this season. The belles and beaus are not pairing off the way they are supposed to. The gowns are straying dangerously far from the accepted palette. Hem lines are up. Gloves are off.

Experts believe the origin of this rash of unspeakable occurrences can be traced to unusual geothermal activity beneath Montreal, responsible for the recent heatwave. But locals tell of a near-forgotten legend. They speak of a coming terror. They call it the Hellmouth.

Join us for the debutante ball.
Demonic debauchery.
Debutantes gone wild.
The arrival of HELL’S BELLES.

We can even give you the address this time!
$5 / PWYC Free entry for outstanding costumes
11pm – The Playhouse 5656 Avenue du Parc, come and dance.

Tonight we start with a bang at the final Cabaret faux pas: Cabaret Faux Pas QUEER AVEC FIN.
For the address, please email us at perverscite@gmail.com
Come join us, doors at 9, show at 10.

Every good thing must come to an end. Come see the swan song of Montreal’s underground cabaret phenomenon, where the bizarre, the gaudy and the gay have taken the stage over the years. Last night at House of Faux pas. Need I say more?
Featuring performances by Vincent Chevalier, An Darling, Douche La Douche, Joseph Gabereau, Esther Splett, Kitty Van Dyke and Sarah Laser followed by a shameless living room dance party by DJ Casino.

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