There are a few ways to cut costs and take in JFL inexpensively.

Thursday night at 9 pm, Sugar Sammy is doing a Free farewell outdoor concert on Scene Videotron. The Scène Vidéotron will be presenting various activities at 5pm, 7pm and 9pm.

The Street Arts Festival has acts performing for free in and around Place des Arts. The colorful Place de la famille le lait will offer its load of shows and activities, including biking and spinning for kids and all the family, starting a 1:30 pm each day.  You can sit and watch Ecran des Gags Tim Hortons starting at 3pm.

Also for your family entertainment, the V8 Energie Labyrinthe will be open from 6pm from July 26-30 (3pm on weekends).
You can join workshops or watch shows at  Le Petit cabaret de l’Humour at 12:30 pm and 5 pm in Complexe Desjardins from July 21-24 and 28-30.

The NFB #GIFnTAKE  is a new animated experience that puts you front and center of an animated film. You can film by yourself or share the spotlight with a group of friends. The final product will be made into an animated GIF you can share on social media. Find it on the southeast side of Jeanne-Mance and Maisonneuve next to Place-des-Arts Metro station entrance.

At the Zone Mondial des Jeux Loto-Québec set on Maisonneuve Blvd you can get to play various table games and board games. You are invited to play the new and the classic video games.

The Scène Loto-Québec will be hosting shows from 4pm-10pm.

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The best deal by far for tickets is the OFF-JFL and or Zoofest Shows pass. It costs $49.99 and you get to choose 3 tickets to any of the 100 or so OFF-JFL or Zoofest shows. Also included is that each day from July 26-30, you get an additional free ticket for an OFF-JFL/Zoofest show. There’s all a 6 show pass for $89.99.

OFF-JFL has a lineup of artists performing at smaller venues where the shows are much more intimate. I laughed so hard I cried at Louie Anderson’s gig. His audience had an age range from 12-78, all laughing away, so this fest is for everyone.

For the “regular” Just for Laughs events, a 2-show pass can be purchased for $99.99 with pre-sale access to JFL special events and concerts AND  one  FREE show per day during the festival. A 3-show pass gets you your choice of 3 JFL shows and one free ticket every day from July 26 to July 30 for $139,99 and there’s a 5-show pass for $215.

There are a number of  tourist oriented package deals for tickets. Why not be a enjoy your own city, choose a tourism package in which you can stay overnight in a hotel, be right downtown in the midst of all the action, enjoy a 5-course dinner, and take in the Gala of your choice for $350.

Last minute tickets can be purchased at the box office on the corner of Jeanne Mance and Sainte-Catherine.

You can also pay to watch the galas if you have Videotron.  www.illico.tv/Canal 900

www.hahaha.com
http://www.hahaha.com/en/montreal-festival#cat=off-jfl
Dates: Ends July 31

Play It Again Sports NDG specializes in equipment for  and inline skating, etc. They are experts in skate fitting, and they take pride in ensuring a proper fit for each customer.

For over 15 years, this shop has helped parents in the Montréal area save money on new and quality used sports equipment. You can trade-in, consign or receive a cheque for your old ski, hockey, tennis, lacrosse, ringuette, baseball, in-line skates, snowboards or soccer gear.

You also have the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of new high value sporting goods. They carry all the top brands you are looking for in a wide variety of active sports – without breaking the bank. They are the first in this region to get the latest pro gear like the lightweight Total One skate.

Take advantage of their great savings for 4 days only, as there are huge discounts in all categories. Baseball; up to 40% off on bats, gloves and accessories. Soccer; up to 30% off on soccer cleats. Lacrosse; up to 50% off on sticks and protective gear. Golf; up to 40% off on all golf equipment. Tennis; up to 30% off on raquets. Inline Skates; up to 40% off on a large selection of inline skates and protective packs.

These specials are only while quantities last, so shop early and stock up. tell your friends and neighbors too.

As an added bonus, if you bring in the coupon below, you can save an additional 10% any one clearance item in the store.

Location: 2100 Decarie Blvd.
corner: rue Sherbrooke O / Google Maps: http://bit.ly/22LIPzJ
Tel: 514-484-5150
Dates: July 14-17
Hours Mon-Fri 10-9, Sat 9-5, Sun 10-5
Metro: Station Vendome

If you are looking to find some particular music, both new and old, and you enjoy owning the recordings, you can stock up all in one place, Disques Beatnick Records.

It’s right on St-Denis but a bit south of the main shopping area. It’s worth going to for its combination of old and new music in vinyl. To tell them apart, the orange or pink stickers indicate the used items and the green or yellow means it’s new.

Sections for rock, jazz, soul, pop, alternative,  electro, hip hop, jazz, country, reggae, soundtrack, vocal, movie stars, and of course, French, etc. are sold and there are walls showing off the greats of vinyl; don’t miss the little back room.

Location: 3770 St-Denis St., Montreal H2W 2M1 / Google Map: http://bit.ly/29IuFwf
corner: Ave du Pins
Tel: 514-842-0664
Hours: Sun, Mon-Wed & Sat 11-6, Thurs & Fri 11-9
Metro Stop: Station Sherbrooke
www.beatnickmusic.com
E-mail: beatnickmusic1@yahoo.com

You will have 3 days to catch this great warehouse liquidation, where you may buy items for yourself or stock up on gifts. At these prices, you should be stocking up for next year’s Christmas presents.

You will be sure to find something to suit you or maybe Dad for Father’s Day  or just treat a loved one. They are advising that you bring your tablet with you for size verification, as there are no returns at this sale and limited quantities.

You can choose amongst a selection of cases, keyboards, stands & tables, USB car chargers and much more.

There will be phone cases, starting at $1, tablet cases ranging from $1.99-$14.99, for Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, 4 and iPad  2,3,4, air, mini and more. Kids cases from washable foam and are shockproof for iPad 1, 2,3,4, air and mini starting at $10. They will also be selling Bluetooth portfolio keyboards for Dell, Kindle, Samsung, and Google Nexus models from $5-$25. For the Dad in your life, perhaps he will get a kick from their cute, authentic looking car mice and memory sticks, starting at $19.99. If Dad does not have the real thing, then it would be a delight for him to be using one of his favorite car brands as a mouse. They will be highlighting the brands: Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Fiat, Aston Martin and Volkswagon. If you like aluminum cases to store your laptop in, then this is the sale for you, where they will be reasonable priced at $5-$25.

Please note that NO computers or tablets will be sold at this sale and payment methods are only cash or credit card (credit card must be accompanied by I.D)– no debit

This is a final sale while quantities last.

Location: Warehouse Dock #9, 8086 Route Transcanadienne, Montreal H4S1M5 / Google Maps: http://bit.ly/1PvuQXe
Tel: 514-343-5544
Date: June 17, 20, 21
Time: 9-5
www.tab-mate.com

Head to Jeannettes Needlecraft  Shoppe, a friendly family business and they will frame your special hand-made project, or a painting, lithograph, photograph or diploma at 15% off.

Now, during this sale, it is the time to take those finished projects (be they needle work or art work) that you worked on  this past year and get them ready for gifting. A gift done by hand is one that shows that you truly care. Your effort is displayed in each hand sewn stitch or stroke of your paint brush.

A quick gift idea: Try a  “stitch n’ zip” kit; These are ready to use eye glass cases, iPad cases, Kindle cases and tallis bags. The kits come pre-assembled. All you have to do is the needlepoint and then just zip it up and give it as a gift. You can have a tallis bag personalized with an embroidered Hebrew name too.

They also carry scarf yarns (Pirouette, Bohemian and Decor by Patons), to make the latest fashion accessory item as well as other low cost items that will tempt you to start those projects that you have being putting off.

If you want to start on a needlework project, here you can buy yarn and canvases. They can also upholster with needlepoint (especially chairs), finish cushions and mount tapestries.

Happily helping you with your project has been the #1 reason people keep coming back to this shop for years and years.

Location: 5015 Coolbrook Ave., Montreal H3X 2K8 / Google Maps: http://bit.ly/24l8jon
corner:  Queen Mary Rd.
Tel: 514-486-2800
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30-5, Sat 9:30-4
Metro: Station Snowdon
http://www.jeannettes.com/
e-mail: jeannettes@videotron.ca

The state of your tires is one of the things that might save your life in a quick stop situation. Make sure the ones you have are good enough.

Talon Tire is an independent tire dealer which has been in business since 1971, and specialize in quality tires for passenger cars, SUV’s, vans and light trucks. It is one of the few tire shops that has been approved by the consumer watchdog organization, the Automobile Protection Association.

They are not just order takers – their staff has knowledge of a wide range of tire applications, and monitors the latest technological developments and trends in tire manufacturing. They can answer and questions about tires to help you make the right choice.

Some of the good reasons to buy your tires from them:

– Wheels are fastened on your car by first hand-threading the nuts and then hand-torquing them to manufacturer’s specifications. When needed, you will be able to remove the wheels without frustration – No warped brake rotors or stripped threads or marred wheels.

– Even if they install only one tire, they check and adjust all your tire pressures, including the spare (Most of today’s spares require 60 psi of air to support a car but frequently drop to 30 psi or less while sitting in the trunk.)

– Their repairs on flats are permanent and safe, since they use only quality chemical patches applied from the inside of the tire. Repairs done from the outside, without inspecting for internal damage, are only temporary, and can result in an eventual blowout.

– Their tire and wheel balancing is state-of-the-art. It’s so uniquely accurate that consumers residing several hundred kilometers away go there to resolve their vibration complaints and leave with a smooth comfortable ride.

– Your “Mag” wheels are safe with them, as they use only the highest quality nylon-coated balancing weights. They won’t change the plastic finish of your wheels or cause corrosion like regular lead weights.

Special tires can be bought here too. Talon Tire sponsors and supports grass roots Motorsports in Canada, and offer a wide range of competition tires. To help keep a cherished classic car on the road they stock over 20 sizes of hard-to-find vintage tires.

– There is no commission, so their staff won’t propose a more profitable tire when it’s not the right choice.
– There are no hidden extras in their price.
– Their road hazard guarantee provides a replacement tire based on the price you paid, and NOT on a higher suggested retail price which increases every year with inflation.

They offer a two month or 1,500 mile / 2,000 kilometer free trial period for every tire that they recommend for your car and driving needs. If you don’t like them, they’ll refund you 100% of the purchase price.

Talon Tire makes buying the right set of tires easy.

Location: 2607 Diab St. Ville St-Laurent, QC H4S 1E7
corner: rue Bois Franc
Tel: 514-337-0833
Hours: Mon-Fri 8-6
http://www.talontire.com/

NH offers liquidation warehouse sales with all name brand products being cleared at amazing prices.  

For women, they are now offering you the Miraclesuit bathing suit, which makes you look 10 lbs slimmer in 10 seconds. Nobody would complain about that fact. You can also choose another kind of bathing suit from Profile or Gottex and they are between 50% & 80% off retail prices. Think of Mom on Mother’s Day and maybe the weather will coooperate to get out by the pool.

If that does not interest you, perhaps a slew of beauty products will tempt you. NH Salvage is having a massive sale and you will find brands such as Oster, Pureology, lego, L’Oreal, Redken, Avanti, Biolage, Quannessence, Bed Head, OPI, Babyliss, Sam Villa, Casmara, Hempz, Morrocan Oil, Gehwol and much more.

This is the kind of place you have to keep going back to because you never know what you might find.

Location: 7155 Transcanadienne, VSL  H4T 1A2
corner:  Begin
Tel: 514-339-5997
Hours: Mon-Wed 10-6, Thurs & Fri 10-8, Sat & Sun 10-5
Metro: Cote Vertu, bus 121
http://www.smartshoppingmontreal.com/store.php?s=294
www.nhinc.ca

George Bowser and Rick Blue (authors and songwriters) have an amazing way with words. True to the their well-known genre it’s the songs at Centaur’s Last Night at the Gayety, that really “sing” (bada-boom, as the drummer would do in this show). They are just so darn clever. The play, about Montreal’s infamous years of “Casinos, Bordellos and Booze” (one of the songs) could have been formulaic, but manages to relate a story which not only keeps you interested, but giggling and titillated throughout.

A tale of this era could not be told without the usual suspects: the gangster, nightclub owner, priest and cops (the good and bad). The glue holding it all together is the famous stripper Lili St. Cyr. Julia Juhas is a knockoff, so perfectly cast; she elegantly glides across the stage dressed to kill in early 50’s fashions, yet bumps and grinds so provocatively with those sinuous long legs.

Our very own burlesque queen, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, plays the ingenue and she was also the burlesque consultant for the production. She has total command of the stage, whether she is acting, singing, dancing or bumping and grinding.

However, I think the men steal this show, especially Daniel Brochu as Pax Plante, the honest chief of police (“da law is da law”) trying to clean up the town. I loved him acting out the “Decent Set of Nuts” (yes those nuts) song. Michel Perron as Father d’Anjou belts out another clever ditty about how “we must get rid of Lily St-Cyr”.

What could be wrong with a night of inside jokes, overacting, silly songs, erotic dancing, love, lust, murder, gangsterism and priestly disgust – all so definitively Montreal. Bowser and Blue make sure to point out, tongue-in-cheek this city was made for burlesque because there’s a main street named Beaver Hall Hill and the crossroads of downtown is after all, called “Peel”. Lili retorts that she prefers Las Vegas because its main street is is known as “The Strip” (bada boom).

The show is summed up perfectly in the final courtroom scene with the parade of witnesses all acting out Lili’s anatomic bombshell gyrations. Go buy tickets now to enjoy the hilarious, inside jokes (Griffintown was a pile of poo) that only all real Montrealers will get.

Location: 453 St-Francois Xavier
corner: Notre-Dame
Tel: 514-288-3161
Dates: til May 15
Prices $33 (student) -$47.50
www.centaurtheatre.com
Metro: Place d’Armes

On the first weekend of May, there is an annual salute to Jane Jacobs, an activist, writer, and philosopher of architecture and urban planning.  When doing her urban planning, the citizen’s knowledge of an area was extremely important to her in order to build human-scale cities.

S0 back in 2007, in Toronto, an event was held where Free urban walks were offered. Now over one hundred cities in the world give free Jane’s walks in May. We have dozens here in Montreal. Most are in French, but some are English and a few bilingual, everything from architecture to green spaces to a bakery tasting to a native heritage walk:

March Walkley
Benny Farm and Sherbrooke Forest, the hidden gems
Explore your Neighboorhood Westhaven
La diversite culturelle dans CDN (bilingue) :
Native Heritage Three Walk
Green and Growing
Wild city Mapping
Sustainability in Milton Parc

You must register online and some are filled up, but don’t despair, there’s spots left from Ste-Anne to St-Leonard. And sometimes there are last minute drop-outs.

http://www.ecologieurbaine.net/fr/activites-et-projets/activites/promenade-de-jane
http://www.ecologieurbaine.net/