Montreal scene guide
Montreal scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at Société des arts technologiques. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Montreal’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Baauer: Société des arts technologiques, Salon Daomé, Newspeak
- Techno — if you like Dusky: NWHR, Le Red Room, TBA - mile ex
- Electro — if you like Steve Angello: Foufounes Electronique, Société des arts technologiques, Newspeak
- Pop — if you like DJ_Dave: Bar Le Ritz PDB, Newspeak, Fairmount Theatre
- Progressive House — if you like Mike Shannon: ESC, NWHR, Le Red Room
- Tech House — if you like Ricardo Villalobos: Salon Daomé, Société des arts technologiques, Système
- Funk / Soul — if you like Jean Pascal Groove: Fairmount Theatre, Vino Disco
Busiest venues
- ESC
- Piknic Électronik / Parc Jean Drapeau
- Stereo
- NWHR
- Système
- Société des arts technologiques
- Le Red Room
- Salon Daomé
How big is Montreal’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 2,789 club nights across 251 venues in Montreal, featuring 1,948 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Montreal tonight.
Which Montreal venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
| Venue | Nights (12 mo) |
|---|---|
| Le Red Room | 204 |
| Bar Datcha | 174 |
| Système | 155 |
| Sans Soleil | 136 |
| StereoBar | 134 |
| Vino Disco | 131 |
| Stereo | 131 |
| Salon Daomé | 110 |
| Société des arts technologiques | 102 |
| Salon Badin | 94 |
What time do Montreal club nights actually start and end?
From the 2,789 listings publishing door times: the median Montreal night opens at 22:00 — 38% open before 22:00, 61% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 821 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 03:00, 22% run past 04:00 and 16% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Montreal cost?
Across the 442 listings publishing prices (16% of all nights): the median advance ticket is null 10, with half of all nights between null 7 and null 25. 19% of listed nights are free.
When does Montreal go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (34% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 67% of the week. The busiest month of the year is September.
What does Montreal sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 31% · House 31% · Electro 8% · Tech House 8% · Disco 6% · Deep House 6%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.