Montreal Concerts: April 2017 Must-See Live Shows

Montreal concerts in April 2017 cover the hottest in EDM,  Be it emerging and off-the-radar or high-profile big ticket, it's on my hit list.

Admission, dates, and concert venues are subject to change without notice. ALWAYS double check show information with ticket sellers after consulting my Montreal April Concerts 2017 hit list just in case.

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Catch rock singer-songwriter John Mayer at the ​Montreal Bell Centre April 1, 2017. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission​ $72.50 to $116.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Montreal alt folk pop band The Franklin Electric performs at Metropolis April 1, 2017. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission  $28 to $33 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Celebrating over 50 years in the music industry, veteran English rock band The Zombies play at Cinéma Impérial on April 1, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission​ $55 to $69.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Aussie multi-instrumentalist and Tame Impala bassist Cameron Avery ditches psy rock in favor of big band style crooning at Divan Orange April 1, 2017. Doors open at 9 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission $15 to $17.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Atlanta native Unlike Pluto spins hip hop tinged EDM at Newspeak April 1, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $10 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Catch D.C. prog metal band Periphery at Corona Theatre April 3, 2017. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Admission $28 to $33 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.​

Former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry croons at Théâtre St-Denis April 3, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $71.50 to $135.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.​

Clever and quirky world pop French singer-songwriter Jain performs at Corona Theatre April 4, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $33.50 to $39 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.​

Catch Maryland singer Maggie Rogers melding genres, from folk to dance, at Corona Theatre April 5, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $18 to $21 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. ​Buy tickets.​

The Road to Canadian Music Week tour features Toronto alt-rocker Ascot Royals, Windsor  alt blues rock band The Blue Stones, and Vancouver electro pop band Youngblood playing at Petit Campus April 5, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $5.24 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge.  Buy tickets.

Vancouver indie rockers Said the Whale head to Petit Campus April 6, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $17 to $20 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. ​Buy tickets.​

South East London poet/spoken word artist raps at La Sala Rossa April 6, 2017. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission $20 to $25 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. ​Buy tickets.​

Finnish house DJ, producer, and Anjunabeats artist Yotto spins at Newspeak April 7, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $15 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge.  Buy tickets.

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge during World War One, the Black Watch Military Tattoo perform at the Montreal Bell Centre April 8, 2017. Police pipes and drums, brass bands, skills displays, traditional French Canadian, Irish, and Scottish dancing as well as a traditional Mohawk dance and Chinese lion dance are part of the event.

Doors open at 2 p.m. Show starts at 3 p.m. Admission $52.25 to $116.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge.  Buy tickets.

Trace duo Above & Beyond brings its Anjunadeep label showcase to the Metropolis on April 8, 2017 with Andrew Bayer b2b Ilan Bluestone, Jason Ross, Oliver Smith and Tomac on decks. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Show starts at 10 p.m. Admission $28 to $38 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge.   Buy tickets.

Brighton house duo Prok & Fitch spin at Newspeak April 8, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $15 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge.  Buy tickets.

Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro play at Café Campus April 9, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $30.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. ​Buy tickets.​​

Montreal deathcore band Despised Icon play at Corona Theatre April 9, 2017. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission $5.24 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge.  Buy tickets.

Iconic mainstream rock band Def Leppard perform at the Montreal Bell Centre April 10, 2017. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Admission $39.75 to $159.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Los Angeles' Steel Panther have made a career out of mocking the '80s glam scene, and they're bringing their schtick to the Metropolis April 11, 2017. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $37.50 to $41.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Seveteen-year-old French producer Petit Biscuit spins his gentle house tracks to Fairmount Theatre April 11, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $20 to $41.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

NOFX founder  Eric Melvin, Agent Orange's Steve Soto, Bad Religion's Greg Hetson, The Dickies' Stan Lee, and Goldfinger drummer Darrin Pfeiffer have at it since 1996. You sing, they back you up. Sign up for a song on April 12, 2017 at Founfounes Électriques. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Admission $19.50 to $20 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

London-based neuroscientist/DJ/producer ​Sam Shepherd better known as Floating Points brings his live backing band to Montreal's Fairmount Theatre April 12, 2017. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Admission $35 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets. ​

Vancouver-based Swiss producer Cyril Hahn's spins high BPM techno at Newspeak April 13, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $15 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

French crooner Patrick Bruel performs two shows Easter weekend at Place des Arts' Théâtre Maisonneuve ​April 14, 2017. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Shows start at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Admission $54 to $92 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Los Angeles punk rockers The Bronx double head with Philly native Dave Hause Easter weekend on April 14, 2017 at Foufounes Électriques. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Admission $26.75 to $29.75 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Tale of Us, the Berlin-based Milanese deep progressive house duo behind the epic Afterlife parties across the pond, spin Easter weekend at Théâtre Berri on April 14, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $25 to $40 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets

Alt-rock icon PJ Harvey drops by the Metropolis for two gigs Easter weekend on April 14 and April 15, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Admission $72.50 to $73 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Country music trio Dixie Chicks bring their comeback tour to the Montreal Bell Centre on April 15, 2017, the Saturday of ​Easter weekend. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission  $72.50 to $148 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

French house and techno DJ/producer and Igloofest regular Sébastien Léger spins an Easter weekend set at Newspeak April 15, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $15 to $20 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Folk legend Jackson Browne performs in Montreal Easter weekend at Place des Arts' Théâtre Maisonneuve on April 15, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission  ​$72.50 to $112.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Canadian vaporwave producer Blank Banshee​ spins an Easter weekend set at Newspeak April 16, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $12 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

San Francisco pop punk cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes play their favorite tunes at Club Soda Easter weekend on April 16, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $32.35 to $37.25 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

California alt-rock/hard rock band Papa Roach is having a free listening party of their new album Crooked Teeth on Easter weekend at Montreal's Petit Campus April 17, 2017. But you have to RSVP by April 11 at midnight to possibly win two spots. Spots will be randomly assigned between all the people who sign up. If you are selected, you will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 13 with all the necessary information.

You will need to leave your cellphone and any other recording device at the door. Members of the band (to be determined) will be present and available for a meet & greet after the listening party has ended.

Wrapping up Easter weekend, British indie rockers The Wedding Present play at Bar le Ritz PDB April 17, 2017. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Admission $20 to $25 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Two parts Modeselektor glitch, one part Apparat melodrama, Berlin electronic music trio Moderat performs at the Metropolis April 18, 2017. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission $53 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Cryptic soul singer-songwriter Allan Rayman heads to La Sala Rossa April 19, 2017. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Admission $23.45 to $32.95 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Rising Belgian techno DJ/producer Charlotte de Witte spins at Newspeak April 20, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $8.70 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Montreal ska veterans Club Soda on April 21, 2017. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Admission $27.25 to $30.25 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge.  Buy tickets.

Parisian DJ/producers Kartell and Cherokee spin a night of French house April 21, 2017 at Newspeak. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $10 to $15 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Ontario pop punk trio Courage My Love double head with Calgary indie pop band The New Electric at Bar le Ritz PDB April 22, 2017. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $21.75 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

 Toronto R&B singer Charlotte Day Wilson performs at PHI Centre April 22, 2017. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Admission $17.85 to $22.06 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Legendary nineties New York house duo Mood II Swing spin at Newspeak April 22, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $10 to $15 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Aussie rock trio Dune Rats play at Turbo Haus April 23, 2017. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Admission $15.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

New Orleans new wave duo Generationals play at Bar le Ritz PDB April 23, 2017. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission $15 to $20 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Altanta indie punk rockers The Coathangers plays at L'Esco April 24, 2017. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Admission $15 to $18 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

British chillout producer Bonobo performs at the Metropolis on April 8, 2017. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $35 to $38 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Cambridge dance music trio Clean Bandit head to Le National April 25, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $30 to $35 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

Berkeley thrash metal icon Testament plays in Montreal April 26, 2017 at the Metropolis. Doors open at 5 p.m. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission $40.50 to $45 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.​

Tokyo instrumental rock band MONO plays at PHI Centre April 26, 2017. Doors open at 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Admission $17 to $20 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. ​Buy tickets.

New Orleans French indie rockers Sweet Crude play at Le Divan Orange April 26, 2017. Doors open at 9 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission $13 to $15 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. ​Buy tickets.

Whimsical French singer-songwriter Zaz performs at the Montreal Bell Centre April 29, 2017. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission $67.50 to $83.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

 Leeds native turned Los Angeles producer spins a very danceable set of house and bass at Newspeak this Apri 29, 2017. Doors open at 10 p.m. Night ends at 3 a.m. Admission $10 to $15 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

San Francisco-based post-rock chillwave trio Tycho play at the Metropolis on April 30, 2017. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Admission $38 to $41 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. Buy tickets.

New York based indie folk duo Overcoats plays at Le Divan Orange April 30, 2017. Doors open at 9 p.m. Show starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission $12 to $14.50 plus taxes and/or service/shipping/box office charge. ​Buy tickets.