Off Piknic 2025: Where Melody Meets Montreal Nightfall

Off Piknic isn’t your typical Sunday picnic concert, it’s the artsier, deeper cousin of Piknic Électronik, with a focus on melodic, progressive, and underground electronica that encourages you to stay, feel, and dive deep. Rather than the weekly weekend dance rush, Off Piknic pops up about five times between June and October at Parc Jean-Drapeau’s woodsy Jardin Le Petit Prince. It’s where Montreal’s electronic music scene breathes, not just bops.

After missing the emotional Tsunami of Lee Burridge and the soul-cleansing crescendo of Tinlicker, we’ve officially joined the congregation for everything still to come. Trust us: the lineup blows the tip-of-the-season hype out of the water.

📳 June 7 – All Day I Dream ft. Lee Burridge & Friends

Burridge’s melodic techno wasn’t just a set, it was a baptism. With pastel lights, gentle melodies, and a crowd united in hush, it became our year’s emotional ground zero. His impending departure later cast sessions afterward in a holy light. That’s when we got woke, no more hitting snooze.

🎶 July 5 – Tinlicker • CRi • Luttrell • HANA

Here came the tide. Tinlicker (Spotify) washed over Parc Jean-Drapeau with layered sweeps and soaring prog hearts, an emotional tidal wave. CRi, a Montréal mellow hero, warmed us like sunrise. Luttrell built the ascent, and HANA’s ethereal voice lingered like incense.
🔥 Fun Fact: This weekend rewired Montreal’s serotonin receptors – momentum captured, stage set for summer’s soul sessions.

🎿 July 19 – Gorgon City & Dennis Ferrer

Gorgon City (Spotify): UK garage finesse meets festival-ready pop warmth. Dennis Ferrer: jazz-tinged tech-house depth. Together, they made the dancefloor your living room — only with better beat drops.
🎵 Quote from Gorgon City: “Relax. Don’t overthink things… I remember thinking there was a secret.”

💃 August 2 – DJ Minx + TSHA

House legend DJ Minx (Spotify) and London’s emotional-bass queen TSHA (Spotify) come together for a dance sermon — Detroit grit meets UK sunshine.
Openers: Robert Hood, Mayfie, and Claireyy spin that midweek-meets-weekend vibe.
💡 Tip: This is your best offense to weekday dread — drop the playlist, grab your crew, show up.

🌿 August 9 – Kaleema + Nicola Cruz

Andean downtempo confidant Nicola Cruz (Spotify) meets haunting electro-folk vocalist Kaleema (Spotify). Think low-lit glow, forest-edge ritual, collective exhale.
Openers: Montreal mavens Chippy Nonstop, DJ Fuckoff, Karim Olen Ash guarantee a groove reset.

🌅 August 23 – Hernan Cattaneo (All Day Long)

Six hours. Hernan Cattaneo (Spotify): Argentine progressive trance that presses narrative into beat.
🎤 Quote from Hernan: “A long and successful career is based on talent, hard work, good people, and lucky breaks.”
Openers: Picnic EM crew offers the prequel to your journey.

🌆 September 6 – The Blaze (DJ Set)

Cinematic electronica with emotion-soaked drops. The Blaze (Spotify) are like indie film directors armed with house beats.
Openers: Local undergrounds reveal themselves just in time.

🔥 October 3 – Finale: Carl Cox + Chris Liebing + Omar Hamdi

Carl Cox (Spotify) – Ibiza’s most trusted vibe captain.
Chris Liebing – Industrial hammer for your techno bones.
Omar Hamdi – Emotional peaks to close it all.
🚨 Warning: Dancefloor dehydration is real.

🍂 October 10 – Closing Night: Bon Entendeur

Three friends turned French phenomenon. Bon Entendeur (Spotify): a duo that blends interviews, groove, and nostalgia into a living soundtrack of French culture.
🎤 Quote from Bon Entendeur: “We like to mix music and words – voices that inspire us, rhythms that move us.”
Openers: Montreal favorites set the tone before Pierre and Arnaud turn the night into a cinematic farewell to summer.

🎟️ Tickets & Tips

📍 Parc Jean-Drapeau – Jardin Le Petit Prince
🎓 Not every Sunday — it’s pop-up style between June–Oct
🚊 Pro move: River shuttle + metro = zero stress
🎟️ Tickets

Our Final Vibe

Off Piknic isn’t just an event series — it’s a melodic fever dream. A spiritual rinse. A reason to remember your body likes music more than screens. From Burridge to Cattaneo to Cox, and now Bon Entendeur, the season ends on a high note of emotion, artistry, and rhythm.

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