Montréal en Lumière 2021 | Bringing Home the Bacon
For many, this past year has left us at a loss. At a loss for words, at a loss for love, and a loss for connections; forlorn, cast asunder and cast aside by forces beyond our control.
They say that the night is always darkest just before the dawn, so hang in there dearest reader, for whether we see it or not, the sun will rise again. There is a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, both symbolic and literal.
It is in that spirit of new dawns to come, that this year’s Montréal en Lumière (presented in collaboration with Le Casino de Montréal), is attempting to shine a beacon of hope.
With their fingers on the pulse, and acutely aware that many of us have improvised ourselves foodies and culinary connoisseurs; this years festivities are putting an accentuation on the comestible arts of high cuisine.
For the first time in its 20 year history, the festival will be hosting digital programming featuring Chef en ébullition, Autour de la table, and C’est l’heure de l’apéro! Three web series focused on what little pleasures are still allotted our fair cities population: eating and drinking.
Fortunately, the dark cloud that is the year of our lord 2020, has failed to coat every aspect of human existence and we the hungry are still left with one more source of momentary solace: Laughter.
It is with that in mind that I present to you: DöX FöX, a band/comedian duo composed of Dominiq Hamel and Frederic Barbusci performing LIVE this Saturday at 11h59 at Théâtre Aux Écuries for Nuit blanche à Montréal to bring us joy and sunshine in these otherwise dark times.
With, among many others, their new hit, Kevin Bacon; these Québ boys aim to bring a smile to our collective faces. Merging upbeat tempos, disco flavors and Jean LeLoup type swagger, these good Ol’ boys are in it to win it. Hints of DJ Champion (with it’s marriage of drum and bass and classic rock), DöX FöX, is a good time for all those within ear shot.
If you’re still hesitating about showing up (WHEREVER WHENEVER THEY CAN BE SEEN) please try and help these gents fulfill their mission: contacting Kevin Bacon and getting him a T-shirt.
For many decades now, experts have claimed that we’re all only six degrees away. I urge you all to make Montréal proud and show the world, it takes even less than that.
In their own words: “If you ‘know someone who knows the actor in question, we’d like to send them a t-shirt from our clip. Who will help us succeed?”
And so with these words, I leave it in your court dear reader: (in this time of quarantine and isolation) make such a connection possible.
Staying indoors? More from our music bloggers and their pandemic indie album selections here.
