Pop Montreal Lineup Announced

Burt Bacharach, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Dan Deacon, Michie Mee, Crystal Castles and Hot Chip are among the acts confirmed to play this year's Pop Montreal International Music Festival, which runs from Oct. 1 to 5 at various venues throughout the city.

Festival passes are on sale now for $70. Tickets will also be available for individual shows. If you're an industry type, you can get an early bird industry pass for $175 until Aug. 31. After that, they'll run you $225 until Sept. 30, when they'll cost you $275.

In addition to the musical performances, Pop Montreal will feature a commissioned composers' series featuring pieces by Montreal DJ Socalled and other artists performed at the Cinema L'Amour porn theatre. Kids Pop will feature shows, demonstrations and workshops aimed at connecting children with performers and artists to foster artistic expression. Film Pop will showcase work by Vincent Moon (the creator of the online Take Away Show video series). Puces Pop — a D.I.Y festival with a marketplace, record sale, gear swap, workshops, seminars and a fashion show — will return for a fourth year.

Here are the artists confirmed for Pop Montreal 2008 so far:

Burt Bacharach
Beach House
Eric Belanger
Cori Bishop (a.k.a. Elyse Weinberg)
Black Kids
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Cex
Chocolat
Jason Collett
Crystal Castles
Dabaaz
Dark Meat
Dan Deacon
The Dodos
Julie Doiron
Dominique Grange & Jacques Tardi
The D'Urbervilles
Evangelicals
Liam Finn
Gatineau
Great Lake Swimmers
Headlights
Hot Chip
Jana Hunter
Kim
Michie Mee
Katie Moore
The Persuasions
Playdoe
The Sainte Catherines
Sam Shalabi
Silver Apples
Socalled
Teeth Mountain
Teki Latex
Thomas Function
Irma Thomas
United Steel Workers Of Montreal
Chad VanGaalen
The Veils
Vetiver
The Wedding Present
Wintersleep
Wire
Woodhands
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