Casa del Popolo is a
bar,
bistro
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, and
music venue in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada, on
Saint Laurent Boulevard
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in the borough of
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. Its name is
Italian
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for "House of the People".
It was established in September 2000 by
Mauro Pezzente
Mauro Pezzente is a Canadian musician. He is best known as being co-founder of Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Pezzente, along with Efrim Menuck and Mike Moya, founded Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 1994. Along with Thierry Amar, Pezzente plays th ...
and his partner Kiva Stimac. Since then, the Casa has hosted performances by
Arcade Fire
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,
Buck 65
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,
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead,
Do Make Say Think,
Moldy Peaches
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,
Carla Bozulich
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, and many more. The Casa has also hosted non-musical performances, including slideshows by
Seth and book launches by
Jonathan Goldstein.
Fodor's
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History
Founder Eugene Fodor was a keen traveler, but felt that the guidebooks of his time were borin ...
describes Casa del Popolo as "one of (Montreal's) top venues for
indie rock
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music", and
Frommer's
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has compared it to
CBGB
CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kr ...
.
Review of Casa del Popolo
Frommers.com, retrieved July 11, 2011 (via archive.org
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)
References
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Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
Music venues in Montreal
Restaurants in Montreal