The parade will start on the corner of de Lorimier Avenue and René-Lévesque Boulevard East and travel west, through the Village, culminating on Saint-Hubert Street. Following this, crowds are invited to continue the celebrations at Parc Émilie-Gamelin and on Sainte-Catherine Street East, between Saint-Hubert and Papineau.

13:00 – 18:00 : DJ STÉFANE LIPPÉ

The day Stéfane Lippé placed his first vinyl on the Sky Pub turntables, a new chapter began in the long history of Quebec’s love for house music. Born with a complete instinctual understanding of the musical spectrum, Stéfane Lippé was destined for the road to success, far from his humble beginnings at Thérèse-Martin High School in Joliette, Quebec. Inspired by the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Deep Dish, Stephan Grondin, Derrick Carter, and Mark Anthony, he has become one of the top figures in the Montréal nightlife scene since the beginning of the millennium, quickly becoming one of the most respected DJs of the city, province, and country.

His hard work had lead Stéfane Lippé to become a resident DJ at numerous clubs in Montréal, such as Sky, Sisters (Church Sundays), Stereo Nightclub, Club Opera, Cabaret Mado, and Circus Afterhours. Furthermore, he has worked at such prestigious international clubs as Élysée Montmartre (Paris), Fly (Toronto), Klub (Nice), Gorg-O-Mish (Vancouver), Terminal (Québec), Red Light (Paris), Sunrise (Ottawa), Spartacus (Marseille), and Kingdom (Cologne), as well as major events for BBCM, Divers/Cité, and many other organizations.

Management and bookings:
Gaëtan Vaudry  |  GV Management  |  www.gvmanagenent.ca

  

18:00 – 23:00 : DJ MARK ANTHONY

For over 20 years now, Mark Anthony has been serving up his signature textured house beats, blending shake-it percussion, savvy special effects and a heaping helping of pure love. His spot-on eye for the hottest emerging sounds helped pioneer Montréal’s now world-famous house scene from the outset. True to himself and his vision, Mark has been instrumental in making house music and clubbing a unique experience, an art form, a means of expression. He may be recognized globally as a master of the turntables, but Mark’s career has also included turns as an accomplished music and event producer, always striving to breathe new life into nightlife.

When he’s not rocking the house at a long list of clubs and special events at home in Montreal, across Canada and abroad, Mark is always focused on making music, be it original songs, remixes, or producing artists in a variety of genres. He continues to wax prophetic at his monthly residency at Montréal's Unity and weekly at Red Lite, the largest after-hours venue in the Montréal area. The collaboration yielded the first Red Lite Series CD compilation, which soon became a top seller. Mark stepped up to man the decks again at the 2007 Black & Blue Festival main event, which brought circuit enthusiasts to their knees.

He is also set to co-launch the Web-based music label Dark Panties Recordings, which will showcase a full range of talent in a wide variety of musical genres, with the same kind of effervescence Mark puts into everything he does. www.markanthonymusic.com / www.myspace.com/markanthonymusic.

Davyn Ryall artistic director of Village Scene Productions is proud to present the Canadian premier of: Bathhouse: the Musical! featuring a cast of Montréal talents.

This rib-tickling, ass-slapping, toe-tapping all male camp musical comedy revue promises to be a rousing and carousing romp; a musical montage featuring your favorite bathhouse icons. Join Billy in his quest for love at his first visit to the bathhouse where he realizes that the other patrons are looking for something more temporary! The Play is for mature audiences with a high tolerance for being offended. Contains adult themes. The only thing 'catchy' are the 'tunes', with songs like: 'Friendly Neighborhood Bathhouse' 'Bathhouse ABCs' 'The Steam Room' 'In The Shower' 'The Workout' and 'Christmas At The Baths', among others. Oh, did we mention that there are also plenty of scantily clad men!

See you at the Baths!

Credits:

• Cast: Jonny Bateman (Teddy), Jean-Sébastien Bonneau (Billy), Nathaniel Siri (Maurice), Louis-Philippe Deslauriers (David)
• Music & Lyrics: Tim Evanicki and Esther Daack
• Orchestrations: Don Hopkinson
• Additional materials: Ryan Beck & Kate Tricamo
• Director & Choreographer: Corey Castle
• Musical Director: Shayne Gryn
• Set conception and fabrication: Serge Turcotte
• Costume conception: Davyn Ryall
• Production assistance: Tadzeo Horner-Chbib, Ricky Smith, Nathaniel Siri, Jacqueline Van de Geer
• Marketing and communications: Davyn Ryall
• Photographer: Robert Laliberté
• Graphic promo image design by Sam Dahdal @ Gorgeous Graphics
• Village Scene Productions

After the shattering success of their last years Celebrations LGBTA 2007 T-Dance show FAHRENHEIT, the RADICALQUEENS , under the direction of Jean-Pierre Pérusse, are back with a blast with a new made to measure show: BIG BANG!

Renowned for their of the wall and socially engaged performances, the RADICALQUEENS 2008 edition will make It’s mark in more ways than one. For the first time in 7 years, SHEENA HERSHEY and JAE AVIANCE (long time members of the RADICALQUEENS) will regroup on stage with two of It’s original founding members: POPLINE and MISTRESS VERUSHKA!

Hold on to your hat and wigs!!!

This explosive foursome is added by a special appearance by DJ Mark Anthony! We can’t say more !

Credits:

• Starring the RADICALQUEENS 2008: Jae Aviance, Sheena Hershey, Mistress Verushka and Popline
• Produced by RADICAL 5™ — www.radical5.com
• With special appearance by DJ Mark Anthony
• Conceived, directed and choreographed by Jean-Pierre Pérusse
• Sound track: Patrick Guay
• Lighting: Dominique Morissette
• Video: RADICAL 5™