There was a cool (well, hot) show put on by the French troupe La Salamandre to close this year’s Just For Laughs festival.
There were trancey tribal rhythms, primal chants, dozens of drummers and musicians, dozens more artists “doing stuff” with fire (e.g. juggling, spinning, skipping burning rope, firebreathing, dancing) and — the best part — huge fireballs! I can’t believe the Montreal Fire Department let them put on this show. Part was in the street, which is one thing, but they ended up on the Loto-Quebec main stage. Not a bad sponsor because I guess it was a gamble…Montreal has a bad reputation because lots of stuff seems to burn down every year. But not on this night; as far as I know no one was hurt either… The crowd (myself included) loved it — check out the fun:
So you were part of the raucus crew making a hell of a racket! I could hear you all the way to my bedroom… and that’s with the windows closed!
Arrrgh, I picked the wrong day to be out of town! Looks like it was a great show. I certainly would have been adding to the noise.
Ka-blooie! Woo!
Wow, I wonder where their little “parade” started, if you heard them near your place! Where I saw them was around de Maisonneuve and St-Laurent; eventually (once they were on stage) it was in that little park area between St-L and St-Urbain near where the blues stage is usually set up for the Jazz fest.