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Taverne Tour Just Announced Its 2026 Lineup
The Montréal festival marks its 10th year with Protomartyr, Christopher Owens, Nate Husser, Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado, and a wave of left-field discoveries.
by RANGE
Pictured: We Are Wolves (By Camille Gladu-Drouin)
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Montréal in February comes with its own mythology. The city slows, the nights stretch long, and winter hangs heavy over the Plateau like a stubborn spell. But once a year, when the icicles get just sharp enough to kill you, Taverne Tour cracks the season open. What begins as a neighbourhood crawl becomes a full-blown midwinter thaw — a three-night party that shows the rest of Canada why Montréal remains one of the most creatively electric cities in the country.
From Feb. 12 to 14, 2026, the festival marks its 10th anniversary by doing what it does best: filling the cold with noise, sweat, discovery, and the kind of genre-blurring chaos that makes winter feel briefly irrelevant. RANGE is a proud media partner for this milestone edition, and the festival’s first wave announcement already promises one of its most ambitious years yet.
Post-punk icons Protomartyr anchor the festivities with a full performance of The Agent Intellect on its own 10-year milestone. Christopher Owens brings his long-awaited new album to La Sala Rossa. Nate Husser leads a Montréal-heavy rap bill, while Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado resurrect the sound and fury of Suicide. Across the crawl, you’ll find goth rock (Bonnie Trash), dizzying electronics (Nuha Ruby Ra), mutant hardcore (Faze), art-rap (Super Duty Tough Work), folk legend Julie Doiron, and international discoveries tucked into every corner of the Main.
Le Ministère once again becomes festival HQ — home to sixties-soaked garage (The Mystery Lights), femme-punk and noise-forward experimentation (Firstsex, Camilla Sparksss, Kap Bambino), and the annual late-night pizza party, a rite of passage for any true Taverne Tour pilgrim.
Ten years in, Taverne Tour remains winter’s great disruptor — a noisy, collective exhale that turns Montréal’s coldest month into its hottest weekend.
For more info and tickets, visit tavernetour.ca
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