Irreverend James to Headline Opening of Fringe Park at the Montreal Fringe Festival
Posted by Jonathan on May 30 2012, at 14:17 Print
On June 14, secular gospel band Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir will headline the opening night of the Fringe Park at the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival.
Right on the heels of being invited to perform at the upcoming TEDx Montreal event, “Godless Gospel” band Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir have been confirmed as the headliner of the opening night of the Fringe Park at the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival on June 14. The opening night of the Fringe Park is always a great party, and the evening of entertainment will start at 6PM. Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir have been asked to close the show in style, bringing to the event the joyful experience of gospel music, complete with the crescendos, call-and-answer, and outright jubilation you’d find in a 1940′s small wooden Mississippi-delta church (minus the fabricated divinity).
Details:
Thursday, June 14
Fringe Park (Parc des Amériques, corner Rachel/Saint-Laurent)
Entertainment from 6PM – 10PM
FREE
About the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival
The St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival is the ultimate summer happening to hit up for that unbeatable neighborhood feel! Block party and performing arts collide every June in the Plateau/Mile-End for this celebration of creativity without limits that includes music, comedy, dance, visual arts and theatre from over 500 performers. The St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival is bilingual, and includes local, national and international artists from Montreal to Greece to Japan! For more information: http://montrealfringe.ca
About Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir
Gospel music began as a cry for freedom. Freedom from oppression. Freedom from brutality. Freedom from shame. And Irreverend James are bringing it back to its roots. Through barn-burning live performances, Irreverend James offer the joyful experience of gospel
music, with the crescendos, call-and-answer, and outright jubilation you’d find in a 1940′s small wooden Mississippi-delta church. Only secular. Their “Godless” gospel music speaks out against injustice, inequality, and persecution inspired by, and according to, religious doctrine
and dogma, touching on themes of racism, feminism, and gay rights. www.irreverendjames.com