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For those of you who may not know, I live in Montreal, Quebec. A city that was recently put into lockdown due to increased COVID-19 cases. To identify danger zones, the province used a colour coding system, in which the most dangerous areas are marked as RED zones. So... what does the red zone mean? Shut down the stores? Close schools? No, instead Montreal's night life was targeted as the scapegoat for the current spread of COVID in the community. I reached out to a few local business owners and event planners for their thoughts on the 28 days of Red in Montreal. How and why bars were targeted? And most importantly, how to support local businesses during the lockdown that leads into mid fall.
This episode of Not A Journalist, I spoke with
Vincent Stephen-Ong: Montreal-based saxophonist and pianist Vincent Stephen-Ong is the driving force behind the family of projects under the Urban Science umbrella- the #LeCypher hip-hop and soul jam session and the Urban Science Brass Band, hosts of the Montreal Hip-Hop Parade. Vincent is also the founder of the #SaveThePlateau, a movement intended to improve co-existence between vibrant cultural nightlife and local residents. And in a previous lifetime, Vincent worked as a software developer, and has an artificial intelligence patent to his name.
Visit urbsci.com for more on all thing Urban Science
Michelle Ayoub: The one they call Yeti, she can be spotted behind the scenes or backstage at gigs. Montreal born and raised, over a decade working in the entertainment industry in artist relations, production, logistics, marketing, and once upon a time performing! Currently working as a production manager for Evenko & Greenland, and co-owner of Turbo Haus.
Visit turbohaus.ca for more info and great merch
Devin Shanks: Devin Shanks has been working with the public on many platforms for over 22 years. In 2012, after over a decade of working in the sales and consulting industry, he decided to increase his portfolio and completed a bachelor's degree at Concordia University majoring in Sociology with minors in Marketing and Business Management. In 2017 he registered his own events company called Shanks Events & Entertainment with which he has hosted numerous and diverse events from local music shows, to conventions.
Visit shanksevent.ca for more on past and future events.
Richard Hillary: Richard Hillary aka Full Course or just Richy is a staple in the nightlife industry as well as in the Montreal Hip Hop scene. As 1 half of Labnoise Production (Montreal based video production company) he’s produced countless videos for Montreal’s anglophone hip hop artists. With over 20 years of experience in the nightlife and service industry he finally decided to open his own Resto Bar called Local Legend in 2018.
You can follow him or his company on social media platforms @fullcourse514 @locallegendmt
Visit locallegendmtl.com for more info and follow them on social media
