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Osheaga 2025 is 79 days away!

Our Unofficial Osheaga Podcast is back for 2025! As always, we’re kicking things off chronologically (it just seems the best way to go) and starting with Friday’s lineup!

(More or less) every two weeks Sarah and I will be digging into the entire lineup of this year’s Osheaga to give you music recommendations all summer long. We pick ten acts from each day, we talk about them, play clips of their tunes to give you a feel for their music and tell you why we think they’re worth checking.

We’re having fun and talking about music all summer long, won’t you join us?

But wait – you don’t need us to tell you why you should probably check out The Killers now do you? So (for the purposes of this show) we ruled out the entire top line of each day of the lineup. So yes, that means you will need to decide for yourself if you’re going to see the likes of The Chainsmokers or not.

Trust us, if you listen to all of these episodes you might find yourself running back and forth between stages all weekend and discovering your new favourite artist.

Here is our first batch of 5 “non-headline” acts we think are worth checking out for Friday !

• EKKSTACY – head in the clouds
• Wunderhorse – Rain
• PyPy’s Poodle Wig
• The Struts – Can’t Stop Talking
• La Femme – Love is Over

Osheaga runs from August 2nd to August 4th at Parc Jean Drapeau. Check out osheaga.com for more info and tickets.

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Our intro song is Paradise Engineering (instrumental) by YACHT and is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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The Montreal arts and entertainment podcast that asks co-creator of the Montreal Crochet Club Shosho Abotouk: “What is your favourite niche soda?” That question asked in episode 315 by the wonderful James McGee. Sorry James, Shosho didn’t grow up with RC Cola so she has no fond memories of that slice of Canadiana.

Our guest this week is none other than Shosho Abotouk who runs an amazing night of comedy that combines crochet, knitting and comedy. For more info on the next event check out Montreal Crochet Club on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and basically every where else too. Shosho joined Walter, Troy and I at Grumpy’s to talk about combining your passions, the difference between crocheting and knitting and how hard it is to get a learner’s permit in Montreal. If you’re looking for a fun night of comedy where you can also bring your knitting and not get dirty looks from everyone around you then look no further, you’ve found your people.

Oh and during this episode that obviously focuses a lot on crocheting and knitting we do talk about Walter’s sister Katia who is also extremely talented, do yourself a favour and check out Katia’s page on Facebook as well at “Season of the Stitch”.

Enjoy the show and Go Plug Yourself.

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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