Just baby steps away

Club La Boom is downtown’s answer to Montreal’s clubbing lifestyle. No matter what type of music you like, this club has it. Club La Boom offers three huge rooms to choose from: the White Room, with its old-school pop music, the Blue and Red Room, with its Latino grinds, and the Silver Room, which offers a mix of techno, house and R&B. A mild dress code is in effect, so don’t dress down.

This popular music venue started out as an ice skating rink in 1884. Since then, it has been burned down twice, changed its style seven times (including being at a porn theatre in the 60s), until its final renovation as a live theatre. These days, the stage is regularly used for the site of the popular TV show La fureur, and housed legendary stars the likes of David Bowie, The White Stripes, and Coldplay. Popular Quebecois artist Jean Leloup holds the record for the most performances.

Originally illegally in operation due to the wrong permit, Circus was accepting their hefty fines to give partygoers an opportunity to party past 3 am every Friday and Saturday. Five years later, Circus Afterhours is a staple in the all-night clubbing scene. Don’t be fooled by their Ste-Catherine address, the only entrance is located on St-Timothée. Checkout their myspace to see which turntablists are in the hip-hop and main room every weekend. The venue is quite large as the Hip-Hop room has a serious underground feel to it with the brick wall and their faithful crowd. The Main room has sofas and beds in a side room whereas the dance floor is well lit and designed to bounce around quite well while always maintaining a glimpse of the DJ.