It's the Wednesday before Victoria Day and we can officially say that Festival season is underway in Montreal. This long weekend alone there's Montreal's punk focused Pouzzafest, the start of Piknic Electronik's 10th season and a brand new fest to add to the mix: The One Man Band Fest. The organizer of this last one, Jon Cohen, joins us this week as guest host to tell us about the 3 day affair of shows, workshops and more useful events for solo artists. And, lest we forget, there's also our own Midnight Poutine event going down: a Beastie Boys themed dance party tribute in honour of MCA (R.I.P. Adam Yauch). It's got a great line-up of DJs, it's co-organized by the always awesome Pop Montreal and all door proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Podcast | Get the podcast here.
iTunes | Add the Weekend Playlist Podcast to iTunes.
RSS | Add the Weekend Playlist Podcast feed to your RSS Reader.
Search | Search the audio on Podzinger.

Get more than your fill of fests on this week's Midnight Poutine Podcast:

Amos The Transparent - The Catch and Release
The Elwins - Stuck in the Middle
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump
Broadcaster - Vacation Days
The Weekend Dads - Desperation Mart
Scott Dunbar - Tinfoil Hat
Jesse Dangerously - Make Hymn Cry
Lederhosen Lucil - Doin' the Ganglion
Cop Car Bonfire - Mo Me Meh Ha
Hexes & Ohs - The Colors
Jay Nash - Sweet Talking Liar
Lakes of Canada - Born Again
Del Bel - No Cure for Loneliness
R. Stevie Moore - Carmen is Coming

Photo of Scott Dunbar, one man band, from his myspace page. Scott is one of a dozen acts playing in this weekend's first-ever one wo/man band fest.