Hurray! L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal is about to start! From June 13 - 21, 2008 thirty shows and more than a hundred musicians will occupy the stages of Pub Saint-Ciboire, Lion d’Or, Dièse onze, and La Sala Rossa. Amongst guest artists: Gordon M Allen, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Normand Guilbeault, Philippe Lauzier, Pierre-Yves Martel, Miles Perkin, and Marianne Trudel… To wit: the DAME et Ambiances Magnétiques improvisent night will take place on June 18 at Lion d’Or. Moreover, this 9th edition will open with a concert of the well-liked Fanfare Pourpour this Friday again at Lion d’Or.