Announcement: Virgin Festival, Montréal, Canada 2009
- May 14, 2009
It has been revealed that Virgin Festival Montréal will be the first festival of the year! Virgin Festival Montréal will deliver the music festival event of the year to an expected 30,000 music lovers at Parc Jean-Drapeau ⓠÎle Ste-Hélène on Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20, 2009.
Headlining day one will be the Grammy Award-winning Black Eyed Peas, the MMVA and Juno Award-winning Simple Plan, Canadian rockers Hedley, synth-pop specialists The New Cities and soul infusionist Eva Avila. Headlining day two will be legendary pop group New Kids On The Block, multi-platinum pop soul singer Akon, alt-rock legends Live, up-and-coming electro singer/songwriter Lights and R&B songstress Divine Brown. More stellar talent will be announced in the coming weeks.
General ticket sales for two-day, one-day, and VIP Weekend tickets begin Saturday, May 9th at 10 a.m. in person at The Bell Centre Box Office, select Future Shop locations, online at www.geg.ca, or www.futureshop.ca, and by calling (514) 790-2525, or 1-877-668-8269. Ticket information is also available at www.virginfestival.ca. Two-day tickets are $133.50 and one-day tickets are $75.
