Words and Music

The Words and Music Show is QWF’s literary cabaret, taking place once roughly every three months. Running since 2000, it is Montreal’s longest-running spoken word, poetry, literature, performance, and music show featuring top names from this city and across the country.

A collage of photographs of performers at Words and Music in 2017


The Fresh Pages Diversity Initiative: Guest Curatorship of the Words & Music Show for Underrepresented Writers

A component of QWF’s Fresh Pages Diversity Initiative, the Guest Curatorship is designed to help an aspiring literary artist who is Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour develop skills in creating and curating literary and other arts events. The selected candidate will receive a modest honorarium and a free one-year membership in QWF.

The selected candidate will work with a mentor to curate their own edition of the Words & Music Show, doing everything from defining the event-to-be to selecting and inviting performers, gathering bios and other info, writing press releases and structuring and presenting a live show. More information here.


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