Entertainment Archives | The Verdun Auditorium: A Source of Pride

The Auditorium’s twin

In the city of Shawinigan, Québec is a building that strangely resembles the Verdun Auditorium. Built in 1937, so one year before Verdun’s, this building housed for a […]

Mythical seats

The seats at the Verdun Auditorium are one of its famous features. Despite the renovations over the years, the slatted wooden seats have been kept and are still […]

A few rare opportunities for the public to access the Auditorium

On July 23, 1941, the date when the Canadian Army officially took possession of the arena, all sports and cultural activities came to a halt. Over the next […]

Fundraisers in the colours of hockey

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Auditorium hosted the Old Timers, a hockey team of former players from the National Hockey League. They played against amateur teams to […]

International wrestling galas at the Auditorium

In the early 2000s, the Auditorium hosted the annual Christmas wrestling galas of Jacques Rougeau Jr., whose career in the wrestling world spanned 35 years and who organized […]

A historic boxing match in Verdun

On October 31, 1978, the Verdun Auditorium welcomed a boxing match that went down in history. That evening, two athletes fought each other in the first of three […]

Synchronized athletes on the Auditorium rink

In 1994, the Verdun Auditorium welcomed the Canadian Synchronized Skating Championships. In this figure skating discipline, 16-20 skaters work as a team, moving together during most of their […]

Cab Calloway’s for the very first time in Verdun

Cab Calloway was a very popular African-American jazz singer and orchestra leader during the 1930s and 1940s. He rised to stardom through his performances at the famous Cotton […]

One of Nirvana’s last show

On November 2, 1993, the Verdun Auditorium welcomed Nirvana, one of the most popular groups in the world. At that time, grunge was all the rage. The group, […]

Motorcycles make noise at the Verdun Auditorium

On February 19-20, 2016, nearly fifty Harley Davidson motorcycles rode around the inside of the Verdun Auditorium. The “Show Harley” is the only one of its kind in […]

Hollywood lands in Verdun

In 2001, for a rare occasion, an American production used the arena as a film set for The Reagans. The production’s location search team liked the location for […]

The opening show is truly dazzling!

La série Montréal-Québec was a large-scale production at the Verdun Auditorium, not only because of the technical complexity of the project, but also for its sensational aspect. In […]