Performing Arts Archives | The Verdun Auditorium: A Source of Pride

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, […]

From the Verdun Auditorium to the Colisée de Québec

The Pee-Wee 3D : L’hiver qui a changé ma vie movie, produced by Éric Tessier, was released in December 2012. While the great majority of ice rink scenes were […]

Locker rooms in great demand

The Verdun Auditorium is very much in demand for the Montréal filming of hockey-related movies and television shows, because of the arena’s unique locker room: the visitor’s locker […]

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 […]

Rock shows at the Verdun Auditorium

Jean-François Parenteau: Well, the shows at the Auditorium, in fact, it’s… there’s something mythical in an Auditorium show. It’s that space. Today, we see the Bell Centre a […]

Pearl Jam at the Verdun Auditorium

Marc Daoust: So, a show that was significant to me, in fact, it’s a show on which I didn’t work. The luck we had, in fact, when… when […]