Venue review

The musician's read

Le Pantoum is a live-music venue in Québec, Quebec. Artist-run DIY music hub and performance venue supporting local, emerging and touring independent music. Highly music-focused DIY venue and artist community with active original-music programming. The venue supports live-band performance, giving working groups a clear basis for evaluating the room. Programming includes Indie, rock, punk, electronic, folk, experimental, mixed. Age access is 21+. The venue is located at 76 Rue Saint-Vallier Ouest, Québec, QC G1K 1J6. For musicians evaluating a date, the established programming is the clearest guide to whether a set, instrumentation, and audience profile will fit the room. Artists can compare their sound and show scale with the venue’s existing live-music format before pursuing a date. Bands and solo performers can use the genre mix, audience setting, and performance style as practical signals when building a routing plan. For working musicians, that established performance pattern also provides useful context for deciding how much production, stage footprint, and preparation a show may require. The venue’s live-use pattern makes it a practical lead for suitable performers.

Booking Information

Venue booking contacts

Free directory

Contact Information

Contact
Jean-Etienne Collin Marcoux
Role
Talent Buyer
418-564-6839Open booking page

Member booking tools

Use Quick Pitch, saved venues, follow-ups, tour planning, and the Booking Dashboard with membership.

Open booking tools

Venue details

Age policy
All Ages
Genres
All Genres
Sound & production
Confirm with venue
Address
76 Rue Saint-Vallier Ouest, G1K 1J6, Canada
Venue phone
+1 418-564-6839

Official venue links

Venue photos & reviews

See the room before load-in

See current venue photos, ratings, selected reviews, hours, and contact details.

Scout this venue

Reveal live photos, rating, reviews, hours, and contact details.

KEEP DIGGING

You might also try

Other venues in Quebec, weighted toward the same city and genres.

Ballroom Country is country dance hall/bar in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome with recurring live country-band events. The programming spans Country, country rock, and dance bands, giving artists a useful sense of what already works in the room. Purpose-built country dance venue with recurring live bands. Capacity is listed as 140. This is the kind of booking where a polished concert presentation matters; the audience is there to face the stage. Musicians with a polished stage presentation should get more out of this room than casual bar acts.

Read the whole thing

Baobab Café Culturel is a live-music venue in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Programming includes Acoustic / jazz / folk / mixed. Live-band performance is part of the venue’s established use. For musicians, this room is best evaluated by how its existing programming matches an act’s style, instrumentation, volume, and audience. Bands and solo performers can use the venue’s established music mix and performance setting to decide whether the room belongs on a routing plan. A show that fits the space’s scale and normal audience environment will generally be the strongest match. The venue’s recurring connection to live performance also gives artists a practical reference point for planning stage footprint, production needs, and set presentation before pursuing a date. Working musicians should treat the established format as the clearest signal of fit and prepare a focused set that suits the room. The established live-music pattern gives performers a useful reference point when comparing local and regional opportunities. Cultural café with an events room that hosts live music and community programming.

Read the whole thing

Bar Bistro L'Entracte in Val-d'Or is an intimate bistro-bar with a strong blues identity and recurring live performances by professional musicians. The room holds about 110 indoors plus roughly 50 on the terrace, and the audience is 18+. Blues, roots, and related intimate live styles are the natural fit. At that scale, performers can create a focused room without needing a huge draw, while still playing to a meaningful crowd. L'Entracte looks best suited to seasoned small bands and roots-oriented acts that can make the performance feel personal and polished.

Read the whole thing