Upcomming Montreal Jazz Fest.

How are you getting here, plane, train or automobile?

There is so much to do and see in Montreal during the summer the question is where to start?

Audiophile things to do and see:
There are a lot of good record shops, the one I highly recommend is "Au 33 Tours". It is located in the heart of one of the trendiest boroughs Plateau Mont-Royal on Mount-Royal street east. Once on the street there are all kinds of shops restaurants to check out. Here is the link to the shop http://www.aux33tours.com

Audio shops, again we have more than our fair share in this city. A great one to check out which is close to the Jazz fest site is Coudre de Foudre Audio. It is located three blocks south of the Jazz Fest site on Bleury street. Here is the link http://www.cdfaudio.com/. From there it is few more block south to China town.

I gotta go now, but I'll post more suggestions later.

Thanks for responses.
i'm getting there by plain. I'll be more likely getting around with public transportation. audiphile thing will probably be the very last thing to do as I only plan to be 4 days mostly attending live concerts.

Stay within walking distance to the event. Believe me, there's way too much going on to be staying 50-60km away. This is the biggest jazz festival in the world. I've been several times. I'm not going this year because I have too much work around the house but give me a day or two to gather some information for you. The hotel we stayed at last year was great and was not too expensive. We could walk to the venue in 20 minutes and could walk to Old Montreal in about 20 minutes. China Town was about 10 minutes on foot. Are you of an age where you can handle a 20 minute walk through a city? They have an amazing bike program in Montreal where you can rent bikes all over the city with several points to drop them off as well.

Don't spend time seeking out audiophile type things. This is a music festival. Forget about that stuff and enjoy some great jazz and amazing world music. There's free shows at this event that can accommodate 20,000 people and those shows will be packed. It's the most organized, friendly and accommodating festival you'll ever attend. It's totally kid /family friendly. I brought my dog last year.

You've made a great decision to go to Montreal. I'll gather some I formation for you in the next coup,e of days.

I just realized how long ago you posted this. I feel bad I never noticed it. Have you made a decision on your accommodations? I'll get you information in a couple of days.

Thanks Donjr,
I haven't made any accommodations as of yet. I'm in my mid-40's and still run 5...6km daily outdoors so walking 20m is a joy. Riding bikes is also great and I'll definitely get on to it.
Possibly picking up an adventurous music female student to accompany my trip:-) I'd possibly know of some friend who would throw me an empty apartment key on my arrival and the apartment is in the heart of downtown. Otherwise I'd look for descent hotel *** or better. There's still plenty of time to get accommodations straightened out. My objective is to see Chucho Valdes, Bireli Lagrene and Bill Frisel. The only audiophile thing I would look forward to do is to take a look at vinyl records if I find any of my taste price and condition. Obviously no equipment shopping as I'm all set in this case with my recent purchase of Mytek DSD DAC-preamp/headphone/Beyerdynamic t70.