“One of the most significant issues is that nightlife advocates often understand things to be true in their practice and experience, but don’t have data to advocate for what they see. Policymakers often want to see evidence-based data, pilots, and so on. Creative Footprint provides the beginning of a baseline. We use scores here, but it’s not necessarily about comparing cities to say that this one is better or worse than that one. It’s more about, OK in 2023, this is the score. Montreal did very strongly on aspects of Community Content and Space. It didn’t do nearly as strongly on what we call Framework Conditions: policies, transit, access to information, governance, and so on. As Montreal puts this nightlife strategy into place for the next years, that section is where the “score” can be increased.”

Diana Raisailles, interviewed by Elsa Fortant

Our team has been in Montreal to launch the latest Creative Footprint Report and for the MTL Night Summit that took place on May 17th and 18th at the PHI Center, bringing together creative minds who wish to learn more about nightlife cultures and the international initiatives that support their development. From tonight to the 21st, NON-STOP 24/24 takes place at Pavillon du Grand Quai of the Port of Montreal.

Read the full interview with Diana Raisailles here

Read Montreal’s Creative Footprint here

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MTL 24/24 is collaborating with VibeLab in partnership with PennPraxis and announces Creative Footprint: Montréal.

Over the next several months, VibeLab will research Montréal’s ‘Creative Footprint’ to identify the current issues, needs and challenges of communities embedded in Montréal’s music and nightlife scenes. By empowering and amplifying emerging and established voices, this research project will support MTL 24/24 and urban policymakers in best planning for and supporting creative spaces and communities in the city’s nightlife scenes for future generations.

Through a series of focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and analysis of Montréal’s 200+ music and nightlife venues, Creative Footprint will culminate with a report highlighting key findings and recommendations in Spring 2023.

How to get involved in Creative Footprint?

If you are a Montréal-based DJ, artist, venue operator, community leader, activist, event organiser, promoter, journalist, or anyone embedded in Montréal’s nightlife scenes — Creative Footprint invites you to participate in a one-hour online focus group discussion on the value, issues and threats surrounding Montréal’s fabric of music and nightlife venues hosted via Zoom (in English and French).

Register to participate below on:

• Wednesday October 12th, 2022 at 11am – 12pm (noon) Montréal local time (EDT)
• Thursday October 13th, 2022 at 4pm – 5pm Montréal local time (EDT)

About Creative Footprint

Creative Footprint is a research project by nighttime consultancy agency VibeLab in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s PennPraxis that researches creative spaces and communities to study the cultural value and impact of music and nightlife in the city. Creative Footprint has previously been conducted in Berlin, New York, Tokyo, and Stockholm.

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Creative Footprint : Annonce d’une étude sur les scènes musicales et de vie nocturne de Montréal

MTL 24/24 collabore avec VibeLab, en partenariat avec PennPraxis, et annonce Creative Footprint : Montréal.

Au cours des prochains mois, VibeLab effectuera des recherches sur l’« empreinte créative » de Montréal afin d’identifier les besoins et les défis actuels auxquels font face les diverses communautés intégrées aux scènes de la vie nocturne de Montréal. En mettant de l’avant à la fois les voix émergentes et établies, ce projet de recherche unique soutiendra MTL 24/24 et les décideurs urbains afin d’avoir une meilleure planification et un soutien des espaces créatifs et des communautés propres aux scènes de la vie nocturne de la ville davantage adéquat pour le futur.

Grâce à une série de discussions de groupe, d’entretiens approfondis et d’analyses de plus de 200 lieux de musique et de vie nocturne à Montréal, Creative Footprint aboutira à un rapport mettant en évidence les principales conclusions et recommandations au printemps 2023.

Comment participer à Creative Footprint?

Si vous êtes un·e DJ, un·e artiste, un·e exploitant·e de salle, un·e leader communautaire, un·e activiste, un·e organisateur·ice d’événements, un·e promoteur·ice, un·e journaliste ou tous·tes autres personnes impliqué·e·s dans les scènes de la vie nocturne de Montréal, Creative Footprint vous invite à participer et à présenter votre point de vue sur la vie nocturne de la ville.

Inscrivez-vous ci-dessous pour participer le :

• Mercredi 12 octobre 2022 de 11 h à 12 h (midi) heure locale de Montréal (EDT)
• Jeudi 13 octobre 2022 de 16 h à 17 h heure locale de Montréal (EDT)

À propos de Creative Footprint

Creative Footprint est un projet de recherche de l’agence de conseil nocturne VibeLab, en partenariat avec PennPraxis de l’Université de Pennsylvanie, qui étudie les espaces et les communautés créatives afin d’évaluer la valeur culturelle et l’impact de la musique et de la vie nocturne dans une ville. Le projet de recherche Creative Footprint a déjà été mené à Berlin, New York, Tokyo et Stockholm.

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