Funding Drive 2024 Events

Check out the exciting programming and live events we have on the menu for the 2024 Funding Drive (14-25 March 2024)

Thursday 14 March 2024

Harmony Express Kickoff Party @ Bar La Marché à Côté

8pm-1am

ft. DJ Haha, Hex P, and DJ Frog

5043 Saint Denis St, Montreal, Quebec H2J 2L8

Sunday 17 March 2024

Free City Radio Fundraiser @ Casa Del Popolo Doors 20h suggested donation $15
(No one turned away for lack of funds) La Sala Rossa, 4848 St. Laurent, Montreal Performances by: Normand Raymond (Solo set) – Singer, songwriter and Métis membre of the renowned Buffalo Hat Singers Christelle Saint-Julien + Stefan Christoff (Duet) Jahsun, Copcarbonfire and Stefan Christoff (Trio) with samples drawn from improvisations by Zoë Thomas

Thursday 21 March 2024

CKUT FUNdraiser at Le Système

10 pm – 3 am

ft. Destiny, DJ Salt, Khan, Sweets of the Night

7119 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2S 2N1

Saturday 23 March 2024

Radio’s Not Dead! Funding Drive Closing Party ft. Monsieurmadam, Claireyy, Aniika, C Lia, Nosh $11 at the door March 23, 2024, 10:00pm – March 24, 2024, 3:00am Nouvel Établissement 5817 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2T 1T3, Canada

Featured Archives

World Building Through Sound / Moving Towards Radical Joy | interview w/ Djeity – ffiles August 20, 2025

Djeity premieres their first body of work at Mutek titled “Things Are Not What They Seem” as a spectacle within SAT’s Dome that passes through traditions of negro spirituals, live vocals and instrumentation, audio reactive visuals by al11z and a first look at the expansive Djeity universe containing their past, present and future.

August 12, 2025 Local Journalism Initiative Stories

Wild Pride march draws thousands with the premise that Pride is political

CKUT's local journalist was on the scene at Sunday's Wild Pride march, where protesters made the link between queer and Palestinian liberation. Attendees told CKUT about their discontent with corporate Pride, which they say has strayed too far from the festival's radical roots.

July 30, 2025 2025 Special Programming

Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) Fundraiser + Panel Discussion

Based in Vancouver, DULF ran a compassion club that provided tested, pure drugs to users to prevent overdoses. Not a single person died. Now, their founders are facing life in prison. Co-founder Eris Nyx spoke about drug user rights, harm reduction, and the criminalization of care, on Thursday June 26, 2025, in the SSMU Ballroom at McGill University. Find out more about DULF and donate to the legal fund at dulf.ca

July 29, 2025 2025 The Montreal Sessions

Montreal Sessions – RISE Reggae Fest Takeover with Preach & Ms. Benn

The RISE Reggae Fest crew interviews the legendary dancehall deejay LADY G and chats about the upcoming fest.

July 25, 2025 2025 New Shit

New Shit – with Alissa and Henry

New music from Ribbon Skirt, Thanya Iyer, Saya Gray and more.

July 21, 2025 2025 World Skip The Beat

World Skip – African Country with Elnathan

Sometimes a record reaches CKUT's library that's so good you find a whole new niche of music. From more "traditional" country/western music to fusion to country-disco to some modern tunes... this show explores country music coming from Africa!

July 15, 2025 2025

Prison Radio – Trans Prisoner Policy

Prison Radio spoke with Amy Matychuk, Leon Laidlaw, and Rain from Prisoner Correspondence Project, and Louise Nachet from Mouvement transfeminist, to find out some facts about what trans people face in prison.

July 4, 2025 2025 New Shit

New Shit LIVE! from Jeanne-Mance Park

For this exceptional rendition of New Shit, we broadcast live from Jeanne-Mance park, playing new songs from Mei Semones, Oklou, Panda Bear, and more - all with our tummies full of watermelon and hot dogs.

June 29, 2025 2025 Free Kick

Midnight’s Another Day – Tribute to Brian Wilson on Free Kick

Join Malcolm for this special Brian Wilson tribute episode of Free Kick, a unique freeform brunchtime musical journey bringing together a melange of new sounds and old sounds alike.

June 26, 2025 2025 Freeform Air

Freeform Air – In the Cut with MC

Join MC the Natural for a new edition of Freeform Air, CKUT's volunteer-run open format program. Ebbs and flows on the road of life; from DnB to jazz, ambient to hip-hop and every thing in between.

June 5, 2025 2025 Upstage

Upstage goes to Fringe Park!

Upstage host Sarah kicks off the Fringe with live interviews featuring playrights, performers, and stage managers from five shows: An Uncomfortable Dinner Party, A Love Unbecoming, Little Star: Born of Desire, Harlem of the North and Mr Potts.

June 4, 2025 2025 Off The Hour

The News Collective covers Montréal’s housing crisis

Hear from CKUT's News Collective as they cover the current state of Montréal's housing crisis with local organizations HOJO, SLAM-MATU, and RCLALC.

June 3, 2025 2025 The Montreal Sessions

The Montreal Sessions – Suoni Per Il Popolo Takeover #3 w/ Kiva and Stefan

Join Kiva and Stefan for another Suoni Per Il Popolo takeover of The Montreal Sessions, a monthly artist-in-residency program highlighting local musicians, labels, and festivals.

June 3, 2025 2025 Local Journalism Initiative Stories

CKUT’s Local Journalism Initiative w/ Jules

CKUT's in-house journalist Jules details local news stories from this week, on topics such as climate, safe-consumption, and Quebec's latest language and culture bill.

May 31, 2025 2025 Funky Revolutions Palestinian Coverage

Funky Revolutions – Live from Maktaba

In this unique broadcast live from Maktaba bookshop, we hear a mixtape with sounds from a Sudan Solidarity Collective event at La Sala Rossa, as well as some material from the Make Fuzz Not War compilation released to support Doctors Without Borders in Palestine and the Middle East Children's Alliance.

May 30, 2025 2025 New Shit

New Shit w/ Jade – May 30, 2025

New shit brought to you by Jade—featuring tracks mostly dropped in the last week of May. Heavy emphasis on local Montreal bands.

May 28, 2025 2025 ffiles

ffiles – Interview w/ Harald Beharie | Batty Bwoy

Batty Bwoy starts from a place of play and desire, entangled in violence and charming cruelty. Through a reappropriation of the Jamaican term “Batty Bwoy” (literally, butt boy), slang for a queer person, Harald Beharie’s work twists and turns the myths of the black queer body unfolding vulnerable possibilities in an interplay of consciousness and naivety.

May 27, 2025 2025 Special Programming

Rez Rock Radio w/ DJ Hank

DJ Hank does a deep dive into the archives - ours and his - to bring you rare country and rock n' roll music by Native American artists.

May 14, 2025 2025 Off The Hour Palestinian Coverage

Off the Hour: The trans care snitch list and the state of gender-affirming care in Quebec and Canada; Stefan Christoff interviews Samar Alkhdour (May 14, 2025)

Lawrence and the Community News Collective speak with members of The Breach and the Trans Patient Union about Canadian care providers showing up on the American government's snitch list plus the state of gender-affirming care in Canada, and Stefan Christoff interviews Samar Alkhdour

May 14, 2025 2025 Radyo Kapwa

Radyo Kapwa Ep. 146: Lahat Konektado: Lapu Lapu Day & Mental Health Awareness w/ Mathilde & Veronica Bertiz (May 14, 2025)

Everything’s Political is hosted by Veronica Jane Bertiz. Starting today, it airs on Radyo Kapwa on CKUT 90.3FM every first Wednesday of the Month.

May 14, 2025 2025 Dykes on Mykes Funding Drive

Dykes on Mykes Funding Drive Special – live from NDQ May 5, 2025

Dykes on Mykes went live from NDQ for a panel on queer event organizers.

May 14, 2025 2025 Funding Drive Harbinger Showcase

Funding Drive Special: Off the Hour Off the Rails / Talk Shit O’Clock / Harbinger of Doom – LIVE from Casa del Popolo (May 7, 2025)

For the first time ever, CKUT's Community News Collective, Jules and Jack, and members of the Harbinger Media Network and Unrigged.ca joined forces for a 3-hour live news broadcast from Casa Del Popolo.

May 14, 2025 2025 QueerCorps

Queercorps Ep. 42: Anniversary episode with Jetsam and Object of Loathing! – April 7, 2025

Previous guests and fans of the show Jetsam and Object of Loathing join Onyx live in studio for the 1st birthday of this version of Queercorps.

May 14, 2025 2025 World Skip The Beat

World Skip the Beat: Kalahari Surfers and Warrick Sony (Pt. 1) – November 25, 2024

Part 1 of Estee and Louise's interview with South African composer, producer, musician and sound designer Warrick Sony, the founder and sole permanent member of the Kalahari Surfers, who made politically radical satirical anti-apartheid music in 1980s South Africa.