Businesses and Attractions
Numerous art galleries and other cultural organizations make their home on the Main. including La Centrale/Powerhouse (Canada's oldest women's artist-run centre), Théâtre Espace Go (since 1995), Ethnik-art, the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Festival International Nuits d'Afrique, the Montreal Fringe Festival, Image & Nation Festival, My Hero Gallery, the Society for Arts and Technology and Sensation Mode. Many well-known music venues can be found on the Main, including Casa del Popolo, Sala Rosa, Club Soda, Barfly, Jupiter Room, Main Hall, Club Lambi, The Academy Club and Divan Orange. The street is also home to the National Theatre School of Canada as well as the EXcentris arts complex, adjacent to the offices of Softimage. Gastronomic highlights include Schwartz's deli, serving Montreal-style smoked meat, as well as the Montreal Pool Room, serving Montreal hot dogs since 1912.
Twice each summer, a street fair closes The Main from Sherbrooke Street to Mount Royal Avenue, once to begin the season in mid-June, and a second time to close it the weekend before Labour Day.
The Société de développement du boulevard Saint-Laurent (SDBSL) is a merchant's association the promoting economic, social and cultural development of Saint-Laurent Boulevard between Sherbrooke Street and Mont-Royal Avenue.
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