Paradisia
A recurring service held below the nave. Underground artists, consecrated ground, and a congregation that listens the way others pray.
Four observances of
the underground.
- I.Tenet
Low Places
We meet below the sanctuary, in the stone basement of a working church. What was hidden becomes holy.
- II.Tenet
Unsigned Only
No labels. No algorithms. Producers, singers, beat-makers, and poets who operate beneath the surface of the city.
- III.Tenet
A Listening Congregation
Phones down. Conversation quiet. The room is arranged for reverence — attention is the offering.
- IV.Tenet
One Collection
A single ticket funds the artists, the candles, and the cost of keeping the door unlocked.
Two friends, one idea, a basement that already believed.
Charles April is a producer and singer who spent years writing records the surface of the city would never play. He kept meeting artists like himself — brilliant, unsigned, playing to empty rooms above liquor stores.
Mika Paradis grew up in the pews of the same church whose basement we now fill. She knew the stone down there held sound the way no club ever could — like a confession.
They made a pact on a cold night in late autumn: a recurring service for the underground, held literally under it. No gatekeepers, no genre, no phones on. A pulpit for the artists nobody scheduled. A congregation of anyone who came to listen.
That is Paradisia.
- Founded
- 2026
- Services
- Monthly
- Capacity
- 120 souls
Paradisia — Vol. I
The inaugural service. Underground music, consecrated ground.
- Date
- Saturday, June 13 · 9:00 PM
- Venue
- The Basement
- Saint Anselm's Parish Hall · 1347 Rue Saint-Denis
- City
- Montréal, QC
- Age
- 18+
- Valid ID required at the door
- Offering
- $20 USD
- General admission · Includes entry
120 seats · No door sales
Speak to us in the low places.
Booking, press, or a quiet word with Charles and Mika. All messages are read — most are answered within a day.
Artists — send a private link, not an attachment.