Sheldon Kagan has earned the moniker “Mr. Entertainment”, after all he’s been providing successful entertainment, concerts and trade shows in his native Montreal for over four decades and shows no signs of slowing down.
The budding impresario kicked off his entertainment career as a DJ at 14 dubbing himself “Shelly the K and his Mobile Discotheque.”
By the time he reached 19, Kagan, the accomplished DJ, turned his focus on producing. His first major effort, was a sell-out concert staring jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Gene Krupa at Montreal’s Place des Arts. A locale he continues to book to this day, along with other venues including the St. Denis Theatre.
His company, Sheldon Kagan International, continues to bring Montrealers the big names in the pop and jazz genres. Past shows included Loggins & Messina, Artie Shaw, Buck Owens, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Herbie Mann, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston, Jackie Mason, …