MONTREAL - Renowned film director Woody Allen will appear at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 30 with his New Orleans Jazz Band.

Tickets for the show at Place des arts go on sale on Saturday.

Allen, 72, will play the clarinet in what will be his first appearance at the jazz festival.

Allen, who has been a clarinetist since the age of 15, occasionally shows off his talent at the Cafe Carlyle in New York City.

He toured Europe in 1996 and played in various places including Venice, Barcelona, Athens, Monte Carlo and Paris.