Music, food and dancing in the streets at OUMF Festival
September may mean back to school but it doesn’t mean summer festival season is over yet in Montréal – the OUMF Festival of live music (this year starring DJ Jazzy Jeff and Skratch Bastid!),...
View ArticleMontréal Country Festival brings toe-tapping fun to the Old Port
Montréal’s sunny Old Port is revealing its wild-west side on the weekend of August 19 to 21, with the Montréal Country Festival. Now’s your chance to get in some amazing country shows and to learn new...
View ArticleLight Up the Night at the Botanical Gardens
One of the brightest ides of fall in Montréal is the annual Gardens of Light event at the Botanical Gardens, which fills the Chinese and Japanese Gardens in our little piece of Eden with a multitude of...
View ArticleWorld Press Photo 2016 Shocks and Awes
Marché Bonsecours in Old Montréal is lucky enough to be hosting the Montréal edition of the world’s most prestigious annual professional photo competition, World Press Photo, to a crowd of 50,000...
View ArticleThe Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal tells it on the mountain
Once a year, for five muscle-burning, perspiration-pouring hours, many of the world’s elite cyclists – competitors in the Tour de France, the Summer Olympics and the like – bring peak athletic...
View Article375 years—and more—of Montréal Indigenous culture
Montréal’s 375th anniversary marks the official founding of Ville Marie by Europeans in 1642, but long before the Europeans arrived, there was a rich tapestry of First Nations cultures all along the...
View ArticleFestival day-tripping around Montréal!
Whether you’re into yoga, jazz, classical or electronic music, hot-air ballooning or the country scene, Montréal’s surroundings are teeming with festivals to satisfy your cultural and spiritual...
View ArticleInternational artists on display at open-air museum
An open-air museum will display works by Canadian and international artists, and fly the flags of some 200 countries all summer long. La Balade pour la Paix / An Open-Air Museum is a major public art...
View ArticleYour summer guide to Montréal’s Olympic Park
The Esplanade Financière Sun-Life at Montréal’s Olympic Park is gearing up for its best summer yet. There will be lots happening on site, which happens to be accessible by metro, so you can leave the...
View ArticleYour 2017 Montréal summer festival guide
While there’s an argument to be made that Montréal’s festival season is more of a 365-days-a-year situation, there does come a point when a wave of major festivals – like Osheaga, the Montreal Jazz...
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