Festival du nouveau cinéma
A revolutionary film festival, aimed at promoting new film makers, filming ideas and techniques, and filming styles and trends. Screenings of various films from around the world.
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Festivals and Annual Events
Annual car show held at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in late January. Car manufacturers from around the globe display their best products. Vehicles are displayed by the hundreds (650 vehicles in 2008) in a large exhibition gallery. Renown brands such as General Motors, Nissan, BMW, Ford, and Volkswagen come out and display their extreme creativity in models of cars that range from classy and retro to eco-friendly and futuristic in design. Not to be missed if you're in Montreal during the season and are into glossy colors, metallic shines, and fantasizing about being the protagonist in car racing games and movies.
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Festivals and events in Montreal
Showing 1–20 of 20 festivals
Plan around 20 festival seasons, public events, Ramadan/Eid periods, book fairs, art cycles, and winter food activity.
Festival du Monde Arabe
Musical festival to celebrate the culture of the Arab world through the performing arts. Traditional and modern Arab performances are part of this festival.
Salon de l'Auto/International Motor Show
Annual car show held at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in late January. Car manufacturers from around the globe display their best products.
Festival Montréal en Lumière/Montreal High Lights Festival
An exciting annual festival, relatively new for a city which derives its festivals from centuries old traditions. The purpose - to celebrate light! Quite original, and more than just an "enlightening" affair.
Festival Voix des Amériques/Vf
A festival celebrating written arts, literature, poetry, and satire. Performances range from poetry recitals to comedy acts to literary stage shows.
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois/The Rendez-Vous of Quebec Cinema
Aimed at promoting Quebec film culture, supporting the film makers, and acting as a brdige between the silverscreen and the demands of the public.
Festival international du film sur l'art (FIFA)/International Film Festival on Art
A film festival that screens films and documentaries on the various aspects of art and architecture from around the globe - its history, development through the ages, and its implementation and interpretation i
Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
Saint Patrick is widely revered as one of the patron saints of Ireland, and the republic of Ireland and Irish colonies and communities worldwide obvserve St Patrick' Day in honour of the respected saint.
La Braderie de mode québécoise
This is a fashion mega event held twice annually since it began in 1994 and attracted only 50 customers. The present attendance is over 8000 in each session.
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival
Gathers more than 250 writers, poets, journalists, musicians and actors from around the world to present their art in the language they feel comfotable in.
Montreal Chamber Music Festival
Inaugrated in 1995 with the purpose of promoting chamber music and its various forms. Performances are held in historic and cultural sites around the city to reflect the mood of the events.
Mutek
Music festival started in 2000, featuring electronic, vocal trance, experimental pop music. Attracts crowds by the hundreds as concerts rage on all night. Held in late May to early June.
Fete de St-Jean-Baptiste
Celebrated on the 24th of June each year as a national holiday in all of Quebec, to mark solidarity with the similar festival celebrated in France.
Montreal International Fireworks Competition
Breathtaking displays of fireworks, guaranteed to be the most impressive you have ever seen. Fireworks go off to orchestral performances by groups of musicians from over a dozen countries.
Fête du Canada/Canada Day
Celebrations include parades, family carnivals, fireworks displays, maritime exhibitions, and freee public concerts.
Montreal International Jazz Festival
Claimed to be the largest jazz festival worldwide, this event attracts thousands of visitors annually as it continues for more than a week, during which several streets in the downtown area are closed to traffi
Just For Laughs Festival
Internationally famed comedy event, featuring standup comedy, paid indoor performances, street acts, and fun pranks on the public.
Les FrancoFolies
Festival to celebrate and promote French muscial compositions. Propagates through free outdoor concerts held in downtown streets that are sealed off for traffic for a week during the festival.
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu Hot Air Balloon Festival
One "hot" festival. Hundreds of large hot-air balloons of different types and colors, some of them in special shapes like animals and cartoon characters. The event is held at the St.
Fête des enfants/Children’s Festival
A wide variety of games, costume parties, fun filled activities like painting,sculpting and modelmaking, a marvellous night-time fireworks display, and musical performances all through the event.
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