Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Montréal, Canada

Topdrukte — Christmas Day closures, Winter / Christmas break in Canada

• Festival

  Igloofest

  14 jan – 8 feb · meestalMuziekfestival

  Outdoor electronic music in the Old Port across three or four January weekends, in the coldest weeks of the North American calendar. The one-piece snowsuit contest is not ironic. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas Day closures (24 dec – 1 jan)

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Montreal en Lumiere

  18 feb – 10 mrt · meestalGroot festival

  A fortnight of guest chefs, concerts and installations downtown at the end of February, closing with an all-night Nuit Blanche when the metro runs until dawn. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Igloofest (14 jan – 8 feb (meestal))

Druk — March break / semaine de relâche in Canada

• Seizoen

  Sugar shack season

  1 mrt – 15 apr · meestalOogsttijd

  The sap runs when nights freeze and days thaw, so the cabanes a sucre outside the city open for roughly six weeks in March and April. Weekend tables are booked well ahead.

Nog steeds bezig: Montreal en Lumiere (18 feb – 10 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sugar shack season (1 mrt – 15 apr (meestal))

Druk — Canadian Grand Prix

• Festival

  Canadian Grand Prix

  20 mei – 15 jun · meestalRaceweekendDrukBoek vroeg

  Formula One on the island circuit over a weekend in late May or early June, and the loudest weekend of the Montreal year. Crescent Street closes and the hotels reprice for a week. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Canadian Grand Prix, Festival International de Jazz

• Festival

  Festival International de Jazz

  24 jun – 6 jul · meestalMuziekfestivalDruk

  Ten days at the Quartier des Spectacles at the turn of June into July, with most of the outdoor stages free. It is the largest jazz festival there is and the downtown streets close for it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Canadian Grand Prix (20 mei – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Festival International de Jazz, Canada Day

• Regel

  Moving Day

  1 julSluitingen

  Most Quebec leases end on 1 July, so the whole province moves house on one day. Streets in the Plateau are impassable, every van is booked, and half the city is carrying a sofa. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Canada Day

  1 julNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday. Banks, government offices and many shops close, towns put on daytime concerts and parades with fireworks after dark, and hotels and ferries fill when it makes a long weekend. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Just for Laughs

  15–26 julKunstenfestivalDruk

  Two weeks of comedy in the same downtown squares the jazz festival has just vacated, with free street shows alongside the ticketed galas. July in Montreal is one continuous festival. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Osheaga

  28 jul – 5 aug · meestalMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Three days on Ile Sainte-Helene at the turn of July into August, reached by metro in ten minutes from downtown. It closes the city's festival summer. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Festival International de Jazz (24 jun – 6 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Osheaga, Summer break in Canada

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Osheaga (28 jul – 5 aug (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Canada

• Natuur

  Fall colour

  25 sep – 20 okt · meestalHerfstkleuren

  Mount Royal turns in the first half of October and the Laurentians an hour north go a week earlier. Thanksgiving weekend in October is when everyone drives up to look at it.

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Fall colour (25 sep – 20 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Christmas Day closures, Winter / Christmas break in Canada

• Feestdag

  Christmas Day closures

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  Christmas Day is a statutory holiday nationwide: most shops, museums and many restaurants close and transit runs a holiday schedule. Boxing Day brings sales crowds to the malls where it is kept, and 1 January is another quiet, mostly closed day. Bron ↗