Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Québec, Canada

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Canada, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Carnaval de Quebec

• Festival

  Carnaval de Quebec

  1–15 feb · meestalCarnavalDrukBoek vroeg

  Ten days of ice palace, night parades and caribou drunk out of a plastic cane, in the coldest fortnight of the year. The old town's hotels sell out months in advance for it. Bron ↗

Druk — March break / semaine de relâche in Canada

• Seizoen

  Maple sugar season

  5 mrt – 20 apr · meestalOogsttijd

  Freezing nights and thawing days start the sap, and the cabanes a sucre on Ile d'Orleans and south of the river open for six weeks of ham, syrup and taffy rolled on snow.

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Maple sugar season (5 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Summer break in Canada

• Feestdag

  Saint-Jean-Baptiste

  23–24 junGroot festivalDrukSluitingen

  Quebec's national holiday, and in this city the one that matters most. Bonfires and a large free concert on the Plains of Abraham on the night of the 23rd, then everything shuts on the 24th. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Festival d'ete de Quebec, Summer break in Canada

• Festival

  Festival d'ete de Quebec

  5–18 jul · meestalMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  Eleven days in July with the main stage on the Plains of Abraham and a single pass covering everything. It is the fullest the walled city gets all year. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Grands Feux Loto-Quebec, New France Festival

• Festival

  Grands Feux Loto-Quebec

  4–22 augLicht & vuurDruk

  Free pyromusical shows fired from a barge on the St Lawrence between Quebec and Levis, spread across Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights through the month; the boardwalk spots fill early. Bron ↗

• Festival

  New France Festival

  5–9 aug · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  Five days in early August when the lower town dresses as the seventeenth century, half the residents included. It is more costume market and street theatre than history lesson. Bron ↗

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec

• Festival

  Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec

  11 sepSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  A one-day UCI WorldTour circuit race through the Plains of Abraham and the old city walls, run the same September weekend as Montreal's edition; the closed circuit means road closures along the course. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Fall colour

  25 sep – 20 okt · meestalHerfstkleuren

  The maples on the north shore and up the Jacques-Cartier valley usually peak in the first ten days of October, a fortnight ahead of the city trees on the Plains.

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

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

Druk — German Christmas market

• Festival

  German Christmas market

  20 nov – 23 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Wooden huts through the lower town and around the Hotel de Ville from late November, in a walled city that already looks the part. Weekend evenings in December are shuffling pace. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — German Christmas market, Winter / Christmas break in Canada

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: German Christmas market (20 nov – 23 dec (meestal))