På gång i Montreal, Canada under året

Mest folk — Christmas Day closures, Winter / Christmas break i Canada

• Festival

  Igloofest

  14 jan – 8 feb · vanligtvisMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas Day closures (24 dec – 1 jan)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Festival

  Montreal en Lumiere

  18 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Igloofest (14 jan – 8 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — March break / semaine de relâche i Canada

• Säsong

  Sugar shack season

  1 mar – 15 apr · vanligtvisSkörd

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Montreal en Lumiere (18 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Sugar shack season (1 mar – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Canadian Grand Prix

• Festival

  Canadian Grand Prix

  20 maj – 15 jun · vanligtvisMotorsportshelgTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Canadian Grand Prix, Festival International de Jazz

• Festival

  Festival International de Jazz

  24 jun – 6 jul · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Canadian Grand Prix (20 maj – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Festival International de Jazz, Canada Day

• Regel

  Moving Day

  1 julStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Canada Day

  1 julNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Just for Laughs

  15–26 julKulturfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Osheaga

  28 jul – 5 aug · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Festival International de Jazz (24 jun – 6 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Osheaga, Summer break i Canada

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Osheaga (28 jul – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i Canada

• Natur

  Fall colour

  25 sep – 20 okt · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  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.

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Fall colour (25 sep – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Mest folk — Christmas Day closures, Winter / Christmas break i Canada

• Helg

  Christmas Day closures

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗