St Patrick’s Day Parade – March 14, 2010
March 3, 2010 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Festivals, Music
Montreal has the great distinction of having the longest continuous-running St. Patrick’s Day Parade and this year’s edition should be as much fun as the others. It’s the 186th year. And, if the great weather holds up, it may be one of the warmest!
Coming up Sunday, March 14th, don’t forget to come downtown and check out the fun and the love affair between the Montreal Irish, those who love them and St. Patrick’s day.
The parade begins at noon at the corner of Fort St. and Ste. Catherine west.
Have fun!
Brazil Night in Montreal, Feb. 27/10
Like Brazil? Like Brazilian music? Here’s an evening for you:
Our Brazilian-born Québécois friends are here to bring us some much-needed Brazilian sunshine, sensuality and summery heat in the waning days of February. Paulo Ramos-also honouring us with his latest album, Bossamba-welcomes the delectable voices of Bïa, Nico Béki, Monica Freire and Peninha, among others. Wonderful dancer Marcos Brasil will also take the stage to dance the samba and encourage fans to lose their inhibitions and get down, Brazilian style. Expect the hottest party of the… winter!
When: February 27, 2010, 10 p.m.
Cost: 16.50 (you can buy tickets here)
Where:
Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan
305 Ste. Catherine Street W.
Montréal
Telephone: 514 288-8882
info-salle @equipespectra.ca
Tony Gouveia, Feb. 20/10
Montreal’s import from Portugal, Tony Gouveia’s show as part of the Montreal Highlights festival takes place on February 20th, when Montrealers can enjoy his brand of music.
When: February 20, 2010, 7 p.m.
Cost: 16.50 (you can buy tickets here)
Where:
Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan
305 Ste. Catherine Street W.
Montréal
Telephone: 514 288-8882
info-salle @equipespectra.ca
Jorge Martinez, Feb. 18/10
More music – Montreal just never stops, does it?
Part of the Montreal Highlights Festival:
A former child prodigy and virtuoso guitarist, Jorge Martinez is a major player in stylistic fusion. Inspired as much by ancestral music as modern sounds, he delivers a free-spirited, sincere flamenco-fusion, equal parts technical prowess and Latin pride. It’s danceable, festive, moving and free-spirited. It was no surprise that he caused a sensation as the opening act for the great Cesaria Evora at the 2008 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal.
When: February 18, 2010, 10 pm
Cost: 14.50 (you can buy tickets here)
Where:
Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan
305 Ste. Catherine Street W.
Montréal
Telephone: 514 288-8882
info-salle @equipespectra.ca
Montreal Highlights Festival 2010
It’s time for the annual Montreal Highlights Festival – a way to help Montrealers and those who love Montreal get out and enjoy the winter.
When: From February 18 to 28, 2010
Where: various venues in Montreal, depending on the activity. Check out their website for more details or stay tuned to Montreal on the Cheap.
What:
One look at the program will be enough to convince you that this year’s edition is especially zany, crazy and free-spirited, the perfectly magical kickoff for all other “Nuits Blanches” that follow, in cities the world over. This Saturday, February 27, High Lighters can discover the city by night, plunging into 180 activities—most of them free—spread indoors and outdoors over three quartiers and one pole (sector). Feel like dancing, clambering onstage, singing, swimming, laughing? Ready for stories, an artistically re-imagined Montreal underground and a night of endless surprises?
Fête des Neiges de Montréal: Jan. 23 – Feb. 7, 2010
January 9, 2010 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Festivals, Outdoors, Physical exercise
Time to embrace winter and enjoy what it throws at us, after all, it’s not like we have much of a choice if we’re stuck here.
Join Montreal’s La fête des Neiges de Montréal and see what we can do with winter!
When: January 23 through to February 7, 2010 – weekeends only. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Parc Jean-Drapeau (Île-Sainte-Hélène et Notre-Dame, Station de métro Jean-Drapeau)
What: Tubing, skating, outdoor games, mini scientific camp, trampoline, and much more. This section (in French only) describes more about the activities, in detail.
Puces POP: do-it-yourself festival until Oct. 4, 2009
October 2, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Festivals
Looking for something different to do this weekend? Check out Puces POP.
According to their website:
Puces POP is Montreal’s largest do-it-yourself festival where people can come and celebrate all types of independent creation! Proudly going into its fourth year, Puces POP takes place during the last two days of the POP Montreal, and features a marketplace where over one hundred local and international artists, crafters, and indie record labels come to sell their wares. In addition, Puces POP hosts several other events such as a business seminar for artists and craftspeople, a fashion show, an art exhibition, and even a record sale and gear swap!
Check out their schedule here (it’s a PDF document).
Montreal Ukrainian Festival – Sept. 12, 2009
September 8, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Entertainment, Family Fun, Festivals, Outdoors
Another not-to-be-missed cultural festival. This time, it’s the Ukrainians who are celebrating.
What: Montreal’s annual Ukrainian Festival
Where: 12th Ave & Bellechasse, across the from St. Sophie’s Ukrainian Church (Directions)
When: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009
Culture Days (Journees de la Culture), Sept, 25-27, 2009
September 8, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Entertainment, Festivals, Music
Here’s a fun one for you if you like to explore different aspects of culture, from music to dance to theatre.
There’s not a lot of information available on line yet, so I suggest you check out their website regularly over the next week or two to see when they post their schedule:
Festival Métiers & Traditions de Longueuil, Sept 5-7, 2009
September 4, 2009 by MarijkeD
Filed under Family Fun, Festivals, Outdoors
If you enjoy learning about life years ago, you’ll probably enjoy the Festival Métiers & Traditions de Longueuil, which shows how life was in the mid-1800s. Explore period craftsmanship and the traditional know-how of local and international artisans. Over 100 craftspeople will demonstrate the some 50 traditional crafts.
Where: St. Marc Park, in Old Longueuil Directions
When: September 5, 6, and 7
Cost: Free
