THE QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES PARTNERSHIP
Since its foundation in 2003, the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership has been at work promoting the district and its many assets. The Partnership provides an opportunity for district actors from the cultural, university, economic, and other communities to work together and seek common ground. In its earliest years, the Partnership developed a vision for development, created a visual identity, and established the district’s first collective projects.
Today, following the City of Montréal’s consolidation of its mandate in May 2009, the Partnership pursues a broader and more active mission. It exercises neighborhood leadership by programming cultural activities, managing public spaces, and enriching the district’s cultural general attractions. In addition, it promotes and contributes to the development of Quartier des Spectacles as a world-class cultural destination. Lastly, it seeks to establish collective projects, such as the Quartier des Spectacles’s Luminous Pathway.
MEMBERSHIP
Like the enormous transformations that have swept through this part of downtown, the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership is taking a major step in its development by opening up its governance. All of the partners working in the area are now invited to become Partnership members and participate in the cultural development of this downtown district.
The membership form can be found at the section Together.
An ambitious mission
The mission of the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership is to contribute actively, in concert with public authorities and the various stakeholders active on its territory, to the cultural development and enhancement of Quartier des Spectacles, by integrating urban, social and economic considerations into all its activities.
These activities include:
- Enhancing and preserving the neighbourhood’s cultural assets, particularly those related to the performing arts and performance venues;
- Bringing life to the neighbourhood by organizing cultural activities;
- Managing public spaces and specialized facilities used for cultural activities;
- Providing special lighting in the Quartier des Spectacles;
- Promoting and developing the Quartier des Spectacles as Montreal’s cultural heart and an international tourist attraction.
Board of directors
The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership is made up of 17 area stakeholders, including representatives from the culture, real estate, education, and business sectors, as well as local residents, the Borough of Ville-Marie, the City of Montreal and the Government of Quebec.
Board of directors members
JACQUES PRIMEAU1
Chair
Les Productions Jacques K Primeau

MARCEL CÔTÉ1
Vice-chair
KPMG-SECOR
ANDRÉ PICARD1
Vice-chair
Festival Juste pour rire
MONIQUE GOYETTE1
Treasurer
UQAM
PAUL ARSENAULT
GUY BERTHIAUME
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
GHYSLAIN BOILEAU
Société des arts technologiques
MARC BLONDEAU1
JOANNE CHEVRIER
JEAN-ROBERT CHOQUET1
ROSARIO DEMERS
Table de concertation du Faubourg Saint-Laurent
ALAIN DUFORT
Arrondissement Ville-Marie – Ville de Montréal
FÉLIX MARTEL
ANDRÉ MÉNARD1
PHILIP O’DWYER
Société de développement commercial du Quartier latin
LORRAINE PINTAL1
STÉPHANE RICCI
MICHEL SABOURIN
1 Quartier des Spectacles Partnership Executive Committee member.
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Pierre Fortin, General manager, Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
Suzanne Raynault, Corporate secretary, Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
Audit Committee
PRESIDENT
- Monique Goyette – Vice-rector, Administration and Finance, Université du Québec à Montréal*
MEMBERS
- Guy Berthiaume – Chief Executive Officer, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec*
- Ghyslain Boileau – Administrative Director, Société des arts technologiques*
- Joanne Chevrier – Director of Communications and Marketing, Hydro-Québec*
- Jean-Robert Choquet – Director, culture and heritage office, Ville de Montréal*
*Partnership Board members
Governance and ethics committee
PRESIDENT
- Marie Lavigne
MEMBERS
- Paul Arseneault – Director, Réseau de veille en tourisme*
- Joanne Chevrier – Director of Communications and Marketing, Hydro-Québec*
- Pascale Daigle – Partner, Daigle/Saire
- Pierre Fortin – Executive Director, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
- Martin Galarneau – Partner / Vice-president, Corporate Affairs and Business Development, Thibault, Messier, Savard et Associés Inc.
- Suzanne Raynault – Administrative Services Director, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
*Partnership Board members
Illumination committee
PRESIDENT
- Félix Martel – Director, Monument-National*
MEMBERS
- Mikaël Charpin – Assistant Director and Luminous Pathway manager, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
- Clément Demers – Executive Director, Quartier international de Montréal
- Pierre Fortin – Executive Director, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
- Benoît Lemieux – Director of Operations and Luminous Pathway director, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
- Gilles Meunier – Retired lighting engineer, Hydro-Québec
- Luc Plamondon – Art Director
- Stéphane Ricci – Ville de Montréal*
- Michel Sabourin – President, Club Soda*
*Partnership Board members
Programming committee
PRESIDENT
- Sophie Labelle – Project manager, programming direction, Place des Arts
MEMBERS
- Charles-Mathieu Brunelle – General director, Muséums nature de Montréal
- Pierre Fortin – General director, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
- Marie Fraser – Chief curator, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
- Pascal Lefebvre – Programming director, Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles
- Félix Martel – Director, Monument-National*
- André Ménard – Cofounder and vice-president, L’Équipe Spectra – Métropolis*
- Alain Petel – Commissioner, Bureau des festivals et événements culturels, Direction de la culture et du patrimoine, Ville de Montréal
*Partnership Board members
CULTURAL AND PERFORMANCE VENUES COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT
- Michel Sabourin / Club Soda*
MEMBERS
- Jocelyne Bilodeau / Gesù
- Ghyslain Boileau / Société des arts technologiques*
- Michel Goulet / France Film
- Alain Grégoire / Maison Théâtre
- Alexandra Maier / PQDS
- Félix Martel / Monument-National*
- André Ménard / L’Équipe Spectra*
- Claire Patry / Place des Arts
- Lorraine Pintal / Théâtre du Nouveau Monde*
- Nicole Vallières / Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- Guy Vanasse / UQAM
- Pierre Fortin, observer / PQDS
- Pascal Lefebvre, observer / PQDS
- Jacques Primeau, observer / Les Productions Jacques K. Primeau
- Kathia St-Jean, observer / PQDS
Commercial Signage Committee
MEMBRES
- Ghyslain Boileau / Société des arts technologiques
- Joanne Chevrier / Hydro-Québec
- Alexandra Maier / PQDS
- André Ménard / L’Équipe Spectra
- André Picard / Festival Juste pour rire
Partnership members
- Federico Andreoni [Church of St. John the Evangelist]
- Paul Arseneault [Réseau de veille en tourisme]
- Guy Berthiaume [Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec]
- Jocelyne Bilodeau [Théâtre du Gesú]
- Marc Blondeau [Place des Arts]
- Ghyslain Boileau [Société des arts technologiques]
- Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol [Cinémathèque québécoise]
- Martin Chartrand [Elektratek]
- Joanne Chevrier [Hydro-Québec]
- Michelle Corbeil [Festival International de littérature]
- Alain Dancyger [Grands Ballets canadiens]
- Rosario Demers [TCFSL]
- Elizabeth-Ann Doyle [MU]
- Louise Duceppe [La Compagnie de théâtre DUCEPPE]
- André Dudemaine [Terres en vues]
- Jacques-André Dupont [Festival Montréal en Lumière]
- Mélanie Ellezam [Productions Mutek]
- Nick Farkas [Evenko]
- Amélie Ferland [Maison du développement durable]
- Paulette Gagnon [Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal]
- Simon Gauthier [Association des petits lieux d’arts et de spectacles]
- Nadine Gelly [La Vitrine]
- Pierrette Gingras [Groupe Le Vivier]
- Nicolas Girard Deltruc [Festival du Nouveau Cinéma]
- Michel Goulet [Compagnie France Film Inc.]
- Monique Goyette [UQAM]
- Alain Grégoire [Maison Théâtre]
- Francine Grimaldi [Les Productions Nuits d’Afrique Inc.]
- François Guy [SACEF]
- Emmanuelle Héroux [Phi Films]
- Marie-Josée Jean [Vox]
- Janick Langlais [Coopérative de travail Les Katacombes]
- Charles Lapointe [Tourisme Montréal]
- David Lavoie [Festival TransAmérique]
- Éric Lefebvre [CIBL]
- Nadine Marchand [MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CIRQUE]
- Félix Martel [Monument-National]
- André Ménard [L’Équipe Spectra – Métropolis]
- Alain Mongeau [Festival MUTEK]
- Axel Morgenthaler [Artiste lumière]
- Philip O’Dwyer [Société de développement commercial du Quartier latin]
- Guylaine O’Farrell [MusiquePlus/MusiMax]
- André Picard [Festival Juste pour rire]
- Éric Pineault [Fierté Montréal]
- Lorraine Pintal [Théâtre du Nouveau Monde]
- Bernard Poliquin [Mouvement-Desjardins – Services immobiliers]
- Jacques Primeau [Productions Jacques K. Primeau]
- Roseline Rico [Maison du Festival de Jazz Inc.]
- Yves Rocray [LADMMI]
- Ségolène Roederer [Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma québécois]
- Rafik Sabbagh [Festival Quartiers Danses (Transatlantique Montréal)]
- Michel Sabourin [Club Soda]
- Jules Saint-Michel [Luthier – Économusée]
- Laurent Saulnier [Les FrancoFolies de Montréal]
- Alain Simard [Festival International de Jazz de Montréal]
- Manfred Stoffl [Goethe-Institut]
- Étienne St-Laurent [Théâtre de la Ligue Nationale d’Improvisation]
- Sylvie Teste [Les Escales Improbables]
- Alain Thibault [Elektra]















