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THE QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES BLOG

The blog of the Quartier des Spectacles is a window on the people and places that make Montreal’s cultural heart beat. From festivals to performance venues, from restaurants to avant-garde art. Every week, you’re invited to discover the city’s liveliest square kilometre!

9 reasons to jazz up your summer

  • 22
  • June
  • 2015

With more than 600 concerts, about two-thirds of them free, it goes without saying that the Festival international de jazz de Montréal has a line-up that runs the gamut, from old-school jazz masters to pop and world-music artists on the fringes of the genre.

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8 fascinating facts about 1.26

  • 9
  • June
  • 2015

If you’ve been anywhere near Place Émilie-Gamelin lately, you’ve seen the impressive artwork floating over the square.

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5-star movies under the stars!

  • 9
  • June
  • 2015

Every Tuesday this summer, Place de la Paix, next to the Society for Art and Technology (SAT), in the Quartier des Spectacles, will become an open-air movie theatre.

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