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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!

Six perspectives on Les Jardins Gamelin

  • 24
  • August
  • 2016

There’s still time to enjoy Les Jardins Gamelin, this downtown oasis, summer is held over until October 2. Experience the gardens every day – and each day is completely different from the last

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A unique, cliché-free experience at the Fashion & Design Festival

  • 15
  • August
  • 2016

The conventional “Fashion Week” approach to fashion festivals, popular worldwide, is getting a makeover. More and more of the industry’s big names are staging their runway shows in unusual venues and even outdoors. Why? To make fashion more accessible for everyone

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The Montreal First Peoples Festival: a global gathering

  • 1
  • August
  • 2016

Reggae by Shauit, a compelling film by Dan Taulapapa McMullin, the colourful works of Riel Benn. As different as they are from one another, these artists’ works are inspired by tradition without rejecting modern influences

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