THE QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES BLOG

For its fifth anniversary, OUMF expects to set new attendance records. Five years ago, the back-to-school festival had a single stage where it showcased local bands.

Since the beginning of summer, Les Jardins Gamelin have been a huge success with Montrealers and visitors. And it’s far from over! Until October 4, the space will continue to host a thousand and one activities

Last year, the Fashion & Design Festival set up its runway in the Place des Festivals for the first time, making this year the festival’s second in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Summer is far from over, and one of the best places to enjoy it to the fullest is Sainte-Catherine St., the Place des Festivals and the surrounding area.

For the fourth year in a row, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal presents the OSM Classical Spree, a festival that makes classical music more accessible than ever. In all, the event includes 30 concerts lasting 45 minutes each, with tickets costing as little as $10.

When the great teepee rises in Place des Festivals, the 25^th annual Montreal First Peoples Festival will be officially underway.

After 29 years, the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique should need no introduction, but it’s still worthwhile to note that for three decades, the festival has been welcoming some of the best performers in world-music.

Since 1983, Montreal’s twin comedy festivals, Juste pour rire and Just For Laughs, have been doling out huge summertime doses of the world’s best comedy, including countless up-and-comers who have gone on to become big stars – many of whom keep coming back after they’ve become household names.

Montreal has always been a circus town, and for the sixth year in a row the Montréal Complètement Cirque (MCC) festival is adding a unique dimension to summer.

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.

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

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.