On November 21, 2026, one month before Christmas, Santa Claus stops by to see the kids (and the grown-ups) in Montreal with a parade downtown—and it’s time to go say hi to him, just in case he forgot abou...
Temperatures in the streets of Montreal dropped below freezing this morning, but it’s still warm at PHI. The contemporary center-museum-gallery-collective will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2027. To m...
It’s Halloween this week, but it’s also the first week when temperatures drop below freezing at night. Surrounded by goblins, vampires, and witches who laugh too loudly, our worst nightmare is still getti...
OUR CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER 2026 This weekend, we put on a mask and feel free to become a goblin, a vampire, or a princess on the streets of Montreal; we sip a cocktail with a little sugar brain at...
We’ve all heard of—or visited as children—the Valcartier Ice Hotel, built every year out of ice and where you can even spend the night. The snow and ice structure looks like something straight out of a Di...
Oh, sugarplum! The holiday season is almost here, and—of course—we’ll be buying our tickets to see one of the season’s most nostalgic ballets. With the sub-zero nights of the past few days, we can already...
On Monday, October 26, and for a few days afterward, you can see the Hunter’s Moon high in the Montreal sky. And Saturday, October 31—Halloween, the first official day of the darkest season of the year...
Montreal—and especially the Island of Montreal—is often compared to New York. There are “brownstones,” a large park right in the middle of the city, plenty of indie music, and cafés that are just a tad to...
It won’t snow for Halloween this year, but the first snowfall in Montreal isn’t far off on the calendar. And when the hills of Quebec (and the city’s sidewalks) are covered in a blanket of white, it’ll fe...
Early in the morning, the Huron Wendat Hotel-Museum in Wendake (a Wendat Indigenous reserve), a good half-hour’s drive from downtown Quebec City, looks a bit like a more sophisticated version of Twin Peak...