The sun is setting later and later (after 5 p.m. since February 1) and Fred the groundhog has seen his shadow, but it’s still winter in Montreal. So, obviously, we’re going to spend the whole night outside.
This is the 23rd edition of the event, and Nuit Blanche offers free exhibitions, concerts, films, and performances throughout Montreal.
The complete program is here! But since we only have one night to see everything, we’ve selected a few major films, exhibitions, and performances to see on the night of Saturday, February 28, 2026.
At the MAC…
It’s the closing event (the opposite of the opening, because it’s the last day of the exhibition) of the MOMENTA Contemporary Art Biennale at the MAC during Nuit Blanche.
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Read: Everything to see at MOMENTA – Montreal’s coolest Contemporary Art Biennale
In addition to visiting the exhibition, there will be music and free creative activities…
Where? MAC Place-Ville-Marie
When? Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
How? Free admission
At the Museum of Fine Arts…
During Nuit Blanche, the exhibitionsRichard Avedon: Immortal and Comfort and Indifference: Recent Acquisitions of the MACareopen to the public free of charge from 5 p.m. to midnight.
Tessier, Yves Girls on Campus, 2012 Casein on aluminum, 91.2×111.6cm Collection Musée d’Art contemporain de Montréal photo: Guy l’Heureux, courtesy of McBride Contemporain (c) Yves Tessier
Where? At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West
When? Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 5 p.m. to midnight
How? Free admission to both exhibitions
At PHI…
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PHI is collaborating with World Creation Studio to create a journey featuring performances, music, sound, and visuals especially for Nuit Blanche. The theme is “the ability of digital culture to reflect the contemporary urgencies of the world, while opening the way to other possibilities.”
Where? PHI, at 407 Saint-Pierre Street
When? Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.
How? Free admission
At Cinéma du Parc…
Cinéma du Parc is presenting several short film programs, and we can’t wait to seeLa Grande Nuit des Mixtapes Eccentriques (The Great Night of Eccentric Mixtapes)—a collection of absurd television clips.
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Where? Cinéma du Parc, 3575 Avenue du Parc
When? Saturday, February 28, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
How? Free admission
At the Museum Cinema…
At the Museum Cinema, a short program of films by Kent Monkman will be screened during Nuit Blanche. The shorts follow his exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada –History is written by the victors.
Kent Monkman is Indigenous, a member of the Ocekwi Sipiy, Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 territory in Manitoba.Through his works and hisalter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, he reinterprets colonial history from an Indigenous perspective with humor and poetry. We see Miss Chief Eagle Testickle in high heels (often Louboutins) asMiss America, as an archangelic presence in a prison for Indigenous women, as a painter in front of a classic landscape, bringing children back to their families after they were forcibly taken to residential schools.
“My name is Miss Chief Eagle Testickle and I come from the stars” –Miss Chief Eagle Testickle
Where? Museum Cinema, 1379-A Sherbrooke Street West
When? Saturday, February 28, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
How? Freeadmission