This weekend, it’s going to be hot and sunny, and summer is in full swing in Montreal.
We’re going to play outside, eat a sandwich in a park, make beaded keychains while sipping iced coffee, go see a movie under the stars, and add flowers to our lemonade.
Saturday, July 4: Iced coffee and bag charms with the Astraea workshop
Our girlypop workshop for retro-inspired jewelry is teaming up with Café Willy for a workshop on making bag charms out of colorful beads, paired with coffee or matcha.
To reserve a spot, click hereSaturday, July 4: Herbal Market
Herbalist Pamela Andi @blueberryjamsmtl is hosting a pop-up at the LVNEA perfumery and apothecary. There will be lilac lemonade, herbal products, and handmade body care items.
Sunday, July 5: “Best of Hans Zimmer” Candlelight Concert
Throughout the month of July, you can catch a candlelit concert at some of Montreal’s most beautiful theaters.
- July 5 & 26, 2026 / The Best of Hans Zimmer
Candlelight: the best of Hans Zimmer
26 July 2026 18:30 + more dates
Sunday, July 5: “Waiting for Guffman” at the Livart’s open-airmovie night
Summer nights are balmy in Montreal, and even movies are being shown outdoors. This summer, as in recent years, the super-cool independent cinema Cinéma Public and the Le Livart art center are teaming up to create an open-air art-house cinema.
The lineup for this summer film series is for movie lovers and for those who want to travel—becauseAmerican blockbustersare fun for five minutes, but cinema is Art with a capital A.
The films that will be screened in the Livart courtyard at dusk are drawn from the best of international independent cinema—the Argentine film *La Ciénaga* ( 2001) by Lucrecia Martel, Claire Denis’s *Chocolat* ( 1988), Christopher Guest’s cult classic *Waiting for Guffman* ( 1996), Lucio Castro’s *Drunken Noodles* ( 2025), and Gus Van Sant’s *My Own Private Idaho* ( 1991).
The schedule and ticketing information are here
We’re all familiar with the Iliad, Homer’s iconic poem that we read in high school and sometimes confused with children’s adaptations or teen TV series inspired by the exploits and heroes of Ancient Greece. We’ve mistaken the story for the mythical Odyssey, adapted for the big screen by Christopher Nolan in a film set to be released later this year.
At the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, explore the golden age of Greece—which inspired Homer’s poem about the Trojan War—through 400 artifacts. And then, after the almost supernatural success of his work, discover its impact on Greek cosmogony—Olympus and its gods.
0–4 years old / free – nn5–15 years old / $12 – nn16–65 years old / $16 – nn65+ / $13
To spend the day by a lake just like when we were kids—and to take thekids toa beach close to Montreal—we recommend taking a 45-minute drive from downtown Montreal to cool off at the beach in the Îles-de-Saint-Timothée Regional Park.
Swimming is supervised and the beach is sandy—perfect for building sandcastles. We head out in the morning with sandwiches, sunscreen, and colorful buckets and shovels—because summer is meant for spending time with your feet in the water, in the cool breeze and under the sun.
The grass in the parks is lush, the weather still threatens a bit of a storm, Montrealers walk on the side of the street with trees—for the shade—and timeseems to slow downas it gets hotter and hotter. The air smells of lilacs and allergy spray.
The best part is still a picnic in the park with a warm sandwich, a craft beer, and Saguenay blueberries in a Tupperware container.We have three of the city’s most beautiful parks—and some of the best sandwich shops right next door—for summer picnics.
- La Fontaine Park + Bagel Saint-Viateur
- Laurier Park + Renzo Sandwich
- Square Saint-Louis + Arepera du Plateau
