Wheat is sweet, Montreal thrifts are piling reclaimed tartan on the shelves and Canada Notebooks smell like back-to-school… But we’re still spending weekends at the cottage, sitting by the lake, sweating -a little nauseous after the kilo of s’mores the day before.
The kids are going back to school, those who took a vacation are going back to work, but in Montreal we know that on weekends, it’ll still be a bit of summer…
Here’s our agenda for September!
September 1: Labor Day, and the last long weekend of summer
It’s officially the beginning of the end of summer, and with it the last long weekend of the season; the Labor Day long weekend.
It’s a holiday for playing hooky, and a paid day for Quebec employers. Most businesses will be closed -not all, of course- because it’s a holiday for baristas and Montreal employees too. Everyone will be out fishing.
Labour Day this year will be Monday, September 1, 2025. That means we’ll have a long weekend: Saturday August 3rd, Sunday August 31st and Monday September 1st.
September 5: Dîner en Blanc
Le Dîner en Blanc is intended to be more than an event, to be – like the great artists’ and aristocrats’ balls – a cultural movement and community builder around the French joie de vivre .
The event is not new, nor did it originate in Montreal. The first dîner en blanc was a picnic in the Bois de Boulogne – where everyone had to wear white to be recognized– on the outskirts of Paris, organized by a reserve officer returning from a stay in Polynesia.
Even if we get our tickets now, the dinner venue remains a secret until the last moment – a gathering point is given, and all guests meet there and walk to the dinner venue.
Then, once everyone’s settled, white napkins are waved in the air, and we eat, drink gallons of champagne, dance the night away…
Where? Montreal – location withheld
When? September 5, 2025
How? To attend the dinner, register on the guest list ( membership fee: $14.00 per person) and purchase tickets;
Tickets are sold in pairs (2 people per table)
mode of transport :
– Pedestrian (Bring your own table and chairs): $48.00 per person
– Pedestrian (table and chairs included): $65.00 per person
– Bus (bring your own table and chairs): $75.00 per person
September 5 – 7: L’OKTO de Repentigny (Oktoberfest)
As with the iconic Bavarian festival, there’ll be music, beer, rides and games…
Classic Oktoberfest games are promised in Repentigny, and after a bit of research we’ve come up with a list of these boozy Olympics.
- pretzel toss
- beer pong
- hau den lukas – a contest of strength with a jackhammer
- mug relay contest – running with a flat beer mug at arm’s length
We can’t wait to see what’s in store at Repentigny’s OKTO games.
Where? Parc de l’Île Lebel, 50 rue Lebel, Repentigny
Where?
September 5 to 7, 2025
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Friday, September 5, 2025: 3pm to 11pm
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Saturday, September 6, 2025: 11am to 11pm
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Sunday, September 7, 2025: 11am to 6pm
How to get there? The ticket office is here!
1-day ticket with plastic glass: $21 + taxes and fees
1-day ticket with glass: $28 + taxes and fees
3-day ticket with plastic glass: $36 + taxes and fees
September 7: Full red moon of September
The moon will be red on September 7, because the full moon is accompanied by a total lunar eclipse.
The September full moon is known as the “Full Corn Moon” or “Full Harvest Moon”, because harvests are at their peak at this time of year.
The aboriginal nations of Quebec and North America also have several names for this full moon: Autumn Moon (Cree), Falling Leaves Moon (Ojibwe), Color-Changing Leaves Moon (Anishinaabe), according to the Farmer’s Almanac.
It’s a full moon that signals the end of summer, and this year it’s red, thanks to the eclipse!
September 9-26: La Faune Locale in5@7 at Théâtre Duceppe
In Montreal, we’ve got drawers and fridge doors full of tickets and playbills for plays, concerts, independent films,exhibitions, cocktail galleries, speed-dating-wine-tasting and festivals of all kinds… All of which is to say that sometimes, the cornucopia of cultural offerings in the city, which ranks among North America’s top artistic hubs , is almost too abundant.
You can see films “en 5 à 7”, which presents short one-act plays – between 45 and 60 minutes – backstage at the theater, accompanied by a drink and a sofa (the snack, not the sofa). It’s the perfect aperitif (or pre-apéro)!
In September, the play La Faune Locale will be at Duceppe for a 5 à 7.
“Is the world divided into victims and executioners? Or are we simply the product of the wickedness of the system? When Claude, an ordinary guy, no more or less mean than the average, gets kicked out of the pharmaceutical company to which he’s given 30 years of his life, something inside him goes haywire. Apparently, even a Labrador retriever can reconnect with his predatory instincts…”
Where? Théâtre Duceppe, Place des Arts
When? September 9 to 26, 2025
How? one-offticket price of $30 – to reserve tickets, click here!
September 10: Marie-Antoinette at the Musée des Beaux-Arts
For the last evening of the summer on “Avenue du Musée”, the pedestrian street in front of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, there will be an open-air screening of Sofia Coppola’s iconic late-summer film Marie-Antoinette (2006).
Where? Avenue du Musée, opposite the museum’s main entrance at 1380 Sherbrooke St. W.
When? Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 p.m. (we recommend arriving beforehand to get a good spot for your chair).
How? it’s free! Popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase on site.
September 11: The Barista League
A competition that seems pretty perfect for Montreal, where everyone has a coffee in their hand as if it were an extension of their fingertips, is the Barista League.
Baristas from Montreal and all over North America will compete in this 100% coffee festival at the SAT. There will also be music, food (so you don’t get a caffeine buzz when you leave the event) and surprises – of course.
Where? Society for Arts and Technology (SAT)
When? September 11, starting at 5 p.m.
How? Tickets are $15 and the box office is here!
September 13-14: Back to School Giant Thrift Shop at Kapara Vintage
September 16-21: EXHIBITS – Montreal Trans Film Festival
September 23-30: Montreal Fashion Week / Semaine Mode de Montréal
At the end of summer, from September 23 to 30, 2025, Fashion Week will give Montreal its rightful place on the international fashion scene. A week of workshops, fashion shows, launches and exhibition openings dedicated to Montreal designers and fashion.
September 23: Eliza Faulkner showroom
September 24, 6-10 p.m.: FW25 Maison Marie Saint-Pierre fashion show, at the Four Seasons de Montréal (by invitation)
September 25, 7pm: Preview of the Afrique Mode exhibition in collaboration with the Centre Culturel Afro-Canadien de Montréal and designer Sheyumboe, at the McCord Stewart Museum.
September 25, 6pm-9pm: opening of the exhibition Ce qui échappe au regard, a retrospective of the Anne-Marie Chagnon brand for its 30th anniversary.
September 26: fashion show by aboriginal designers from the Collectif Autochtone at the McCord Stewart Museum
September 26, 6:30pm: SS26 MRKNTN fashion show at the Grand Quai du Port de Montréal (by invitation)
September 27, 6-10 p.m.: LIGNES DE FUITE immersive fashion show in collaboration with 1664 at Atelier Textile
September 30, 6:30 p.m.: mmode gala to close Fashion Week, at Parc Jean-Drapeau’s Espace Paddock (tickets coming soon). Over 300 guests will attend, and the gala will celebrate Quebec fashion designers and companies.
September 24-28: POP Mtl
It’s the most POP! festival of the fall season, and in addition to (pop) music, there’s also a market, films, art and POP for kids…
Where? 5585 Avenue du Parc
When? September 24 to 28, 2025
How to get there? For more info on the festival and tickets, click here!
*TITANIC: an immersive voyage
TITANIC: An Immersive Voyage is coming to Montreal this summer, after winning over a number of cities, including New York and Atlanta (and more recently Toronto). Moving and even playful, it’s an adventure that will challenge your knowledge of the TITANIC (and yes, even the most passionate).
Thanks to recreations of iconic locations such as the grand staircase, an impressive collection of relics, and immersive adventures(virtual reality, cutting-edge technology…), the TITANIC presents itself to us – the opportunity to plunge into the past, right back to that fateful night in 1912 when the ship sank into the depths of theocean.
*World Press Photo (August 27 to October 13)
It’s the city’s biggest photography festival, like a giant expo of all the year’s best international photos! It’s at Marché Bonsecours, as it has been every year since 1955!
Where? Marché Bonsecours, 325 rue de la Commune Est
When? August 27 to October 13, Sunday to Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to midnight
How? Regular admission at $16, $13 for students and seniors, free for children aged 10 and under.
*Visit the corn maze at Ferme Marineau
To make the most of the height of summer and the days that are already getting shorter and cooler, and to spend time on local farms with the kids or just to touch the grass, we’ve got the solution: a corn maze.
Just 30-35 minutes by car from downtown Montreal, or 1h40 by public transport (metro and bus), there’s one of the country’s largest corn mazes – a nostalgic core memory of childhood and the Quebec summer…
Where? 4356 Bd Dagenais O, Laval
When? The maze is open from July 18 to October 26, 2025
SCHEDULES – July 18 to August 17 (Times may vary according to weather and field conditions.)
FRIDAY | 9 am to 7 pm
SATURDAY | 9 am to 8 pm
SUNDAY | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
HOURS – August 23 to October 26 (These times may vary according to weather and field conditions.)
SATURDAY | 9 am to 8 pm
SUNDAY | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
How to get in
ADMISSION FEE FOR ACCESS TO THE FIELDS (WITHOUT PICK-YOUR-OWN)
Children 0 to 3 years……………………………………………………………….Free
Children 4 to 17 years…………………………………………………..8.95 + taxes
Adults …………………………………………………………………… $12.95 + tax
FAMILY PACKAGE (2 adults and 2 children under 18 or 1 adult and 3 children under 18)
Admission only (no U-pick)……………………………………………………………….38.95 + tax
* Créatures films, at midnight at the Cinéma du Parc
Starting September 5, to kick off the ooky-spooky Halloween season, the Cinéma du Parc returns with a cycle of midnight films on the theme of “creatures”.
In every sense of the word, there will be “creatures” from Rosemary’s Baby (1968) to John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) …
Where? Cinéma du Parc, 3575 Avenue du Parc
When? September 5 to November 2 (Friday and Saturday evenings at 9:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m.)
How much? tickets are $15.25 for general admission
*We participate in a seance
DARKFIELD kicks off its Canadian tour this summer with two immersive auditory experiences, one as captivating as the other. Among these experiences, SÉANCE will challenge your reality.
Enter a shipping container transformed into a Victorian occult séance room, aboard a gripping auditory journey that will make you question your beliefs… and your senses.
The experience has just opened its doors – get your tickets now!
Happy September!