This year, the festival (which is also a music festival as well as a hot-air balloon festival) will be held on the weekends of August 8 to 10 and August 14 to 17. In addition to hundreds of hot-air balloons soaring...
It's hot - very hot - on the cobblestones of the Vieux-Port. A woman sings opera in the middle of Place des Armes, surrounded by tourists waving the electronic mini-fans you can buy anywhere - very American. It's Mon...
From July 24 to 27, the POCHA MTL Korean festival celebrates its fifth edition at Bassin Peel in Griffintown. It's the biggest Korean street market in Quebec, and one of the biggest gatherings of K-pop fans in the c...
It's summertime! We've planted fresh herbs on our balcony,we've decorated our apartment with a big bunch of wild flowers picked during our last road trip to the countryside, we've opened our windows wide. In recent y...
Whereas in winter, Montrealers don't hang around outside, for fear of losing a toe in the icy streets, in summer it's quite the opposite. Liminal spaces - vacant lots, department store parking lots, parks, the awkwar...
In summer, the days are longer, the nights are hotter, the fireflies are flashing in the dark - sometimes, it's as if they want us to follow them. While the humid heat of Montreal streets in July will make our heads...
From July 16 to August 3, 2025, Montreal will become the international capital of genre films... After Cannes, before Venice, it's the place to be. The festival, which has grown every year since its inception in 199...
This week, it's going to be complicated to get around Montreal... The Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) is on strike, and the flow of subways and buses in the city is considerably reduced - and will be for the next...
June 13 to 21, 2025 marks the 36th edition of Les Francos de Montréal, the city's iconic music festival and darling of French-language artists and Quebec singers. It's the first big music festival of the summer - the...
When June arrives, Montreal transforms for summer! And summer in Montreal is serious business... During the summer season, Montreal is world-renowned for its many arteries, which become pedestrianized. We beat the pa...