In Montreal in March, there’s a lot to celebrate – Women’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Spring Break, the start of the sugaring-off season, and above all, surviving the darkest and coldest months of winter.
We’ve put together a list of things we can’t wait to see, taste and listen to this March!
1) Molenne Brasserie
Molenne opens on February 21 in Mile End, and takes its name from the Old French word for the neighborhood, Mile-End. Led by Montreal chefs from top restaurants, Molenne’s cuisine pays homage to the melting pot of the neighborhood and Montreal. Seafood, meats, fine wines… as the bottle-green brasserie sign says, there’s “a table for every occasion”.
Molenne: 5309 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
2 Disappearing Worlds
starting February 19
Go back 3.5 billion years in VR, and wander among Jurassic plants, Cretaceous dinosaurs and early man. To get out of Montreal without really getting out, and to introduce children to prehistory…
It’s at the Montréal Science Centre, and tickets are available here.
3.sandwiches from Boucherie Taglio
Taglio’s meats are smoked on site, in their traditional old-fashioned smokehouse . For nostalgic meat lovers!
Taglio Deli & Boucherie Artisanale: 1889 Rue Centre
4.cannoli from La Scacciata
Spring is just around the corner, and you can feel the sweetness in the air… But above all, we deserve a little sweetness with a coffee! La Scacciata is an authentic Italian café offering pastries, sandwiches and everything you need to watch the last snowflakes fall while thinking of the sweetness of spring.
La Scacciata: 2660 Notre-Dame West
5.aura at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal
You can pray, meditate or just vibrate in Aura, an immersive sound and light experience. It’s perfect for families, groups and children, and for anyone who appreciates a good show…
6. the Happening Gourmand festival in Old Montreal
February 28 to March 30
Old Montreal restaurants are offering brunch and dinner menus starting at $29, so you can sample all the neighborhood’s best restaurants at low prices! We’ll be booking brunch at Modavie, a restaurant featuring live jazz music…
7 Cabane Panache Festival
March 20 to 23
It’s the 13th edition of this celebration of wood and maple in Verdun, and the perfect kick-off to the Sugar season… We’re promised food, drink, music, dancing and lumberjack activities! Bonus for those going to the festival in plaid shirts and fur tuques!
For more information, click here.
8. le Printemps DÉZ-IP-PÉ wine fair
March 29 to 31
It’s the 15th edition of this wine festival at Marché Bonsecours, and IP stands for “importation privée”. This year, there are over 1,000 IPs to taste and, if you want to learn or deepen your wine knowledge, there are plenty of conferences too. Happy tasting!
9 The David Lynch retrospective at Les Minuits au Parc
March 7 to April 27
Cinéma du Parc’s midnight screenings return with a tribute to David Lynch, American cinema’s most iconic director. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive… It’s a unique opportunity to see his films on the big screen, and discuss them with other Lynch fans – perhaps over a milkshake?
10 Jean-Marc Vallée: Mixtape
from February 13
The son of this other great director has teamed up with the Phi Center to create a visual, emotional and musical exhibition around his life and work, three years after his sudden death. Visit alone, studiously, or in a group, to experience a mixtape of tributes and memories of Jean-Marc Vallée. It’s free, but reservations are required!
To read our article dedicated to this beautiful exhibition, click here.
11 Hokusai’s Great Wave
The world’s most famous wave, and an incredibly fragile work of art, is on show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for a very limited time, and we advise you to go and see it as soon as possible! See the wave emoji for real, dream of vacations, and get up close to one of the most rarely exhibited works in the history of art!
12 Tino Seghal at MAC
February 14 to March 29
At the Galerie de l’UQAM, Tino Seghal’s This Situation is a philosophical and immaterial work to which you can bring your date, your father or your children, with completely different results and a completely different appreciation of the work… An exploration of what a contemporary work is, which we’ll let you discover!
13. Joyce Wieland: À Coeur Battant
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is home to a huge number of works by Joyce Wieland, an iconic Canadian artist of the 20th century. Painter, filmmaker, feminist, environmentalist, Joyce Wieland receives the tribute she deserves. A woman to honor in this Women’s Month.
14.Charles Cantin at Mardis Métissés
March 18th
Théâtre Outremont’s Mardis Métissés series resumes with Charles Cantin, who fuses Québécois and Latin music. The first concert in this series, like those to follow in the coming months, invites us to celebrate the diversity for which Montreal is known!
15 La Nuit Blanche
March 1st
This year, Nuit Blanche – which offers free admission to over a hundred exhibitions and activities – will be POP! Pop music, pop culture, pop ups… We recommend you consult the program in advance, because you’ll need to plan your travels around the city to have time to do and see as much as possible!
16.shtetl in the sun
from February 20
The Musée du Montréal Juif presents a tandem of photos by ’70s photographer Andy Murray and ceramics by contemporary artist Jonah Strub, drawing a portrait of the shtetl -small Jewish communities- settled in South Beach, Florida. It’s nostalgic, you bring your bubby or your kids, and you think of the snowbirds.
17.l’enfant Mascara at Maison Théâtre
March 8 to 18
A must-see play for children and teenagers, sad, funny and deeply human, about transidentity, violence and love.
We wish you a happy March!