Montreal is a city of festivals, a tradition that peaks in early to mid summer but continues year-round. Please see our EVENT LISTING CALENDAR for day-to-day details.
Dates for events in 2013 are being added as they become available.
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January
Snow Village, January 4-March 21, 2013
Igloofest weekends through January and February, 2013
Salon de l'Auto January 18-27, 2013
Fête des neiges January 19-February 3, 2013
February
Black History Month all month, many exhibits and events
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois February 15-26, 2013
Festival Nouvelles Musiques February 21-March 3, 2013
Festival Montréal en Lumière February 21-March 3, 2013
aka High Lights Festival – Nuit Blanche on March 2
March
International Children's Film Festival March 2013
Port Symphonies, March 3 and 10, 2013
Under The Snow indie music fest, March 6-10, 2013
Festivalissimo Latin and Iberian festival March 6-17, 2013
International Film Festival on Art March 14-24, 2013
189th annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade March 17, 2013
April
Musique MMM April 2013
La Braderie de mode québécoise April 2013
Vues d’Afrique international film fest, April-May 2013
Vue sur la relève performance art festival, April 10-27, 2013
Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, April 22-28, 2013
May
Elektra digital arts fest, May 2014
Accès Asie May 2-13, 2013
Montreal International Musical Competition May 6-17, 2013
Montreal Chamber Music Festival May 9-June 1, 2013
La Grande Rencontre folk fest, May 9-12, 2013
Festival musique actuelle Victoriaville May 16-19, 2013
Festival TransAmériques May 23-June 8, 2013
Anarchist bookfair May 25-26, 2013
Festival des Arts Vivants May 24-June 2, 2013
Montreal Museums Day Sunday, May 26, 2013
MUTEK digital creativity fest, May 29-June 2, 2013
Le Mondial de la bière/Beer Festival May 29-June 3, 2013
Montreal Bike Fest (Féria du vélo) May-June 2013
June
International des feux Loto-Québec fireworks fest, June-August 2013
Nuit blanche sur tableau noir June 2013
St-Ambroise Fringe Festival June 2013
Suoni per il popolo June 2013
Montreal Folk Fest on the Canal June 2013
Montreal Grand Prix June 7-9, 2013
FIMA – Festival international Montréal en Arts June 12-16, 2013
Les FrancoFolies June 14-22, 2013
Montréal Baroque June 21-24, 2013
Fête nationale June 23 and 24 – parade and events
Montreal International Jazz Festival June 28-July 7, 2013
July
Canada Day July 1 – parade and events
Just for laughs/Juste pour rire July 2013
International Festival of Circus Arts July 2013
Les Week-ends du Monde July 2013
Dragon Boat Race Festival July 2013
Nuits d'Afrique July 9-21, 2013
Fantasia Film Fest July 18-August 6, 2013
Montreal Electronic Groove July 25-August 3, 2013
Divers/Cité Gay and Lesbian Pride days, July 30-August 5, 2012
Terres En Vue/Land InSights first people’s festival, July 29-August 7, 2013
Festival international de Lanaudière July-August, 2013
August
August is Archaeology month in Quebec, with various events
Festival Mode & Design August 1-4, 2012
Osheaga music & arts festival August 3-5, 2012
Otakuthon anime festival, August 3-5, 2012
Rogers Cup tennis tournament, August 4-13, 2012
This year: women's tennis
Montreal Highland Games August 5, 2012
FestiBlues August 9-12, 2012
Italian Week August 10-19, 2012
Matsuri Japon Japanese festival, August 11, 2012
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu Hot Air Balloon Festival August 11-19, 2012
International tango festival August 13-18, 2013
Fierté Montréal Pride August 13-19, 2012
(parade on Sunday, August 19)
Fête des enfants/Children’s Festival cancelled till further notice
Montreal World Film Festival August 23-September 3, 2012
NAPA Auto Parts 200, August 17-18, 2012
Classic boat festival returns 2013
Montreal Reggae Festival August 17-19, 2012
18th-century public market August 25-26, 2012
September
Biennale de Montréal September-October 2013
OUMF Quartier Latin culture fest, early September, 2012
Escales improbables September 2-15, 2012
Mois de la Photo returns 2013
Art Tattoo Montreal September 7-9, 2012
Festival Transatlantique/Quartiers Danses September 12-23, 2012
La Magie des Lanternes September 9-October 31, 2012
Montreal Comic-Con September 14-16, 2012
Festival international de la littérature September 21-29, 2012
Pop Montreal September 19-23, 2012
International Black Film Festival September 20-30, 2012
Burlesque Festival September 27-29, 2012
Montreal Marathon September 23, 2012
Journées de la culture Quebec-wide culture fest, September 28-30, 2012
Orgue et couleurs organ music fest, September 20-29, 2013 (music)
October
Con*Cept science fiction convention, cancelled in 2012
Festival du nouveau cinéma October 10-21, 2012
Festival du monde arabe October 26-November 10, 2012
November
Cinemania French films subtitled in English, November 1-11, 2012
Rencontres internationales du documentaire, November 7-18, 2012
Sephardic Festival November 10-25, 2012
M for Montreal music showcase, November 14-17, 2012
Salon du Livre November 14-19, 2012
Expozine small press fair, November 17-18, 2012
Image+Nation LGBT film fest, November 22-December 2, 2012
December
Telus Fire and Ice Saturdays from December 1, 2012 to January 5, 2013
Salon des métiers d'art December 7-22, 2012
Old Montreal Extravaganza December 15, 2012-January 5, 2013. Music and voice-over.