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.