Must See Events

The International Poetry Festival presents more than 400 poetry-related activities that take place over 10 days at more than 70 different event sites. For this event, more than 100 poets from five continents will come face to face with the 35,000 people who come to hear them in the presence of the national and international media. A wide array of activities are on the event agenda: contests, classroom visits by poets, Poetry Hanging Line where visitors can express themselves, Poetry Promenade, poets at work, poetry readings in cafés, poetry expositions, etc.

Tel: 1 819 379-9813

The Festival du nouveau cinéma is dedicated to the dissemination and development of new trends in the field of cinema and new media. It offers a springboard for original and largely unseen works, placing emphasis on promoting cinema d'auteur and digital production.The core of the Festival du nouveau cinéma resides above all in its diverse and open to all programming, ever geared towards excellence in presenting original and innovative works, as well as in its high-quality, state-of-the-art technological sites in which its projects are hosted. The Festival leverages its expertise and international network of contacts as well as an unrivalled infrastructure in Montreal, all of which contribute to its status today as the definitive presenter of tomorrow's cinema.

Tel: 1 514 844-2172

Since 1997, the magnificent Saint-Roch church has been the primary host for the Quebec Festival of Sacred Music. This festival allows thousands of people who are curious about sacred music to discover it without the obstruction of religious or linguistic barriers. From gospel to Gregorian chants, from Corsican polyphonies to Celtic music, the Festival offers musical forms inspired by spirituality, from here and elsewhere, as performed by internationally renowned artists. Through their art, they express all the soothing and stirring powers of sacred music.

Tel: 1 418 525-9777 Toll-free: 1 866 525-9777