Festivals and Events

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. Les Chambristes du Grand Montréal and the Rozan Trio blend a string quartet and a jazz trio to recreate the holiday mood of Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas, in a concert for children and adults alike. Sunday, November 29, 2026, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., in Saint-Michel. Passes are released 14 days before (online or at 514 872 6131).

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. A screening of Fanon, a biographical drama (13+) about psychiatrist and anticolonial thinker Frantz Fanon, set at a psychiatric hospital in Blida during the Algerian War, presented by the Maison de la culture de Parc-Extension. Thursday, November 12, 2026, from 7:00 to 9:15 p.m. Passes are released 14 days before (online or at 514 872 6131).

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. L'Arrière Scène presents a comic object theatre fable for ages 6 to 12 about two inseparable friends who sew their feet together so they won't be apart at summer camp, exploring friendship, stereotypes and creativity. Sunday, November 22, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Passes are released 14 days before (online or at 514 872 6131).

A free two day showcase of performance art at PHI where five Indigenous artists from Canada and New York revisit gestures from their past works, curated by Maria Hupfield. Saturday, November 28, 2026: Dana Claxton, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem and Terrance Houle from 1 PM to 4 PM, then Skeena Reece from 4 PM to 7 PM. Sunday, November 29: Ursula Johnson from 1 PM to 4 PM, followed by a conversation with the artists. In English, all ages. Free, reservation required.

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. A documentary theatre piece for ages 12 and up in which Annie Roy, with Geneviève Rochette, uses humour, history and testimony from AI specialists to look at how artificial intelligence affects our lives; the 75 minute show ends with a discussion. Saturday, November 21, 2026, from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. Passes are released 14 days before (online or at 514 872 6131).

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. Claudia Chan Tak explores her Malagasy roots through insects in a monumental textile work, a tribute to her paternal grandmother in which language, gestures and music evoke the memory of a land; it was created during a six month residency at the Montréal Insectarium. Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Free tickets are released 14 days before (online or at 514 872 6131).

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. Théâtre des Petites Âmes presents an outdoor children's storytelling show where young listeners sit safely by a fire and help the storyteller, their choice of stones revealing the images, objects and characters of the tale. Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (a second show is listed at 11:00 a.m.). Tickets are available from November 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Quatuor Cobalt offers a musical journey around three women composers, Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen, Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn and Alicia Terzian, on instruments specific to the classical, romantic and contemporary periods. Sunday, November 29, 2026, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., presented by the Maison de la culture de Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. Free admission (entrée libre).

A choreographic work inspired by the Mandinka epic that explores, without narration, how heritage, memory and invisible forces show up in the body, touching on identity, vulnerability, resilience and transformation. Wednesday, November 25, 2026, from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m., presented by the Maison de la culture de Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. Free (entrée libre); tickets are available from November 11.

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. Bouge de là presents a dance show for ages 5 and up in which three performers move through an emotional whirlwind in a colourful set, offering children a sensory experience with finesse, humour and poetry. Friday, November 13, 2026, from 7:00 to 7:45 p.m., presented by the Maison de la culture de Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. Tickets available since October 30.

Philippe Arsenault's 78 minute documentary (in French) follows 40 volunteers aged 6 to 89 who spent three weeks creating a performed procession with choreographer Simon Ampleman for the commemorations of the 1942 Dieppe Raid, followed by a discussion. Wednesday, December 2, 2026, from 1:30 p.m. Free admission (entrée libre).

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. A dance piece about beauty born from chaos, presented as an extended performance that never stops and that evokes humanity's reluctance to face climate change. Thursday, November 12, 2026, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (the 8:00 p.m. show that day is sold out). Online booking adds a $2 fee.