Festivales y eventos

The Moncton Market turns into a festive evening out with holiday music, local gift shopping and a photo booth. Thursday, December 3, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The City of Moncton lists it as free admission (purchases and the optional cocktail class are extra).

The Golden Keys play a free holiday concert on the market's opening night. Thursday, December 3, 2026, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, in the Musik Haus tent at Christkindl Market, Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener City Hall. The City of Kitchener lists it as free admission.

Kitchener's Christkindl Market opens its 30th edition with live music, festive choirs, skating performances and the official lighting of the Christmas tree. Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 6:00 PM, at Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener City Hall. The market runs December 3 to 13. The City of Kitchener lists it as free admission.

Violinist Marie Bégin and cellist Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy close the Off-Bach program with a duo recital that goes from Bach's Two-Part Inventions to Ravel's sonata and Halvorsen's Passacaglia. Free admission, like every event of the Off-Bach program of the Festival Bach Montréal. For all ages. Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 4:00 PM at 3487 boulevard Saint-Laurent.

In the last of his five Off-Bach mini lectures, Luc Beauséjour shows how Bach drew on the French style of Lully and Couperin, the Italian style of Vivaldi and Corelli and the German organ tradition, and turned them into his own language. Free admission, like every event of the Off-Bach program of the Festival Bach Montréal. Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 3:15 PM at 3487 boulevard Saint-Laurent.

The Mount Allison Chamber Orchestra performs in the Brunton Auditorium of the Conservatory of Music. Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Free to attend and all are welcome, says the Mount Allison Department of Music.

A free graduating recital by soprano Diana Agasian, a Rebanks Family Fellow at The Royal Conservatory. Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM in Mazzoleni Hall. The Conservatory says its student recitals are free and open to the public. Programs can change, so check the page on the day.

A free piano recital by Henry From, a student of The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory. Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM in Mazzoleni Hall. The Conservatory says its student recitals are free and open to the public. Programs can change, so check the page on the day.

The Western University Jazz Ensemble plays its end of term big band concert. Thursday, December 3, 2026, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM, at Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College, Western University. The Don Wright Faculty of Music lists it as free, with no tickets required.

Important: free, but you need to register for free first. On Thursday, December 3, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM, at the Robert-Lussier Library in Repentigny. Martin Michaud talks about his thriller Delta zéro, in conversation with Amélie Boivin Handfield. Free.

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. A concert that blends the depth of contemporary jazz with the poetry of Mandinka traditions, an invitation to a musical journey. This free City of Montréal program takes place on Thursday, December 3 from 7:30 PM to 8:40 PM at Maison de la culture de Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie.

Important: free, but you need a free ticket to get in. Since her album Noël, parle-moi came out in 2005, Marie Denise Pelletier has made this Christmas concert a true tradition. This free City of Montréal program takes place on Thursday, December 3 at 7:30 PM at Salle de spectacle de l'église Jean XXIII.