Festivales y eventos

Jean-Talon Market hosts a holiday market with live music and free family workshops on three weekends, December 4 to 6, 11 to 13 and 18 to 20, 2026 (Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), on the mezzanine and in the second floor Panorama Room. Activities include letter writing workshops with an elf and visits from Santa on Sundays. Food and market goods cost money.

Free outdoor holiday shows presented by the Maison de la culture Maisonneuve: Trio Java sings a cappella Christmas songs on Saturday, December 19, 2026, from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m., and the family circus show Brrr! by Le Gros Orteil, with a juggling snow shoveler, plays Sunday, December 20, at 10:30 a.m. Entry is free (entrée libre) and no ticket is needed.

Two free outdoor holiday performances in Mercier: Trio Java sings a cappella Christmas songs on Saturday, December 19, 2026, from 2:00 to 2:45 p.m., and the family circus show Brrr! by Le Gros Orteil plays Sunday, December 20, at 3:00 p.m. Entry is free (entrée libre), no ticket needed.

Soprano Jacqueline Woodley and Les Boréades, led by Francis Colpron, perform 17th and 18th century French Nativity music in Montreal's oldest church on Thursday, December 3, 2026, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., recorded for Radio-Canada's ICI Musique. The concert is free but requires a ticket, released November 17; picking it up in person is free while online booking adds a $2 fee.

Montreal's all night arts party on Saturday, February 27, 2027, with more than a hundred mostly free activities across downtown and beyond: outdoor shows, light art, music, museum openings and late night events, with the metro running late. Entry to the outdoor sites is free; some venues and special events charge admission.

One of North America's oldest St. Patrick's parades marches along De Maisonneuve Boulevard from Fort Street to Jeanne-Mance in downtown Montreal on Sunday, March 14, 2027, starting at noon, with pipe bands, floats and lots of green. Watching from the sidewalk is free.

Pointe-Claire Village kicks off the holidays with its tree lighting celebration on Saturday, November 28, 2026, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the municipal lot at Cartier Avenue and Lakeshore Road. It is a drop in community event with no registration. Hot chocolate and treats from local merchants cost money.

Around twenty interactive, contemplative and luminous light and sound installations spread across the Quartier des spectacles and downtown Montreal, all free. The 17th edition runs from November 2026 to March 2027; exact dates are still to be announced (last year it ran November 27 to March 8, open daily from sunset to 11 p.m.).