Weekend Picks - June 30 to July 2

O Canada

Canada Day Montréal - July 1st
This year, Canada Day festivities will take a new form by focusing on family activities to bring Montreal families together.
The Clock Tower Quay, in the Old Port of Montreal, will transform into a neighbourhood party where families will have access to fun workshops, games, face painting, public entertainers, inflatable games and more.
https://canadadaymtl.ca/
🏢 Old Port
🚇️ Champ-de-Mars metro

Music

International Jazz Festival - June 29 to July 8
For ten days, world-renowned artists such as Diana Krall, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Melody Gardot, Herbie Hancock, Thundercat, Vance Joy, Christine and the Queens, BADBADNOTGOOD and many more will perform indoors and outdoors. They will be with new rising stars of jazz and many established artists who will be making their first appearance at the Festival!
https://www.montrealjazzfest.com
🏢 Quartier des Spectacles
🚇️ Place-des-Arts, Saint-Laurent or Place d’Armes metros

Arts and Culture

Mtl en Arts - All Weekend - FREE
The festival brings together the artists of today and tomorrow to connect with the general public. Accessible, free, inclusive and festive, Mtl in the Arts will present from June 28 to July 2, 2023 more than 100 local artists, from various disciplines, expressing themselves through different mediums, coming from different backgrounds, but all committed to sharing their achievements.
https://www.mtlenarts.com/en/
🏢 Sainte-Catherine East Street
🚇️ Beaudry metro

Starmap to the Unseen Universe - All Weekend
Imagine gazing deep into the starry sky, far beyond what your eye can see. Travel past the limits of our Solar System and our galaxy to encounter undreamed-of splendours.
https://espacepourlavie.ca/en
🏢 Planetarium, 4801 Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue
🚇️ Viau metro

Lyse Charland Favretti : Souffle de lumières - Until September 3
The temporary exhibition invites you to discover the rich career of a visual artist from Quebec who has worked on stained glass from the 1970s to the present day. This retrospective will allow you to stroll through the four historical periods that have marked her work, from her years of training at the École des Beaux-arts de Montréal then at the Université du Québec à Montréal, her apprenticeship and her work at the The glass workshop of the famous master glassmaker Pierre Osterrath, her large-scale glass projects as well as her current artistic production.
https://www.mumaq.com/expositions/lyse-charland-favretti-souffle-de-lumieres/
🏢 MUMAQ, 615 Sainte-Croix Avenue
🚇️ Du Collège metro

Coming Soon

Montréal Comiccon - July 14 - 16
Montréal Comiccon is almost here, don’t forget to book your ticket!
https://www.montrealcomiccon.com/
🏢 Palais des congrès de Montréal, 1001 Jean-Paul-Riopelle Place H2Z 1H2
🚇️ Place-d’Armes metro

Drake @ Bell Centre - July 14 and July 15
Drake concert for the It’s all a Blur tour, first part 21 Savage, don’t forget to book your ticket! Two dates are available: 14 and 15 of July!
https://centrebell.ca/fr/evenements
🏢 1909 Canadiens-de-Montréal Avenue
🚇️ Bonaventure or Station Lucien L’Allier metros