What better time to rediscover the many facets of our city and fall in love again with its rich cultural heritage, not to mention its many culinary offers and the irresistible joie de vivre! From planning culinary adventures to organizing a weekend getaway, we are here to ensure you a most memorable experience. Nothing in life is guaranteed but we can assure you that we will do our utmost best to make it happen.
BMW Montreal Centre Monthly Newsletter
What better time to rediscover the many facets of our city and fall in love again with its rich cultural heritage, not to mention its many culinary offers and the irresistible joie de vivre! From planning culinary adventures to organizing a weekend getaway, we are here to ensure you a most memorable experience. Nothing in life is guaranteed but we can assure you that we will do our utmost best to make it happen.
View EventsHappening in Montréal this month:
Please know that in these challenging times, dates may change and events may be postponed or canceled at any given time
Bourgie Hall -- Music at the Museum
April 01, 03, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 12, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30, 2022 -- Bourgie Hall
Recitals, chamber music, vocal art, Baroque music, jazz, world music, family shows, and more: each year, Bourgie Hall produces over a hundred concerts at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in its exceptional venue.
Inaugurated in September 2011, Bourgie Hall offers top-rate artistic programming and welcomes on its stage Canadian and international artists in equal numbers. Whether they are just starting out or already critically acclaimed, these musicians are chosen to perform in Bourgie Hall on the basis of their immense talent. The public can't go wrong: audiences know that they can count on the quality of concerts "approved by Bourgie Hall!" In addition to offering remarkable concerts at affordable prices, Bourgie Hall organizes music workshops for families and amateur musicians. These friendly encounters enable participants to develop their musical gifts in a convivial environment. Bourgie Hall's programming also brings out astonishing connections between music and art collections. To be discovered at the concerts or during events in the Museum's exhibition rooms! https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/
Candlelight Concerts
April 02, 08, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 & 30, 2022 -- l'Église St-Jean-Baptiste, à la Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-bon-Secours et à l'Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs !
These magnificent candle-lit classical music concerts are in Montreal!
Montreal now hosts the famous classical music concerts that have caused a stir around the world! Candlelight shows adopt a new concept that engages all of your senses for a magical musical experience….DO NOT MISS ! This series of candlelit concerts, simply named "Candlelight", invites you to relive the greatest moments of classical music in the most magical places of Montreal. In an intimate and warm atmosphere, rediscover the works of Vivaldi, Mozart, Chopin or even Beethoven. After having been a huge success around the world - in cities like New York, Barcelona or London - this unique experience is finally coming to Montreal. www.feverup.com/montreal/candlelight
Nicolas Party -- L'heure Mauve
February 12 to October 16, 2022 -- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
A rising star on the international scene, Nicolas Party is known for his meticulously composed paintings, his painted sculptures and his installations drenched in saturated colours. Through over 100 works and a series of monumental frescos realized in situ, the Swiss-born artist unveils a dreamlike exhibition themed on nature at the MMFA. https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/nicolas-party-lheure-mauve/
Afrique En Cirque
April 13 to 24, 2022 -- La Tohu
The Afrique En Cirque show symbolizes the strength, agility and joy of life found in African culture. A handful of daring acrobats, accompanied by their musicians, perform to the pulsating rhythm of the djembes of Guinea with their authentic and original choreography and acrobatics. With the melodious sound of the Kora, Yamoussa Bangoura transports us to a place where the diversity of traditional African arts are illuminated, and combined with the virtuosity of a contemporary Circus performance. https://tohu.ca/en/season/afrique-en-cirque
Luna - Contemporary Ballet
April 28 to May 01, 2022 -- Place Des Arts/Théâtre Maisonneuve
Three choreographers from Les Grands Ballets draw inspiration from the effect of the moon on the Earth to illustrate our world: power play, the coexistence of peoples, our differences and at the same time our synchronized evolution. Luna provides a vision of the human and at what inevitably bonds us, of the energy and power that derive from this. The work presents a triptych of visions with common ground in hope and beauty, a clear-eyed yet optimistic gaze directed at our humanity. https://grandsballets.com/en/performances/detail/luna/
I Musici de Montréal
April 14, 2022 -- At Salle Pierre-Mercure of Centre Pierre-Péladeau (Baroque Brilliance -- 2 showings)
Founded in 1984 by Yuli Turovsky, the I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra has been sharing its passion for classical music for over 35 years. The 15 exceptional musicians who make up the orchestra bring to life a varied repertoire ranging from the 17th century to the present day, accompanied by their principal guest conductor and artistic advisor Jean-François Rivest. With a program based on tradition, originality and innovation, the Orchestra stands out for the place it gives to numerous emerging and renowned artists with whom it partners to offer you a colorful and meaningful musical experience. I Musici de Montréal has built a solid reputation thanks to its numerous international tours and 40 recordings that meet the highest standards. The Orchestra also acts as a creative catalyst within the city of Montreal and continues to strengthen its roots in the community by collaborating with various organizations and schools on its territory. https://imusici.com/en/baroque-brilliance/ https://imusici.com/en/baroque-brilliance/
Colours of The World (Exhibition)
Until June 2022 -- Biosphere
The Biosphère presents 50 photographs from the National Geographic collection. Each image highlights the unique role of colour in photography, and celebrates the natural and cultural diversity of our extraordinary planet. This selection of photographs pays homage to the art of photojournalism and takes a different look at the world around us. Being intimately linked with how we perceive the world, colours are a major factor in how we relate to nature. Like a giant kaleidoscope, the Colours of the World exhibition lets us see our planet from a different perspective--one that suggests green is not the only colour that embodies the environment!Each section of the exhibition is devoted to a colour, thus forming a rainbow between the museum and the Jean-Drapeau metro station. https://calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/colours-of-the-world-928046
Happening Gourmand (14th Edition)
March 10 to April 03, 2022 -- Various Restaurants throughout Old Montreal
(Re)discover Old Montreal's best restaurants without breaking the bank during Happening Gourmand. Creative, lively and unique, Old Montreal is a real foodie paradise. While some gourmet spots showcase the city's chill, welcoming and quirky sides, you can also find over 10 restaurants that are showcasing their own cooking style with 3-course table d'hôte menus for just $29, $35, or $39. Moreover, $19 2-course table d'hôte menus for brunch are also available for the weekend. Participating restaurants are offering brunch dishes that stand out by the quality of their food, the amazing flavours as well as for their appealing presentations. If you are in a party mood, a boozy brunch option, where bottomless mimosas are provided, is also available in many restaurants. https://happeninggourmand.com/home/
Art Souterrain
April 02 to June 30, 2022 -- Various locations throughout the city
The Festival Art Souterrain is back for its 14th edition in the heart of the city. From April 2 to June 30, 2022, contemporary art will take over 6 km of Montréal's underground pedestrian network to present, for 18 weeks, contemporary artworks by some fifty local and international artists around the theme "Voies-Voix Résilientes." The works have been selected by artist and curator Eddy Firmin and the collective of artists and curators Intervals consisting of Caroline Douville, Maria Ezcurra, Miwa Kojima, Romeo Gongora and Dominique Fontaine. In addition, the Festival will offer more than forty free mediation activities and artistic discoveries. https://www.artsouterrain.com/en/home/
Maple Syrup Season - Sugaring Off
Entire month of March & part of April 2020
Sugaring off is a cultural rite-of-passage in Montreal. A short-lived season that varies every year, somewhere from late February to early May, perhaps the best known activity is eating hot maple taffy off fresh snow. Hot-taffy-on-snow stands start appearing in town around early March near Mont-Royal Metro, the Jean-Talon Market and other select locations around the city. While they soothe urgent maple cravings, they also bring up the nostalgia for an authentic sugar shack or cabane à sucre experience.
Aura
Starting August 13, 2021- Notre-Dames Basilica **See schedule for dates**
Notre-Dame Basilica proudly welcomes the reopening of Aura, a luminous experience in the heart of the Basilica. To usher in this bright new era, starting August 13, 2021, the universally-acclaimed experience returns in a renewed form, featuring extended visual and musical moments.https://www.aurabasiliquemontreal.com/en
Esplanade Tranquille
Open as of February 21, 2022 -- Quartier des Spectacles
Esplanade Tranquille is the newest public space in the Quartier des Spectacles. Montrealers are welcome to visit this fun and inviting all-seasons spot, inspired by urban backyards. Families and other visitors will discover a diverse and entertaining cultural program -- a true reflection of the city.
Esplanade Tranquille is named in honour of the Tranquille bookstore, once located on the site, and its owner, Henri Tranquille (1916-2005). It is an important site in contemporary Quebec history, having hosted the launch of the Refus global manifesto in 1948.
Tonga Lumina
Since July 20, 2017 -- Mont Tremblant
Montreal multimedia phenom Moment Factory has just launched a new nature walk. A night walk in search of the giant! Deep in the heart of Mont Tremblant, the last of the giants has awoken. Follow your sense of adventure to discover the secret he wants to share. The Tonga Lumina illuminated trail is a sensory experience in the forest. This 1.5-km nocturnal walk takes place on a stone dust pathway at the heart of nature. To start off, visitors show up at the bottom of the Flying Mile chairlift that will take them up to the midway station where they will be led to the entrance of the trail. After taking visitors on a brief ascension, the trail slowly weaves its way down the hill through the woods, crosses streams and clearings. Participants can anticipate being on the pathway an average of one hour. Departures are continuous from sunset to closing, with a maximum of 300 people admitted per half-hour on the course. www.tonglumina.ca
Cité Mémoire
Throughout Old Montréal
Loosely inspired by the history of Montreal, Cité Mémoire invites you to meet a host of characters who've witnessed the city's evolution first-hand. Poetic, dreamlike and occasionally playful, the tableaux come alive with images, words and music. Projected throughout Old Montreal, the work appears on the very walls that surround us, the ground on which we walk, the trees that frame our present. A creation by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard. http://www.montrealenhistoires.com
Montréal Canadiens Hockey
April 11, 15, 16, 19, 24 & 29, 2022 -- Centre Bell
Watching a hockey game in Montreal is the ultimate hockey experience.
Concerts/Sporting Events
Stade Saputo
April 16, 2022 -- Vancouver WhiteCaps Montreal FC
April 30, 2022 -- Atlanta United vs Montreal FC
View More DatesApril 02 & 03, 2022 -- Cowboys Fringants
April 09, 2022 -- MIKA
April 28, 2022 -- James Taylor & His All-Star Band With Special Guest Jackson Brown
April 30, 2022 -- Chris Stapelton's Canadian Road Show
View More DatesApril 03, 2022 -- Billy Talent & Rise Against
April 11, 2022 -- Judas Priest -- 50 Heavy Metal Years
April 15, 2022 -- alt J and Portugal -- The Man With Special Guest Cherry Glazer
April 16, 2022 -- Jack White : The Supply Chain Issues Tour
April 21, 2022 -- Opeth & Mastodon
April 24, 2022 -- Scooby Doo! And The Lost City of Gold
April 29, 2022 - LP
View More DatesApril 01, 2022 - Lobgesang - Concert 50e anniversaire du Choeur St-Laurent (Maison Symphonique)
April 02, 2022 - Concerto de Québec : avec Alain Lefèvre (Maison Symphonique)
April 02 & 03, 2022 - Nick Cave and Warren Ellis North American Tour 2022
April 02 & 03 2022 - Nick Cave et Warren Ellis
April 05, 2022 - Notre-Dame de Paris : le film
April 05, 2022 - Adamo, c'est ma vie
April 06, 2022 - Blue Rodeo
April 06 to 09, 2022 - São Paulo Companhia de Dança
April 07, 2022 - Lorde
April 08, 2022 - La grande vague : Alma et La Mer (Maison Symphonique)
April 08 to 09, 2022 - The Musical Box - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
April 09 avril 2022 - Boléro & Symphonie Fantastique (Maison Symphonique)
April 13 to 14, 2022 - La Passion selon saint Matthieu de Bach
April 13 to 30, 2022 - Pétrole (Théâtre)
April 13 to 17, 2022 - Shen Yun (Danse)
April 14, 2022 - Nicky Jam -- Infinity Tour
April 15, 2022 - HEROES\BOWIE\BERLIN 1976-80
April 15, 2022 - Gala disco symphonique (Maison Symphonique)
April 16, 2022 - ROBERT en CharleboisScope
April 20 to 21, 2022 - Concertos russes et poèmes symphoniques français (Maison Symphonique)
April 21, 2022 - Tire le coyote - Au premier tour de l'évidence
April 22, 2022 - Chris de Burgh & Band - La Légende de Robin Hood
April 24, 2022 - Le Requiem de Mozart (Maison Symphonique)
April 26, 2022 - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà présentent ELLE: Concert 25e anniversaire (Maison Symphonique)
April 28 to May 01, 2022 - LUNA (DANSE)
April 29, 2022 - Jane Glover et Nicholas Angelich (Maison Symphonique)
View More DatesApril 08 & 09, 2022 -- André Sauvé
April 15 & 16, 2022 -- Mario Pélchat
April 21 to 24, 2022 -- Pierre Yves Roy Desmarais
April 28, 29 & 30, 2022 -- Révolution En Tournée
View More DatesApril 02, 2022 - Andrew Schulz
April 05, 2022 - Cathy Gauthier
April 06, 2022 - François Bellefeuille
April 13, 2022 - Philippe Laprise
April 16 & 20, 2022 - Louis-Josée Houde
April 18, 2022 - Big Thief
April 20, 2022 - Philippe Bond
View More DatesApril 01, 2022 - Sons of Kemet -- Black To The Future
April 02, 2022 - Circle Jerks
April 03, 2022 - Tate McRae
April 03, 2022 - Leprous -- The Ocean
April 05, 2022 - James Vincent McMorrow
April 05, 2022 - Andy Shauf
April 06, 2022 - Mt. Joy
April 07, 2022 - Noel Schajris
April 08, 2022 - Beyries
April 09, 2022 - Mogwai
April 11, 12, & 13, 2022 - Men I Trust
April 14, 2022 - JoJo
April 23, 2022 - Riverside & Randy McStine
April 29, 2022 - Johnny Orlando
April 30, 2022 - Ashe:The Fault Line Tour
View More DatesApril 01, 2022 - Clay & Friends
April 02, 2022 - Fouki
April 03 & 04, 2022 - Glass Animal Dreamland Tour
April 08, 2022 - Bob Moses
April 09 , 2022 - l'Impératrice
April 10, 2022 - Big Wreck & Monster Truck
April 13, 2022 - The Glorious Sons
April 16, 2022 - Souldia
April 19, 2022 - Transatlantic
April 21 & 22, 2022 - Fight or flight Tour
April 23, 2022 - Loud & Reckless Tour
April 26, 2022 - Behemoth & Arch Enemy
April 28, 2022 - Klo Plegag
April 29 & 30, 2022 - Charlotte Cardin
View More DatesApril 02, 2022 - Uncle Acid & The Dead Beats
April 05, 2022 - Peach Pit
April 08, 2022 - Jay Scott
April 09, 2022 - SNAIL MAIL
April 13, 2022 - Gab Paquet
April 14, 2022 - Thierry Larose Cantalou
April 15, 2022 - Amorphis
April 16, 2022 - Rouge Pompier 'Neve Campbell'
April 22, 2022 - Papagroove
April 28, 2022 - Alex Roof
April 30, 2022 - P'tit Belliveau
View More DatesApril 02, 2022 - Alkpote
April 03, 2022 - Gashi
April 04, 2022 - Kenny Hoopla
April 05, 2022 - Sampa The Great
April 15, 2022 - Tom Odell
April 24, 2022 - Clinton Kane
April 25, 2022 - Allie X
April 26, 2022 - Teddy Swims
April 30, 2022 - Bagel Bourlesque
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View More DatesApril 01, 2022 - Kashmir
April 02, 2022 - Luce Dufault
April 08 & 09, 2022 - Billy Tellier
April 15, 2022 - P'tit Belliveau
April 16, 2022 - Brain Damage -- Pink Floyd Tribute
April 21, 2022 - Sarah Dufour
April 22, 2022 - Louis-Jean Cormier
April 23, 2022 - Pierre Luc Pomerleau
April 28, 2022 - Christine Morency
April 30, 2022 - Mario Tessier
View More DatesApril 01, 2022 - Gospel Experience avec Imani Gospel Singers
April 07, 2022 - Corneille
April 21, 2022 - Soirée Blues Avec Dawn Tyler Watson
April 22, 2022 - Gospel Experience with Michelle Sweeney & Invités
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