If you want to get away from the daily stressors of life, you should consider making the most of Montréal's winter holiday season with your family. There, you can always find something to celebrate and indulge in joyous events. To help you save time, we have composed a list of the top 5 winter events in Montreal for the entire family to enjoy.
1.
Eva Blue
When you want to
see Montreal shine throughout December, you will have plenty of Magical
Holiday Events to look forward to. You should go outside Place des Arts and
stroll along the Village de
Noël's winter garden path Jardins
d'Hiver. You can see larger-than-life decorations throughout downtown and
treat your eyes to lighting installations that will make the streets more
appealing. Another attraction is pop-up performances that might enchant you.
There you will also find many fun & games, and holiday activities from XP_MTL.
To add to the
fun, you can play in this year's Luminothérapie
art playground at Place des Festivals where you can have a look at illuminated,
interactive art that will delight the child in your heart. You can also enjoy
building facades in Place des Festivals and throughout the Quartiers des
spectacle, where you will see joyful new projection art as well. Walk a few
more blocks to see Ogilvy's classic holiday window display Enchanted Worlds
that is on Victoria Street outside the McCord
Museum.
Image Source- https://www.noelmontreal.ca/villagedenoel/en/home-christmas/
2.
Moment Factory
If you want to
enjoy something really bright and festive, you must consider Merry Montreal's Place Nordique
along Place Jacques-Cartier in mid-December. You can visit the peacefully
illuminated square outside Notre-Dame
Basilica. When you step inside, you can see a fantastic multimedia show
named AURA. When hoping
to make the most of your weekends in November or looking to do something fun every
night from December 18 to January 2, you can check out the historical
projections of Cité
Mémoire on building facades.
Image Source- https://www.aurabasiliquemontreal.com/en
3.
Thibault Carron
The Mount
Royal Park lookout is the perfect place to be when you want to see Montréal's
festive glory from the top. You can also pick the 360-degree view of the city
on La
Grande Roue de Montréal. There you can also watch the ice skaters who are
having fun at the illuminated Old
Port of Montréal outdoor ice skating rink.
4.
SDC - Les Quartiers du
Canal
If you want to
enjoy festive lights, music, and hot chocolate, you can visit Noël dans le Parc at Place
Émilie-Gamelin downtown. To make things more interesting, attend free concerts
by local musicians or play holiday-themed games in Parc des Compagnons and Parc
Lahaie in the Plateau neighborhood.
To complete the gifting
process, you can also shop at Montréal
holiday markets like the Marché de Noël
de Jean-Talon at Jean-Talon Market or the Village de
Noël de Montréal at Atwater Market. You can also take a stroll down Mont-Royal Avenue and enjoy its holiday
atmosphere along with doing great shopping.
Also, Complexe Desjardins will transform
into a Christmas village where you can enjoy concerts, do holiday shopping and
have lots of holiday fun.
5.
Don't Miss Out on Holiday
Music and Shows
There will be
several holiday
concerts and theatrical events in Montreal this year. From December 9 to
28, you can enjoy Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal's The Nutcracker.
The Orchestre
Symphonique de Montréal will organize the concert series Hervé
Niquet and Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ),
Handel's Messiah, and more throughout the winter.
Image Source-
https://www.osm.ca/en/concerts/herve-niquet-and-berliozs-lenfance-du-christ/
The Salle Bourgie concert hall
at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts will also present beautiful concerts this
holiday season. It will include A
Charlie Brown Christmas concert by the Taurey Butler Trio. If you have
kids, take them to the rollicking Le
grand bal de Noël.
If you want to
get involved from a distance, you can sing along with the CBC Christmas Sing-In on CBC Music
and CBC Radio One at noon. You can also welcome 2022 at the Merry Montréal New Year's Eve party planned
for December 31, where you can find live music and a lot more!
Source:
https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/winter-holiday-activities