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A list of things to do in February to celebrate Montréal’s 375th anniversary.
Applaud as world snowmobiling champions perform jaw-dropping aerial tricks in downtown Montréal, go on a snow moon by bike ride with your Valentine, try curling against brilliant backdrop of a light and sound performance, and experience avant-garde creativity during Illuminart!
1. Igloofest
Each winter, going on 11 years this winter, Igloofest brings together thousands of electronic music fans to dance under the stars at Montreal’s Old Port. Bringing together icy decor and steel structures, powerful architectural projections, programs featuring the best local and international DJs, its giant playground and its one-of-a-kind winterwear competition named “Iglooswag”. For the 375th Hivernales celebrations, Igloofest will be adding some special free winter activities as well as two extra weekends of wild, woolly competition and Off-Igloofest nights. Details
January 12th to February 4th
Thursdays | 7:30 PM to 00:00 AM
Fridays | 7:30 PM to 0:30 AM
Saturdays | 7:30 PM to 0:30 AM
Jacques-Cartier Quay, Old-Port of Montreal
Rue de la Commune E, Montréal
$15 & up
2. Fête des neiges de Montréal
Come out to play and discover great new family activities at Parc Jean-Drapeau during the Montreal 375th anniversary celebrations. This popular family-oriented winter event has a program geared toward enjoying the outdoors, with a wide array of free and paid activities. For Montreal’s 375th anniversary, Parc Jean-Drapeau reinvented the Montreal Fête des Neiges with more than 20 activities designed to please every taste. We’ve got slides of all shapes and sizes, a new ice-sculpted Pirate ship, lively animation, good old-fashioned snow tubing, the Tyrolienne, the Ferris Wheel, dog sled rides, skating, and live shows for the whole family. Details
Weekends from January 14 to February 5, 2017
Saturdays | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Sundays | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Parc Jean-Drapeau, 1 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal
Mostly Free
3. MTL375 Rosemont Petite-Patrie
Explore more than one hundred works executed in various mediums during the pop up events held at in several locations in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough. Artgang Galerie plans to co-produce and distribute at least 375 public art works in the borough’s territory. Details
From December 21
Various Locations
Free
4. Cité Mémoire
Projected throughout Old Montreal, 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. A creation by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard, the tableaux presented in Cité Mémoire cover a range of milestones in Montréal’s history, well-known (or not so well-known) characters, or sometimes a local slice of life. Narrative or impressionist, touching or amusing, they express our values of coexistence, innovation, tolerance and generosity that are the foundation of our city.Details
Every night
Sunday to Wednesday: From dusk to 10:00 PM
Thursday to Saturday: From dusk to 11:00 PM
Various Locations, Old Montréal
Free
5. Aime comme Montréal
This exhibit presents thirty of the couples included in that photo essay. In different seasons and neighbourhoods, you will meet a few of the families that make up Montreal’s celebrated diversity. Video stations provide a more in-depth encounter with some of these couples. Let yourself be inspired by these adventurous love stories and thoughts about immigration and being open to differences. The concept of harmonious diversity in communities has grown in relevance. An issue in intercultural cities like Montreal, it raises many questions. Can intercultural couples who experience diversity in their daily lives provide us with some answers? Details
January 18, to February 19, 2017 | Museum Hours
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal
General Admission ($15 – $23)
6. Illumination of Biosphere
To celebrate its 375th anniversary, Montréal Lights Up with the illumination of the Biosphere. The illumination commemorates Montréals 375th anniversary, Canada’s 150th and Expo67’s 50th. The lighting company 4U2C, under the artistic direction of Yves Aucoin, lights up the structure that emphasizes its striking architectural qualities and complements its existing lighting.
Every night until December 31, 2017
Montreal Biosphère, 160 Chemin du Tour de l’isle, Montréal
Free
7. Le Country, de la colonisation à nos jours
Enjoy a night out at the bistro as various musicians explore country music’s history in Montreal, from colonization to today. Details
Fridays, February 3rd to July 28th, 2017 | 08:00 PM
Bistro Le Ste-Cath, 4264 Rue Sainte-Catherine E, Montréal
Free
8. Motoneige MTL Xtrem
February 4th and 5th, 2017
Saturday February 4th from 6:00 PM : Animation on site
Saturday February 4th from 7:00 PM to 7:45 PM
Sunday February 5th from 11:45 AM: Animation on site
Sunday February 5th from noon to 12:45 PM
Sunday February 5th from 2:00 PM: Animation on site
Sunday February 5th from 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM
Philips Square, Ste-Catherine street between Union and Place Philips, Montreal
Free
9. Feu, feu, joli feu, un karaoké des bois
Friends of Marcelle-Ferron, are organizing three song-filled evenings around the campfire exploring the themes of land, nature, and origins. These activities will illustrate the variety of music for different occasions: songs of First Nations, early French settlers, songs of the first inhabitants at the time of Outremont’s founding, and current songs. Artists on Feb 5 – Nicole O’Bonsawin and Francis Désilets. Details
February 5, 2017 | 03:00 PM
Parc St-Viateur, Montreal
Free
10. Snow Moon by bike
What could be more magical than cycling through the heart of a moonlit city? As part of the Montreal 375th Anniversary Hivernales celebrations, cycling and winter enthusiasts are invited to take part in a luminescent parade of bikes along a 3.75-km route. Seasoned cyclists can up the ante and add a 15-km jaunt to the Olympic Stadium to the excursion. Details
Saturday, February 11, 2017 | 07:00 PM
Meet at 6:30 PM
3.75-km route. Meet at Place des Festivals, on the corner of Jeanne Mance and St. Catherine Streets. Ride to Igloofest site, in the Old Port.
Free
11. La guirlande du 375
Join for creative workshops on various techniques of painting and printing on canvas!This project, “The Garland of the 375th”, aims to involve the largest number of residents of the Southwest in the creation and the collective decoration of a garland of 1,400 m in length that will dress the streets of Pointe-Saint-Charles . Details
February 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th, 2017 | 06:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Georges-Vanier Cultural Center, 2450 Workman Street , Montreal
Free
12. Nordic Fest
Part of Igloo Fest. Special celebrations to commemorate 375th anniversary. The Montreal Ice Canoe Challenge is partnering with Igloofest during the Nordik Games. Participate in the crazy obstacle course that includes pushing an ice canoe through an urban course whose signage that will recall the streets of Montreal! Details
Saturday, February 11 & 18, 2017 | 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Igloo Fest site, Montreal
Free
13. Montréal Ice Canoe Challenge
It’s two exhilarating days of heart-pumping competition as top-level athletes race their canoes across more than 10 metres of the glacial St. Lawrence River. Come out and cheer on Captain Mylène Paquette and her VIVE MONTRÉAL 375 crew, or one of the dozens of other teams, for a fun-filled skill testing day on Saturday or the spectacular race on Sunday. Part of 2017 Circuit québécois de canot à glace. Details
Sunday, February 12, 2017 | 12:00 PM – 03:00 PM
starts at the Bassin de l’Horloge around the Tour de l’Horloge, ends at the western tip of the Bassin Alexandra, passing by the Parc de la Cité-du-Havre and Parc Jean-Drapeau (Île Sainte-Hélène).
Free
14. Montreal Hypothermic Half Marathon
Opt for the 21.1-km, 10.55-km, or 2-person relay that covers a double circuit of Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame in Parc Jean-Drapeau. Details
Saturday, February 12, 2017 | 08;30 AM
Parc Jean-Drapeau, 1 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal
$30 – $150
15. Polar Hero Race
5-km, 25-obstacle course open to all including kids. Climbing, jumping, crawling, carrying, running, and the exhilaration of pushing yourself to the max while cheering on teammates is on the agenda for all participants. Details
Saturday, February 18, 2017 | 09:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Parc Jean-Drapeau, 1 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal
$49.95
16. Being neighborly in Lachine
An echoe to the daily life of yesterday and today through different theatrical and musical animations, sung on balconies, street corners and the different surrounding parks in the Lachine neighborhoods.Details
February 19, 2017
Quartier Saint-Pierre, quartier Fort Roland, Quartier du canal, Quartier Provost
Free
17. Possibles
Once a month throughout 2017, POSSIBLES presents works by 12 emerging artists from 12 different disciplines, in collaboration with 12 partners, in 12 unique Montréal locations. February event – By Tangente and Jacques Poulin-Denis. Theme – Urbanism and Infrastructure .Details
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Venue revealed 375 hours before the event.
Free
18. Curling en lumière
February 23 to March 11, 2017
Place des Festivals, Rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal
Free
19. Illuminart
Experience spectacular illuminations and sparkling installations that highlights the illuminated, interactive and immersive avant-garde creativity Illuminart is famous for! Details
February 23rd to March 11th, 2017
Place des Festivals, Rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal
Free
20. Improvised Neighbourhoods
Learn about the the history of the different neighbourhoods in the Ville-Marie borough as you navigate “Improvised Neighbourhoods”, a group of thirteen events featuring comedians and invited players from different improv troupes in the city.Details
Sunday, February 26, 2017 | 02:00 PM
L’Ermitage/ Hermitage Hall, Collège de Montréal, 1931 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal
Free
21. The Outremont Yard: Railroad Memories
Learn about the history of new Université de Montréal campus and the industries that flourished there through films about trains, an exhibition about the old CP yard, and a history walking trail around the former yard. Details
Sunday, February 26, 2017 | 01:00 PM
Théâtre Outremont, 1248 av Bernard Ouest, Outremont
Free