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FREE ACTIVITIES
EVERY NIGHT ON THE FESTIVAL’S OUTDOOR SITE
SPECTACULAR FREE SHOWS
FIREWORKS
Check out Fireworks Canada presented by the Government of Canada. Each evening,
close-up fireworks will illuminate the façade of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, creating highly
colourful visual effects on the adjacent architecture and providing a new perspective on
sites that make up our daily urban backdrop. An atmospheric soundtrack will accompany
the fireworks and don’t miss the closing Loto-Québec Fireworks on february 29 th
LIGHT SHOWS AND PERFORMANCES
If you need to warm up, there will be action inside the Complexe Desjardins with a
daily presentation of a laser show, Guignol Theater and a spectacular show on both
Saturdays of the Festival.
LIVE DJ SETS
Get ready for the hottest nights in town as the Bleue Dry DJ’s take over L’Espace cube,
with their techno/house rhythms. The area will transform Saint-Catherine Street into
an open-air dance floor !
OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE
WILD RIDE ON THE SLIDE !
Youngsters and grown-ups alike will have a ball on the spectacular and secure Glissade
Le Lait. The 20-metre-long and 7-metre-high slide will whisk you in mere seconds
through Saint-Catherine Street. And you can go again, and again, and again…
EVERYBODY LIGHTS UP AT NIGHT!
There will be continuous activities and guaranteed fun for the entire family, with
fairy-like characters, luminous flamenco dancers, percussionists, giant insects on stilts
and more animation to light up the evening.
HAPPY HOUR
Enjoy the happy hour atmosphere at the Bistro SAQ offering daily wine and Quebec
cheese selections and inside the large, heated Hydro-Québec Café tent in a warm,
comfortable, lively area where you can also have a bite. New this year, take advantage
of the daily outdoor MegaBarbecue!
TWO PHOTO EXHIBITS!
The site will be having another great outdoor photography exhibit this year called
"Backstage" and will bring you into the secret world of creators as they prepare behind
the scenes. Another exhibit is shown indoors in the Place des Arts lobby with Raphael
Helle’s study of the December 8 Festivities of the Fête des Lumières in the medieval
French city of Lyon.
THREE HOT SPOTS TO WARM UP!
Go on and roast a few marshmallows around the Bonfire, sip on a sweet hot chocolate
at the Place des Braseros or simply take advantage of the warm infrared rays under the
Hydro-Quebec Dome.
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