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Things to do in Montréal March 24 to 30

It’s officially spring and Montréal is ready to celebrate! Enjoy bountiful food (get yourself to a sugar shack!), colourful art and films to match, a Pink Floyd opera, contemporary dance, live music and even butterflies in flight at the Botanical Garden.

Spring forward  

It’s officially spring, no matter what the weather, and officially fun if you’re here on Spring Break: let our guide to restaurants, bars and parties for spring break in Montréal lead the way to letting loose. Or for kid-friendly fare, follow our guides to things to do for families during spring break and free things to do this Spring in Montréal. Art lovers can take a walk through the underground city to peruse Art Souterrain‘s miles of art installations or walk through Old Montréal at night to see history unfold in the beautiful tableaux projections of Cité Memoire. Nature lovers can roam among the butterflies at the Botanical Garden’s Butterflies Go Free event, part of the Montréal Space for Life‘s many activities. And fans of classic comic Astérix can see their fave characters rendered in life-like wax at Grévin Montréal. As the regular NHL season approaches its end, the Montréal Canadiens take on the Senators on March 25, the Stars on March 28 and the Panthers on March 30 at the Bell Centre. And on the mat, WWE Live – Road To Wrestlemania bodyslams the Bell Centre on March 24.

Food and drink

The maple syrup’s flowing and the tables are stacked with tourtière, sugar pie, sausages and so much more at a Québécois cabane à sucre , also known as a sugar shack, in the country or the city. Or let your sweet tooth take the lead with a trip to the candy shop. On the other end of the spectrum: it’s all about healthy eating and green living (and free samples and demos!) at Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert March 24-26 at Palais des Congrès. Mix Québécois tradition with tropical flavours at the Casino de Montréal’s lunchtime Copacabanashak Buffet. Explore the menus of new Montréal restaurants or warm up with a cup of tea at Montréal’s tea houses, a big bowl of pho, Japanese authentic ramen, a signature winter cocktail at one of Montréal’s Hidden Bars, or a relaxed evening next to Montréal’s coziest fireplaces. And have a drink and sing your heart out at Montréal’s best karaoke bars.

On stage

Roger Waters’ The Wall takes an operatic turn in the world premier of composer Julien Bilodeau’s Another Brick in the Wall, part of Montréal’s 375th anniversary programming, at Place des Arts to March 27. Montréal’s winter-spring dance program includes the not-to-be-missed Akram Khan Company’s Until the Lions, March 17-25 on an amazing circular stage set by Tim Yip at La Tohu, while Les Grands Ballets presents the contemporary dance of Ohad Naharin’s Minus One, to April 1. In theatre: Centaur Theatre presents thoughtful, humorous family drama You Will Remember Me; Black Theatre Workshop and Tableau D’Hôte co-present Angélique, based on Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave executed for allegedly set fire to Montréal in 1734, at the Segal Centre to April 2; and Battlefield brings ancient text The Mahabharata to the stage, directed by Peter Brook, at Place des Arts. For kids, there’s the excellent children’s theatre of Geordie Theatre Fest, March 21-26, and classic fairy tale with a choose-your-own-adventure twist, Wake up, Sleeping Beauty! at Centaur Theatre on the morning of March 25. And if you’re fluent in French comedy, François Boulianne hosts ComediHa! Club at the Cabaret du Casino on March 23.

On screen

New and enlightening films on art, music, dance, film and more make the 35th International Festival of Films on Art a must for both film and art lovers, at various venues March 23 to April 2. Virtual reality pioneers Felix & Paul Studios present their latest creations including four Cirque du Soleil experiences at the Phi Centre‘s Virtual Reality Garden installation. The Phi Centre also screens selected independent films from the Venice International Film Festival, plus a 20th-anniversary screening of Good Will Hunting on March 28. The Cinémathèque québécoise‘s free installation Détectives de la Pataphysique showcases the awe-inspiring films of Clyde Henry Productions’ Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (known for animated short Madame Tutli-Putli among other eclectic work), while the 10 + 10 Visages du cinéma québécois features portraits of 20 Québécois directors. Immerse yourself in high-tech films Inertia and Morphogenesis in the Satosphere surround-sound dome. And see if you recognize the city sights in these movies filmed in Montréal.

Museums and galleries

Step into the wonderous world of CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, featuring 340 pieces by the Russian-French artist accompanied by music. The Musée d’art contemporain shows work by foremost Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, as well as Québec artist Emanuel Licha’s Now Have a Look at This Machine documentary installation. Galerie de l’UQAM presents noted Scottish artist Graham Fagen‘s video and music-based installation The Slave’s Lament. Never Apart’s winter exhibition celebrates Black heritage, Indigenous women and more – and on March 24 features a talk entitled Jaywalking by digital artist Dries Depoorter. See quintessentially ’60s fashion by Québec designers at the McCord Museum‘s Fashioning Expo 67, featuring over 60 outfits and products. And while art abounds year-round in the city’s most stunning churches and other sacred sites, it reaches great high-tech heights in Aura, an immersive new light show at Notre-Dame Basilica.

Live music

The Jazz en Rafale festival presents Félix Stüssi and Les Malcommodes and the Auguste Quartet on Friday at L’Astral, followed on Saturday by Pierre de Bethmann and Yannick Rieu quartet. Also on Friday, multi-platinum songwriter and singer Bebe Rexha comes to Montréal with opener Daniel Skye at Le Belmont. Saturday night brings Californian hip hop artist Vince Staples and Kilo Kish to Théâtre Corona, while French band Nouvelle Vague rides new wave into the SAT, Parisian electronic artist FKJ plays his style of New French House and more at Théâtre Berri, Produkt & Bakermat present new show Bakermat’s Circus with electro producers Throttle and SAINT WKND at New City Gas, and indie music project Waxahatchee plus Kevin Morby and Mary Lattimore play Théatre Plaza. On Sunday, British indie pop band Bastille and singer-songwriter Mondo Cozmo get bombastic at the Bell Centre, while local arts invention Distroboto throws a sweet-16 musical benefit party at Casa del Popolo. Monday’s must-see: The Courtneys at Bar Le “Ritz” PDB. On Tuesday, rockers Dude York coheadline with Paws at Bar Le “Ritz” PDB, dance-pop duo POWERS revs up La Sala Rossa and Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero brings his Black Cat Tour to L’Olympia. Some of Montréal’s most talented and charming musicians gather on Wednesday for An Evening of Song in Celebration of Leonard Cohen at La Sala Rossa. Thursday brings large-scale ambient music project Tycho to Metropolis and singer-songwriter Virginia To Vegas to Le Belmont. Experience Mozart and de Falla’s Spain in The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal‘s Nights in the Garden of Spain concert on March 30 at Place des Arts. And Québécois music legend Robert Charlebois plays an intimate “rock’oustic” concert at Place des Arts’ Cinquième Salle, March 30 to April 1.

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