Fierté Montréal
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Fierté Montréal aka in English
as Montreal Pride is an LGBT
multidisciplinary arts and music festival taking place each year in the heart of Montreal
. It is the second biggest LGBT event in Montreal after Divers/Cité
. It is held on four consecutive days (Thursday to Sunday) usually in mid-August of each year.
An avant-garde
event in the heart of downtown Montreal and in Montreal's Gay Village
area, it is open to all audiences, gay
and heterosexual
.
A majour event of Fierté Montréal includes the annual defilé (Montreal Gay Parade) on the major René Lévesque Boulevard
in Montreal. It is open to all gay
and gay-friendly associations and institutions and attracts a big number of participants from various institutions and is attended by the biggest crossection of Montrealers and international tourists. Around 160,000 took part in various Fierté Montréal events in 2009.
Programming is diverse and includes theater, art exhibitions, live concerts, variety shows, concerts, club events and a grand gay parade. It also features La journée communautaire (in English
"Community Day") in which many LGBT associations and enterprises organize events and displays to present their activities to the general public.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
as Montreal Pride is an LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
multidisciplinary arts and music festival taking place each year in the heart of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. It is the second biggest LGBT event in Montreal after Divers/Cité
Divers/Cité
Divers/Cité is an LGBT multidisciplinary arts and music festival taking place each year in the heart of Montreal, since 1993. An avant-garde event in the heart of downtown Montreal and in Montreal's Gay Village area held usually on the end of July and beginning of August every year and extending...
. It is held on four consecutive days (Thursday to Sunday) usually in mid-August of each year.
An avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
event in the heart of downtown Montreal and in Montreal's Gay Village
Gay Village, Montreal
Montreal's Gay Village is located on Saint Catherine Street East, centred on Beaudry metro station, and on Amherst Street in the Ville-Marie borough of the city...
area, it is open to all audiences, gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
and heterosexual
Heterosexuality
Heterosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, physical or romantic attractions to persons of the opposite sex";...
.
A majour event of Fierté Montréal includes the annual defilé (Montreal Gay Parade) on the major René Lévesque Boulevard
René Lévesque Boulevard
René Lévesque Boulevard is one of the main streets in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is a main east-west thoroughfare passing through the downtown core in the borough of Ville-Marie. The street begins on the west at Atwater Avenue and continues until it merges with Notre Dame Street East just east...
in Montreal. It is open to all gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
and gay-friendly associations and institutions and attracts a big number of participants from various institutions and is attended by the biggest crossection of Montrealers and international tourists. Around 160,000 took part in various Fierté Montréal events in 2009.
Programming is diverse and includes theater, art exhibitions, live concerts, variety shows, concerts, club events and a grand gay parade. It also features La journée communautaire (in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
"Community Day") in which many LGBT associations and enterprises organize events and displays to present their activities to the general public.
See also
- Divers/CitéDivers/CitéDivers/Cité is an LGBT multidisciplinary arts and music festival taking place each year in the heart of Montreal, since 1993. An avant-garde event in the heart of downtown Montreal and in Montreal's Gay Village area held usually on the end of July and beginning of August every year and extending...
- Gay Village, MontrealGay Village, MontrealMontreal's Gay Village is located on Saint Catherine Street East, centred on Beaudry metro station, and on Amherst Street in the Ville-Marie borough of the city...
- Pride Week (Toronto)Pride Week (Toronto)Pride Week is a ten-day event held in Toronto, Canada, during the end of June each year. It is a celebration of the diversity of the LGBT community in the Greater Toronto Area. It is one of the largest organized gay pride festivals in the world, featuring several stages with live performers and...
- Capital Pride (Ottawa)Capital Pride (Ottawa)The Capital Pride Festival is the annual Pride event in Canada's National Capital Region, which includes the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. It has been held annually since 1986.Capital Pride is a non-profit organization...