List of Quebec festivals
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This is a list of festivals held within the province
of Quebec
, Canada
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Montreal festivals
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- Les FrancoFolies de MontréalLes FrancoFolies de MontréalLes FrancoFolies de Montréal is a large annual music and performance festival held in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, featuring over 1,000 French-language performers from all over the world, as well as attracting over 500,000 visitors....
- Just for Laughs FestivalJust for LaughsJust for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...
- Festival International de Jazz de MontréalFestival International de Jazz de MontréalThe Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival...
- Festival de Lanaudière
- Quebec City Summer FestivalQuebec City Summer FestivalThe Festival d'été, or Summer Festival , has been taking place annually since 1968. It is organized by groups of businesspersons and artists of Quebec City in order to show the artistic, economic, and tourist potential of the region...
- Quebec City Celtic Festival
- Mondial des Cultures de Drummondville
- 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...
- New France Festival
- FestiBlues international de Montréal
- Heavy MTLHeavy MTLHeavy MTL is a two-day heavy metal and hard rock festival in Montreal, Quebec, at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène held in the summer. The 2008 edition attracted a crowd of around 36,000 people....
- International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuInternational Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuThe International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is the largest hot air balloon festival in Canada. It is held each August in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, about 20 minutes southeast of Montreal and about halfway between Montreal and Vermont....
- International Acadien-Cajun Festival
- Festival western de Saint-TiteFestival Western de Saint-TiteThe Festival western de Saint-Tite is an annual event held in September, in Saint-Tite, Quebec.It developed from a rodeo inaugurated in 1967 to promote the leather industry.It hosts a major rodeo competition, along with other cultural events....
- Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media
- Fête des Neiges de Montréal
- Montreal High Lights Festival
- Festival International de Musique Actuelle de VictoriavilleFestival International de Musique Actuelle de VictoriavilleThe Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville is an annual international music festival held in Victoriaville, Quebec that showcases contemporary music.-External links:*...
- Montreal International Celtic Festival
- Quebec City Winter CarnivalQuebec City Winter CarnivalThe Quebec Winter Carnaval Festival events include a winter amusement park, with attractions such as skiing, snow rafting, ice sculptures, snow sled-slides and outdoor shows and is usually held in February....
- Gatineau Hot Air Balloon FestivalGatineau Hot Air Balloon FestivalThe Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival is a yearly festival, held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and organized by a not-for-profit organization, during which hot air balloons of every shape and colour are flown and where 300 shows and performances adding up to over 60 hours’ worth of programming are...
(GatineauGatineauGatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...
) - Bécancour Hot Air Balloon Festival (BécancourBécancour, QuebecBécancour is a town in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is...
) - Festival d'été de Beloeil
See also
- Culture of QuebecCulture of QuebecThe Culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting from the shared history of the French-speaking majority in Quebec. It is unique to the Western World; Quebec is the only region in North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in Canada...
- Culture of CanadaCulture of CanadaCanadian culture is a term that explains the artistic, musical, literary, culinary, political and social elements that are representative of Canada and Canadians, not only to its own population, but people all over the world. Canada's culture has historically been influenced by European culture and...
Montreal festivals
- :life styles of Quebec