Montréal says goodbye to November and hiya to December with glittering outside leisure and indoor magic kingdoms, Cirque du Soleil’s OVO, designer Christmas markets, superb new movies, dance and theatre, and live shows for all tastes.

Winter prepared

Step into an entertaining winter wonderland throughout Noël dans le Parc at downtown’s Place Émilie-Gamelin and at Parc des Compagnons and Parc Lahaie within the Plateau neighbourhood, beginning Dec. 1. In the meantime in Old Montréal , be a part of within the Merry Montréal celebrations, that includes a market on Place Jacques-Cartier, stay music, meals, microbrews and extra. Go to Santa on the Complexe Desjardins Magic Kingdom, the place you’ll additionally discover a mini practice and carousel, multimedia present Fontaine Boréale and performances, or discover Santa in lots of varieties on the historic Stewart Museum in a magical (and free) figurine exhibition. And discover the town streets with Art Public Montréal and in smart-phone multimedia tour Cité Mémoire in Old Montréal.

Seasonal buying

Go looking for regionally made residence decor, toys, clothes and niknaks, magnificence merchandise, meals, drink and extra on the Marché Casse Noisette, reworking the decrease promenade of the Palais des congrès right into a glittering market, Nov. 24 to Dec. four. There’s extra artistic Montréal-made items on the Souk @ SAT designer market, Nov. 30 to Dec. four. Or store classic on the Empire Exchange launch in Mile Finish on Dec. 1. We’ve additionally received the inside track on the place to purchase actually cool Montréal souvenirs. And our guide to buying winter wear in Montréal leads the best way to staying heat. One other tried-and-true physique hotter: the spa.

Circus, stage and hockey

Wonders by no means stop in Cirque du Soleil’s OVO, a wildly acrobatic present that brings to life a vibrant, magical world of bugs, Nov. 29 to Dec. four on the Bell Centre – get a household package deal for the complete expertise. One other world-renowned circus firm, Les 7 doigts de la main, performs Reversible, a spectacular and emotional acrobatic creation for all ages, to Dec. 30 at La Tohu circus centre. And the acrobats and drummers of Australian circus Gravity & Different Myths enjoyment of A Easy Area at Centaur Theater, to Nov. 27. Danse Danse presents NYC’s Dorrance Dance in blissful present ETM: Double Down at Place des Arts, Dec. 1-Three, and work by choreographer-dancer Rhodnie Désir at Arsenal gallery on Nov. 29. In theatre see eco-odyssey The Watershed at Centaur Theatre to Dec. four and youngsters’s present Checkout 606 on Nov. 26 at 10:30 am. Snort together with Ryan Belleville on Nov. 25-26 and native comedy stars on Nov. 28 at The Comedy Nest, whereas on Nov. 28 Jordan Foisy causes amusing riot at Casa del Popolo. Cheer on our professional hockey CWHL workforce Les Canadiennes on the Bell Sports activities Complicated Nov. 26 and at Centre Etienne-Desmarteau Nov. 27. And make a journey again in native hockey historical past by way of our guide to Montréal’s hockey hotspots.

Artwork and movie

Intent on making essential and difficult works, Belgian artist Wim Delvoye exhibits his sculpture, drawing, images, set up and video at DHC-ART beginning Nov. 30. See heritage movies and new types of animation at worldwide pageant Sommets du cinéma d’animation Nov. 23-27. In its 29th yr, the LGBTQ Image+Nation worldwide movie pageant, Nov. 24 to Dec. four, screens distinctive movies resembling Saturday’s doc Strike a Pose at Never Apart. The Phi Centre co-presents movies on the Montréal Museum of Positive Arts: Dancer on Nov. 25 and Darkish Night time on Nov. 26. Should-see modern artwork populates the BNLMTL 2016, Le Grand Balcon biennale on the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and extra venues. Don’t miss the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ exhibition Focus: Perfection – Robert Mapplethorpe and the McCord Museum’s Notman, A Visionary Photographer. And sound-and-music challenge Sounding the City launches Nov. 25-29 at POP Montréal headquarters.

Stay music

Holiday music shows start in earnest this week, beginning with Montréal rocker Jonas and associates’ Christmas Calling profit live performance at Club Soda on Nov. 25, whereas the Montréal Bach Festival continues with live shows at a few of the metropolis’s most lovely church buildings and live performance halls. Additionally on Friday: get together with electro beat makers Black Tiger Intercourse Machine at Théâtre Berri; singer-songwriter Coleman Hell takes over Théâtre Fairmount; Torontonians Tasseomancy and Montréalers She-Devils rock La Vitrola whereas The King Khan & BBQ Present have a blast at Bar le Ritz P.D.B.; and electronics meet acoustic devices in performances by Sarah Davachi, Pierre-Yves Martel and Marc Djokic at Chapelle Saint-Louis. On Saturday: bounce to the hip-hop inflected EDM of Flosstradamus at Metropolis; see Swedish indie-rockers The Sounds at Théâtre Corona , Aussie rock band The Jezabels at L’Astral, and R&B artist Daniel Caesar on the Phi Centre; electro dance producer Robin Schulz amplifies New City Gas, and Detroit techno grasp Kevin Saunderson takes Newspeak for a spin.

Whereas Peter Hook performs a bought out present at Théâtre Fairmount on Nov. 27, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Orchestra Métropolitain in a dynamic live performance of Russian music at Place des Arts’s Maison Symphonique, and 10-person act Straight No Chaser return to Montréal with their vocal acrobats, additionally at Place des Arts. On Nov. 29, sing together with The Head and the Coronary heart at Metropolis and luxuriate in An Night with Toh Kay (of Streetlight Manifesto) at Club Soda. Kent Nagano conducts the Montréal Symphony Orchestra and choirs in Bach’s St Matthew Ardour and extra on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Place des Arts. Canadian disco queen Patsy Gallant performs as a part of a presentation of documentary movie Patsy on Nov. 30 at Lion d’Or. Danish singer and songwriter MØ performs Théâtre Corona on Nov. 30 whereas hip-hop artist A$AP Ferg performs Metropolis. On Dec. 1, Illinois-based singer-songwriter William Fitzsimmons strums up a storm at L’Astral, and The Lyric Theatre Singers add sparkle to Concordia University’s Loyola Chapel in performances of Candlelight Christmas 2016, Dec. 1-2.

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