Happy Saturday, Montreal. If you’re looking to brave the cold outdoors at Igloofest or something a little warmer, the city is offering oodles of activities today, January 19, to keep you busy.
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Igloofest
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The first weekend of the 13th edition of Igloofest has kicked off and DJs Four Tet, Jacques Greene, Volvox, Taraval and more will be spinning beats and warming up the outdoor music festival.
Bar kiosks, restaurant outlets and mini-games will also be on site (as well as thousands of other people).
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 7:30 pm – 12:30 am
Where: Quai Jacques Cartier, Old Montreal
Price: $20.50 – $89, available online
POP Yoga Neige
Downward dog-sled, anyone?
Montreal-based fitness company POP Spirit is hosting a series of outdoor snow yoga sessions this winter.
Aptly titled POP Yoga Neige, classes will take place every Saturday and Sunday from January 12 to March 24 at Parc La Fontaine and Parcours Gouin, respectively.
All classes are free to the public and boast top-notch, professional instructors. All you have to do is bring your own mat and dress warmly (and we mean, really warm).
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 1 pm on Saturdays, 10:30 am on Sundays
Where: Parc La Fontaine and Parcours Gouin
Price: Free
Luminothérapie
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Place des Festivals has brought Montreal sights and sounds by fusing dominos, music and lights.
The ninth edition of Luminothérapie, Quebec’s largest temporary public art installation, is called “Effet domino” by Ingrid Ingrid. The installation will feature 120 giant dominos spread out across several different stations. The public is invited to play with them, each creating different music and luminous effects in the process.
The dominos are all topple-able as a musical orchestra of dominos illuminate in a rainbow of pastel hues and sounds. Check out some photos here.
When: From now until January 27
Time: 12 pm – 10 pm
Where: Place des Festivals, Jeanne Mance
Price: Free
Fête des neiges
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The 36th edition of the Fête des neiges festival kicks off this weekend.
Outdoor activities include snow tubing, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, snow archery, an icy pirate ship, ice skating, ice sculptures, ziplining, a Ferris wheel, Tour de Lévis, axe throwing, a penguin village, a Polar Circus, snow scooters, an inflatable bouncy castle, and a mini igloo play area.
That’ll show winter who’s boss.
When: January 19 to February 10
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Where: Parc Jean-Drapeau
Tickets: $8 – $25, available online
Parc-Nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques
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The City of Montreal wants you to see more of this gorgeous province this winter by checking out the city’s biggest national park – for free.
So, pack a lunch, hop on a shuttle bus and spend the day in the great Canadian outdoors!
Parc-Nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques is offering free shuttle services from downtown Montreal this weekend (and six days afterwards).
With 330 hectares of land, the Parc-Nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques is the largest park in Montreal. It’s bordered by Lac des Deux Montagnes and the Rivière des Prairies, offering magnificent views of icy, snowy, land.
The park is also boarded by ecological farms that include cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, rabbits, ponies and pigs as well as a rustic sugar shack where guest can enjoy locally produced maple syrup.
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 9 am – 4:15 pm
Where: Shuttle pick up Dorchester Square
Price: Free
Amaze Escape Room
Escape the cold and try to figure your way out of an escape room.
Try your luck at escaping from a prison, a military facility, a lost temple, or a laboratory. Make a reservation, choose your adventure and then you have anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to get out of any respective room. Each mission is reserved solely for your group and you’re given a walkie-talkie in case you need hints/get scared.
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 2pm – 10:30pm
Where: 3550 Rue St. Jacques
Price: $15-$30 depending on your chosen mission (per person). Make your reservation first online.
$nowballin – Club Soda
$nowballin is a massive techno and house music party that features the snow of winter, indoors.
Even if you missed out on Igloofest, $nowballin is going to be — you guessed it — ballin’.
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 9:30 pm – 3 am
Where: Club Soda, 1225 St-Laurent
Price: $40, at the door
Hackatown 2019
If you like to code, teamwork and make your ideas come to life then Hackatown is right up your alley.
For the third year in a row, Hackatown is hosting a 24-hour hackathon with the theme: the smart city. They will put at each contestant’s disposal: APIs, data and hardware for you to use and hack.
When: January 19 and 20
Time: 8 am – 3 pm
Where: Polytechnique Montréal, 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit
Price: Free
Atrium Le 1000
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If the weather doesn’t bode well with you this weekend, lace up the skates and glide to the lively beat of music at the Atrium inside one of the tallest buildings in Montreal.
The rink is covered under an immense glass dome so you can feel like you’re outside without having to deal with the pesky weather. Plus, it’s gorgeously decorated for the winter season.
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 12:30 pm – 9 pm
Where: 1000 De La Gauchetière
Price: $5 – $7.50 (equipment rentals range from $1 – $7)
Snow Tubing on Mont Royal
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Take advantage of the pride of Montreal by snow tubing down it.
Discover the exhilaration of snow tubing down reserved lanes next to the toboggan hill overlooking Beaver Lake.
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 10 am – 4 pm (until 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays)
Where: Mont Royal Park
Price: $5 for 4 – 11-year-olds, $9 for 12 years old and up
Pente à Neige
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No offence, Mont Tremblant, but we might hit the slopes a bit closer to home this weekend as La Pente à Neige has constructed a man-made ski hill at Parc Ignace-Bourget.
If you’re up to braving the cold, the second edition of the urban hill is big enough for up to 250 people and there’s also a mini slope on site to accommodate up to 50 mini-skiers.
The hill welcomes skiers, snowboarders, tubers and sledders of any age and features a cozily heated yurt, mulled wine, hot chocolate and music.
Guests can bring their own equipment or it can be rented on site.
When: Saturday, January 19
Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Where: Parc Ignace-Bourget
Price: Free admission
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