There’s no ignoring the phrase motion on this yr’s fifth version of the wild and woolly Barbegazi Winter Motion Sports activities Pageant, which this yr has the excessive honour of launching Hivernales, the primary main participatory occasion of Montréal’s 375th Anniversary celebrations. If snowskating, woodcutting, Christmas tree tossing or a large-scale impediment course, amongst different issues, tickle your wintry fancy, then Barbegazi’s obtained the family-friendly items. And the snowball on the cake? It’s all free.
The annual Barbegazi Winter Action Sports Festival – named for legendary, gnome-like, Alpine creatures with frozen beards and a compulsion for avalanche browsing – takes place this yr at Îlot Clark within the downtown Quartier des Spectacles. Over two weekends, January 6-Eight and 13-15, the outside area might be reworked into an expansive playground for each younger and previous alike.
As talked about, the pageant kicks off the Hivernales portion of the town’s year-long party. The all-encompassing Hivernales runs from January 6 to March 11 in Previous Montréal, the Quartier des Spectacles and Parc Jean-Drapeau. It’s a blanket time period masking quite a few occasions: from the Classique Montréalaise pond hockey event to the Montréal en Lumière arts and tradition pageant; from the Fêtes des Neiges outside winter enjoyable fest to the Igloofest dance social gathering, and far, far more. However again to our Barbegazi buddy…
New to Barbegazi (which suggests “frozen beard”) this yr is the almost 50-metre lengthy, high-tech impediment course and competitors. It can see festivalgoers “clinging to a vine like Tarzan, crawling beneath igloos, crossing a snow-capped duplicate of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, dodging big snowballs, forging a path in a coniferous forest and climbing a snowy wall” within the pursuit of frozen glory. And precise money prizes. The Prime 10 finishers of the course will share a grand prize of $5,000.
Fest attendees will even be capable of take part in snowskate (like skateboarding, however on snow, and coaches can be found onsite), lumberjack, arm wrestling and Christmas Tree throwing competitions. The extra you take part in several actions, the extra factors you possibly can accumulate courtesy of RFID bracelets that will probably be given to rivals on the registration sales space. These factors can then be redeemed for cool stuff on the fest’s Common Retailer. For competitors information and the programming schedule, please go here.
Talking of cool, ought to the temperature drift to the nippy aspect of the size, you'll be able to take a heat break in one of many Warmth Zones. Maybe dance to Igloofest DJs on heated platforms, or seize a drink at one of many bars, all within the consolation of a heated igloo. A number of of Montréal’s famous food trucks may even be available, as will a beard-trimming barber and, if the rumours are true, a real-life, in-the-flesh, snow-surfing Barbegazi – a once-in-a-lifetime selfie alternative.
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