Ring within the New Yr in Montréal with fabulous gourmand dinners and glamorous events, ice skating underneath a firework-filled sky, cabaret exhibits or hockey video games, or just a soothing stroll alongside snowy streets. Completely happy New Yr!

New Yr’s in Montréal

Within the metropolis that events arduous it doesn't matter what the climate, New Yr’s Eve may be the most important, wildest celebration night time. Anticipate enjoyable earlier than and after midnight at Montréal’s family-friendly and free New Year’s Eve Party in the Old Port with fireworks and stay music from Alex Nevsky, Bernard Adamus, Klô Pelgag and extra. Dance the night time away with Gogol Bordello at L’Olympia, within the SAT’s immersive audiovisual dome or at Île Soniq’s Ceremonie 2017 with Soiled Audio and Jason Ross. A few of Montréal’s greatest motels throw their very own swanky, champagne-flowing occasions, as does the Casino de Montréal and virtually each bar within the metropolis – discover out the place to be on NYE in our New Year’s Eve Guide and make your New Year’s resolutions Montréal-style.

Outside actions

Take a winter stroll via lovely Old Montréal, the place Place Jacques-Cartier encompasses a market, leisure, hearth pits and heat drinks courtesy of Merry Montréal till New Yr’s Day. Step contained in the art-filled 13 big zoetropes of this yr’s Luminothérapie outdoors Place des Arts. Lease skates and take a activate the Old Port’s Natrel Skating Rink or at Village Mammouth on the Olympic Stadium Esplanade, the place you’ll additionally discover tube sliding, meals vans, music and extra. See our round-up of winter activities for all ages for extra outside adventuring. And gown stylishly regardless of the climate with our guide to buying winter wear in Montréal.

Meals, drink and enjoyable

Take pleasure in a festival holiday meal at Montréal restaurants, from prix-fixe particular menus to New Yr’s Day brunches. Have a drinks, dinner and a jolly good time at Montréal’s coziest fireplaces and browse our round-up of new bars and restaurants in Montréal. Heat up with locally-made Québec gin and chocolate – or a big bowl of pho! It’s formally Hanukkah, however any time’s an excellent time to find Jewish food and culture in Montréal, from bagels and smoked meat to the Museum of Jewish Montréal. The Casino de Montréal glitters during the holidays with seasonal feasts, vacation cocktails, jackpots and leisure each night. Heat your physique and soul at the spa, from Bota Bota on the St-Lawrence River to luxurious hotel-spa remedies. Stomp your ft and cheer on Canada and gamers from all over the world on the World Junior Hockey Championships on the Bell Centre to Jan. 5. And take a look at extra native hockey lore in our guide to Montréal’s hockey hotspots.

Theatre and comedy

Benefit from the classical music and dance of Les Grands Ballets’s The Nutcracker in these final days of 2016, at Place des Arts to Dec. 30. Or feast your senses on the artistic acrobatics of circus firm Les 7 doigts de la main in new present Reversible, for all ages, to Dec. 30 at La Tohu circus centre. Cartoon characters Toopy and Binoo deliver their adventures to the stage, Dec. 22 to Jan. Three at Salle Pierre-Mercure. Storyteller Michel Faubert tells Québecois Christmas story Le Loup de Noël in French with stay music by people band Bon Débarras, for youngsters ages 5-9, at Place des Arts, Dec. 28-30  – whereas there, see free interactive storytelling exhibition Quand les lutins s’en mêlent, to Jan. Eight. In these occasions when comedy is known as for, there’s a lot available in Montréal: giggle together with “That Canadian Man” Glen Foster at Comedyworks Dec. 29-31, whereas Jamie Lissow headlines The Comedy Nest Dec. 29-30. And shake and shimmy into the brand new yr with Broadway musical Kinky Boots, at Place des Arts Jan. Three-Eight.

Museums and extra

Whereas museums are closed on New Yr’s Day, most have in depth holiday-season hours. See thought-provoking artwork of 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. Together with its huge everlasting assortment, the Montreal Museum of High-quality Arts hosts must-see particular exhibition Focus: Perfection – Robert Mapplethorpe till late January. The McCord Museum presents Notman, A Visionary Photographer and, free for teenagers, storytelling and scenographic set up Alfred’s Adventures. Additionally free and enjoyable for teenagers: the Stewart Museum’s the Santas Are Coming and Curiousities exhibits. The historical past of the east comes west in Pointe-à-Callière museum’s From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Assortment. Search for artwork all through the “underground city” pedestrian network. Or discover it within the nice city outdoor: comply with Art Public Montréal’s itineraries for art-focused walking tours. Heat proper up once more with a film on the Montréal Science Centre’s IMAX theatre or art-house Cinema du Parc, enjoying Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, chef Massimo Bottura doc Theater of Life and extra all through the week. And discover seasonal solace at a few of the city’s most stunning churches and other sacred sites.

Reside music

Dance your means by way of these final days of 2016 at New City Gas, internet hosting the Absolut Lumen Pageant on Dec. 30 with producer Travis Scott, adopted by a New Yr’s Eve Dom Pérignon blowout social gathering on Dec. 31 and an afterparty with Dada Life on Jan. 1. Québécois folk-rock favourites Les Cowboys Fringants play songs from their new album Octobre – Dec. 28-31 at Metropolis. London based mostly manufacturing and DJ duo Stööki Sound deliver good vibes to Newspeak on Dec. 30. Cabaret dinner-and-a-show meets Parisian fashion at Le Balcon in downtown Montréal: on Dec. 30, it’s a night of soul, motown and disco with Kim Richardson, whereas on Dec. 31 Le Balcon’s New Yr’s Eve Social gathering faucets into that soul-music vibe too, and on Jan. 5 hear the music of Édith Piaf sung by Claire Garand. Or sit back at a few of Montréal’s greatest blues and jazz clubs. And on New Yr’s Day, over 75 musicians, European singers and dancers carry out Strauss waltzes, polkas and operetta excerpts in A Salute to Vienna at Place des Arts.

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