Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre c...

Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this summer 2026.

Montreal writer Jay Quint has always wanted to be a popular author, but also a writer’s writer. He succeeds with the publication of his new memoir Village Dreams: a critical view from the ’60s and ‘70...

Gay Line/CAEO Québec marks 50 years of volunteer-led service with their Queer Joy fundraiser at Café Cléopâtre on September 18. Founded in 1976 as Gay Line, CAEO Québec is a charitable, volunteer-led organization serving Québec’s English-speaking 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. CAEO combats discrimination and advances acceptance, equal status and opportunity through education, outreach and their SILK workshops. […]

Canadian folk-rock singer-songwriter Charlotte Cornfield, BFA 10, has been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize for Hurts Like Hell, her sixth album and a deeply personal record shaped by themes of...

During her Sin-City era, Montréal was home to some of the hottest jazz clubs on the planet and a wide-open scene fueled by Prohibition. Today, the city’s jazz scene is as lively as ever.

Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this summer 2026.

Pride in Montréal is a diverse family affair supported by Montrealers of all stripes and walks of life. More than 40 years after Montréal’s very first LGBTQ+ Pride march in 1979, hundreds of thousands...

The world’s first Pride marches were held in 1970 to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising of 1969. The Christopher Street Liberation Day march was held in New York City on June 28,...

Meet Indigenous Canadian tenor and Fierté Montréal headliner as he shares his favourite Montreal neighbourhoods and performing with Elton John

An essential list of LGBTQ+ and queer-friendly establishments with rooftop bars, karaoke, drag shows and more.

From the Pride parade to the closing show, this is your essential list to the Fierté Montréal Festival 2026.

Canadian music icon Carole Pope is a fearless provocateur and queer trailblazer whose unapologetic sexuality reshaped Rock and Roll. From underground 1970s Toronto to opening for David Bowie, Pope’s i...

Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this summer 2026.

Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre c...

Montréal museums and galleries are alive with blockbuster exhibitions showcasing photography, Indigenous and contemporary art, antiquities and architecture this summer 2026.

Montréal is a hotbed of interactive and immersive exhibitions, virtual reality and digital arts. Blockbuster immersive exhibitions and experiential journeys are captivating audiences at various Montré...

American actor, writer and comedian Joel Kim Booster returns to headline at Just For Laughs Montreal, the famed comedy festival where Booster got his big break a decade earlier, in the JFL New Faces s...

Hundreds of thousands of revellers are expected to attend the 20th edition of the Fierté Montréal Festival, the largest LGBTQ+ Pride gathering in the Francophone world, from July 31 to August 9.

Multi-cultural Montréal is a hotbed of world music year-round, but goes into musical overdrive during the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique. This year’s 40th edition runs from July 7 to 19. Headl...

Montréal is a choice LGBTQ+ tourism destination, but its citizens have fought hard for their city to become the queer mecca it is today. Here are some important milestones in Montréal’s LGBTQ+ history...

The world’s first Pride marches were held in 1970 to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising of 1969. The Christopher Street Liberation Day march was held in New York City on June 28,...

Pride in Montréal is a diverse family affair supported by Montrealers of all stripes and walks of life. More than 40 years after Montréal’s very first LGBTQ+ Pride march in 1979, hundreds of thousands...

Showbiz legend John Cameron Mitchell is touring North America with a 4K restoration of the 2001 cult movie adaptation of his career-defining off-Broadway punk-rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, w...

Montréal’s beloved and iconic Mount Royal Park turns 150 on May 24, the day it was founded in 1876. There will be many events to mark its 150th anniversary throughout 2026.

As voted by our readers in the 2026 Best of MTL readers poll, the best smoked meat in Montreal can be found at Schwartz’s Deli, Smoke Meat Pete, Lester's Deli, Snowdon Deli and Dunn’s Famous.

Montréal’s beloved and iconic Mount Royal Park turns 150 on May 24, the day it was founded in 1876. There will be many events to mark its 150th anniversary throughout 2026.

Pop icon MIKA exploded onto the global stage with his debut UK No. 1 single “Grace Kelly” in 2007. His debut album Life in Cartoon Motion has put up some staggering numbers: 2.8 billion streams, 8.3 m...

Icône pop, MIKA a explosé sur la scène mondiale avec son premier simple, « Grace Kelly », numéro un au Royaume-Uni en 2007. Son album Life in Cartoon Motion a accumulé des chiffres vertigineux : 2,8 m...

Blockbuster museum exhibitions, live music concerts, theatre and comedy are among the many live entertainment choices in Montréal this Spring 2026.

Montréal is a metropolis filled with famous landmarks and architectural icons, from the Mount Royal Cross erected after the city was founded in May 1642 by French explorer explorer Paul de Chomedey, S...