Featured Events in Montreal in August, 2025 (June Updated)

Le Grand PoutineFest is a festival dedicated to celebrating a Canadian classic, poutine. Held in cities across Canada, the event features numerous food stalls serving up creative and traditional poutine. The popular Grand PoutineFest summer tour will hit nearly 17 stops this year. In addition to the gourmet food experience, Le Grand PoutineFest also includes live music, entertainment, and family-friendly interactive programs, making it a social and cultural event for all ages.

Discover Transformer: Design and Energy Futures A captivating exhibition from the Vitra Design Museum that explores the crucial role of design in the energy transition. Energy is at the heart of our societies, but the use of fossil fuels (oil, coal, and gas) is the main cause of climate change and global warming. For a sustainable future, we must adopt CO2-free energy sources, such as solar, wind, and water. This transition presents challenges, but design offers innovative solutions. Transformer shows how design can rethink our energy consumption and integrate renewable energies into our daily lives. The exhibition presents inspiring projects at different scales: from the human body to cities, homes, and modes of transportation. Come and discover how design can shape a sustainable energy future and inspire positive changes in the way we live.

Featuring exceptional loans from major museums in Europe and North America, the exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, jewellery pieces, and archival documents that testify to the quality of Weill’s gallery and deepen our understanding of its historical context.

Streaming Light, the suspended installation that gives the exhibition its name, was specially conceived with the Museum’s gallery space in mind. It is Blais’s most ambitious work to date and the culmination of her recent explorations in painting. Comprised of multiple panels of painted burlap, it evokes the movement of an imposing wave swelling up to meet the bodies of visitors.

The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival, held annually in Montreal, is a premier event that draws music enthusiasts from around the globe. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Parc Jean-Drapeau, this festival is scheduled for August 3, 2025, and promises an unforgettable experience. With a ticket price of 415 CAD (346 USD), attendees can expect a diverse lineup of world-renowned artists and emerging talents across multiple stages. The festival not only showcases an eclectic mix of music genres but also features captivating art installations, gourmet food vendors, and interactive activities. Known for its vibrant atmosphere and top-notch production, the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival has cemented its reputation as a must-attend event in the international festival circuit. Whether it's the pulsating beats, the stunning visuals, or the communal spirit, the festival offers something for everyone, making it a highlight of Montreal's cultural calendar.

Linkin Park and PVRIS are set to electrify Montreal with an unforgettable performance at CentreBell on August 5, 2025, starting at 19:30. This highly anticipated event promises to be a monumental evening, bringing together the iconic sounds of Linkin Park and the dynamic energy of PVRIS. Fans can expect a night filled with powerful performances, showcasing a blend of rock, electronic, and alternative music that has defined both bands' careers. Tickets are priced at 84 CAD, offering an accessible opportunity to witness these legendary acts live. CentreBell, located in the heart of Montreal, provides the perfect venue for this spectacular event, ensuring an immersive experience for all attendees. This concert is not just an event but a celebration of music that transcends generations, making it a must-attend for music enthusiasts.

Exploring the ancestral sites of her nation as well as the environments of her daily life, Meryl McMaster explores a history inscribed in the landscape. Through a series of photographic self-portraits taken in various locations across North America, she explores her ties to her Plains Cree/Métis ancestors on her father's side, and her British/Dutch ancestors on her mother's. Through her wanderings, the artist seeks to hear the memory of ancient sites. From visiting these places and telling ancient stories, a sense of connection emerges. Her journeys sometimes take place in unknown territories or places that have forgotten the past. Her thoughts then turn to the great migrations her ancestors made, both by land and water, to trace her history. In her images, where her imagination is given free rein, erratic boulders become the ancient guardians of the natural world; birds, companions she cradles and guides her to the answers she seeks in the sky; Insects, witnesses to the power of life and the importance of maintaining ecological balance. The memory Meryl McMaster carries on her back intertwines generations and lineages, geological eras and ancestral territories. It is embodied in a series of outdoor images, where the beauty of the landscapes coexists with the memories of an often devastating colonial history. As Strong as the Wind showcases the work of an artist who faces the flow of time and reconnects with those who came before her.

To honor the legacy of Hubert Reeves, the Planetarium offers you an exhibition highlighting his words and writings.

Come experience an immersive, personalized, and interactive watershed discovery! On this journey through a watershed, your senses of hearing, touch, sight, and smell will be captivated by this exploration of nature and its variety of aquatic ecosystems. Traveling through headwaters, lakes, wetlands, and rivers, you'll encounter a rich biodiversity of surprising organisms from the aquatic world and learn about what happens underwater. As a bonus, you'll learn some actions you can take to improve your relationship with these fascinating ecosystems. Intended for families and students ages 8 and up, this activity was originally designed by the UQAM BiCÉAB Chair, which conducts research in aquatic sciences, and developed and produced by the firm TKNL.

What is science? How is it practiced? The brand-new Ecolab highlights the importance of the scientific approach while introducing you to the various phenomena linked to water and air pollution.

Have you ever had to leave your home due to a climate event? For several years, recurring disasters have forced hundreds of millions of people to abandon their loved ones and homes in search of refuge. In the face of climate change, we are all vulnerable, but not to the same degree. Our level of vulnerability varies depending on where we live, our economic situation, and our gender, among other factors. By exploring this exhibition designed by the Biosphère and Oxfam-Québec, learn about climate migration and explore some potential solutions.

An exhibition by artist Frédéric Lavoie produced by the Biosphère in collaboration with the Insectarium Have you ever observed the insects around you and tried to learn more about them?

Let yourself be transported to the planet Mars in an immersive experience! Mars is now the center of exciting research and the focus of several space programs. In this artistic and scientific odyssey, your excursion to Mars, to a fictional base atop Mount Olympus, will demonstrate humanity's passion and infinite curiosity for exploration. Let yourself be transported on a journey that intertwines the scientific perspective and the imaginary vision of a not-so-distant world. RED 2100 offers a journey in five chapters and as many rooms where we realistically imagine the first steps of a few humans on the fascinating red planet in 2100. A fantastical world that also questions the place of humanity in our universe and the fragile balance that must be maintained for all species to thrive.

The Chinese Garden invites you to an encounter, an encounter with three Chinese farming families who each live, work, and experience the land in their own way. In a small Dai village in Yunnan, the Zhou grow bananas. Atop a mountain in the same province, in a breathtaking landscape, the Chen cultivate tea. In the heart of Anhui, the Li cultivate rice. These three families live to the rhythm of the Chinese land, which nourishes them, connects them, and demands treasures of ingenuity and resilience. This land is dear to the farmers. It is part of their identity. By revealing their stories through photos and unique experiences, this exhibition, a journey-like experience, may lead you to rethink your own connection to the land.

Nature lovers, come admire the prettiest patterns that adorn Japanese tableware.

Located on the lower level of the Biodôme, A Tightly Woven Nature will introduce you to the role keystone species play in the fragile balance of their ecosystem. Featuring nearly 1,000 naturalized specimens, explore fascinating themes such as odorous, visual, and audible signals, birds of prey, and defense mechanisms. Will you be able to spot the crested hornbill, the wandering albatross, the pencil sea urchin, or the Brazza's monkey? Will you hear the sound of the piranha? Look for the different symbols and follow the lines drawn on the floor to understand the connections between the different sections. Tactile and sensory experiences are available to enhance your visit.

Taking science from the other end, through images and not words. This is the original idea launched in 2010 by Acfas through its Proof by Image competition. Dedicated to images from scientific research in all fields of knowledge, this competition was expanded across Canada in 2016, thanks to the collaboration of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Science Exposed is the English-language component of the competition. Espace pour la vie celebrates life and nature and has chosen to exhibit the 20 images from the 2024 edition. Images that reveal a world of unsuspected complexity and great beauty. The 20 images are exhibited in front of the Biodôme. Take the time to admire these true works of scientific art revealed to us by the eyes of researchers, and choose your “favorite” image by participating in the vote for the Prix du public Découverte, sponsored by Radio-Canada, before September 21!