Free Activities

Discover current activities: performances, conferences, exhibitions, festivals, interactive installations, and much more!

Free activities take place throughout the year.

Before or after your show, or during your next visit to the Quartier des Spectacles, take advantage of our free programming, both in our complex and on our outdoor Esplanade.

In Joliette, outdoor movie nights are also offered at the Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay during the summer.

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  • Visual Art • sculpture
    ORB
    October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2029
    Esplanade de la Place des Arts

    View the public artwork ORB by Spanish urban artist SpY, a majestic illuminated art installation which will beautify the water basin on the Esplanade. 

    Free
  • Visual Art
    Au plus près des gens : pratiques éducatives du MAC
    May 27 to September 28, 2026
    Salle d'exposition

    Through recent projects, testimonials, and glimpses into its processes, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) highlights its education and art mediation practices—often unseen but essential—and invites the public to experience them firsthand.

    Free
  • Classical Music
    Journées de la culture | Concert: The OSM Celebrates 30 Years of the Journées de la culture
    September 26, 2026
    Maison symphonique

    The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal invites you to the Maison symphonique for a festive musical event featuring orchestra musicians and young people from the El Sistema OSM program.

    Concert: The OSM Celebrates 30 Years of the Journées de la culture Free
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