Culture Starts Up Again At Place Des Arts: A Season That Will Blow You Away!

Montreal, August 20,2025 – Mark your calendars! The new cultural season is just around the corner, and now’s the perfect time for scheduling fall cultural excursions. Place des Arts is offering a rich in-house programming, for all interests and tastes. Music from here and elsewhere, French-language song, dance, and several other upcoming events. Children are a big part of the picture, with the return of much-loved series Place des Arts junior and Sons et brioches. Finally, two major free events are back as well: TEMPÉO, Dance and Music Festival and Micro ouvert autochtone (Indigenous Open Mic). Get ready for a dazzling return of the arts!

Free Activities

TEMPÉO, DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
September 10 to 14 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The Esplanade at Place des Arts

TEMPÉO, Dance and Music Festival is the true launch of the new season: five free color-filled evenings where incomparable artists on the local music scene and rising stars in the dance community will sweep you away
in a festive, collective and unforgettable cultural experience. Kicking things off will
be The Brooks in a funk-themed evening.

Join us for every show and enjoy the lively atmosphere of our evenings of funk, Eastern pop, country, Afro-pop and salsa. On the program: dance, discoveries, hosting by Philippe Fehmiu, refreshments and a food truck. The most vibrant event of the new season!

MICRO OUVERT AUTOCHTONE
November 1 and 2
Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme

Kwe! The 5th edition of the Micro ouvert autochtone (MOA) event will be happening on November 1 and 2 at Place des Arts. A major get-together that showcases both traditional and contemporary indigenous cultures, and that this year will be curated by Abenaki sociologist, documentary maker and screenwriter Kim O’Bomsawin.

Presented free of charge in various areas at Place des Arts, this festive weekend, one that brings people of different backgrounds together, will be offering a number of activities: music performances, discussions, arts fair, culinary discoveries, screenings of short films, and much more. For the occasion, Soleil Launière will be presenting a paid music show at Cinquième Salle.

The free activities at Place des Arts are made possible thanks to the support of the Place des Arts Foundation.

VENUE SHOWS

SOLEIL LAUNIÈRE I TAUEU
November 1
Cinquième Salle

As part of Micro ouvert autochtone, Soleil Launière will be offering us a new, intriguing and daring soul-roots project that promises a deep and striking experience fueled by Innu strength.

PLUME LATRAVERSE I RÉMISSIONNAIRE (LE TRIO LAID FRAPPE ENCORE)
November 21
Théâtre Maisonneuve

For many, many years, onto the stages of cabarets and theaters, Plume Latraverse has dragged his carcass, his guitar and his songs – caught up in a minstrel’s mission with no way out, a missionary of the highways and the underground, taking him through all the madness of this world.

PLACE DES ARTS JUNIOR
Musical, theatrical, circus-based and full of life, the series Place des Arts junior invites your curious kids to lively, dynamic artistic performances. A variety of get-togethers mixing pleasure and emotion, whose goal is to promote discovery of the performing arts by a new generation of spectators. Let yourself be impressed by the richness of shows in a series designed for children aged 4 to 12, but just as much fun for parents.

AMÂRRABLE I October 19 I Cinquième Salle
LÀ-BAS I November 16 I Cinquième Salle
 

SONS ET BRIOCHES
The series Sons et brioches invites children from 3 to 8 to shows featuring world music, theater and puppetry. A taste of various disciplines, all performed close-up thanks to cushions laid out on the floor and the very special atmosphere of Piano nobile de la Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. The birth of a passion — one note, one word, or one gesture at a time — and always accompanied by a delicious pastry, the symbol of the series theme!

LES MINI-MANIFESTES I September 28 I Piano nobile de la Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
LE CYGNE I October 12 I Piano nobile de la Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

SÉRIE ARTS ET MONDE
As part of the Arts et monde series, the Soweto Gospel Choir will be presenting its new show entitled Peace, a
vibrant concert rich in color that brings together South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some
classics, along with lively music from Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen
and many others!

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR | November 22 and 23 I Théâtre Maisonneuve

5 À 7 MUSICAUS SERIES
The 5 à 7 musicaux will be back this fall at Place des Arts to introduce you to some of the up- and-coming musicians in our city. In partnership with Nuits d’Afrique and Vision Diversité as well as the faculties of music at Université de Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal and Concordia University, these festive gatherings will add that much more fun to concert excursions.

To view the entire program schedule, including Les Grands Ballets, Opéra de Montréal, Orchestre métropolitain, Duceppe and all our producer partners: www.placedesarts.com 

Source : 
Place des Arts | Géraldine Zaccardelli, gzaccardelli@placedesarts.com  

Relations de presse : 
ROY & TURNER 
Natalie Dion, ndion@roy-turner.com | Amélie Paquette, apaquette@roy-turner.com