Festivals and cultural events Montreal

A high-caliber cultural event, the Elektra festival combines cutting-edge electronic music, multi-screen audiovisual performances and installations of all kinds (sound, interactive, robotic...), conferences, launches and vernissages in several venues across the city. The organization also organizes the biennial Biennale internationale d'art numérique (BIAN), a major exhibition of works and installations that celebrated its ^6th edition in winter 2023.

About a hundred recent works from African countries, Creoles and their diasporas. In addition to screenings of short and feature films, fiction and documentaries, the Vues d'Afrique festival also features shows, exhibitions, exchanges, debates and colloquiums, etc., enough to make many discoveries! A youth selection is also presented. All screenings take place at the Cinémathèque québécoise (opening night at the Imperial Cinema).

Zoofest is a comedy club located in Montreal. It offers a varied program of comedy shows. Upcoming shows include "Pas peu fières!" with Anne-Sarah Charbonneau and Florence Nadeau, "Juste du crowdwork" with Tommy Néron, "Les entrevues de Julien Bernatchez", "Jess ou Suzie" with Jess et Suzie, "Stand-up et chansons" with Jacob Ospian and Emile Khoury, "Black Eye, des rires à coups de poing" with Charles Beauchesne and François de Grandpré, "Tout le monde s'haït - le 100e épisode" with Marylène Gendron and Sam Cyr, "La super soirée des exposés oraux 2", "LGBTrash", "Le cabaret F*ck ta grossophobie", "L'AFTER PARTY du 100e épisode", "Tournée des finissant.es 2023 de l'École nationale de l'humour", "5@7 Show-Biz" with Christophe Dupéré, "Alex Lévesque: That is the improv", "Le podcast des personnages", "Katherine Levac en rodage", "Véronique Isabel Filion - Toute seule", "Bitchfest", "Emile et ses ennemis", "Mal élevée" with Rachelle Elie, "Night Cap Live @ Zoofest & OFF-JFL", "Opération beurre de cinéma" with Julien Bernatchez and Guy A. St Cyr, "Dans la cour de Guillaume Boldock", "Noël chez Isidore", "Michelle Forrester's Backyard", "Les Costauds", "Kek' souvenirs pour une piasse", "Des si et des rais - Zoofest", "Dans la cour de Val Belzil", "Plumes dans l'Q" with Lady Guidoune and Charlie Morin, "Pop Culture Pop Quiz" with Mason Terry and Daniel Carin, "Comedi Nerd". Zoofest also offers featured videos and a blog.