Minggu, 02 November 2008

Experiencing the Festival of Montreal and Quebec City


Other cities may have summer festivals, but Montréal is famous for its festivals. Unlike elsewhere, this city shuts down large portions of downtown for a string of festivals lasting practically all summer long. An intoxicating mix of English and French permeates these widely attended events. The fact that party-hearty Montréalers attend the festivals in droves, not to mention various states of intoxication, certainly doesn’t hurt. There’s definitely a je ne sais quoi about the dozens of summer events here, whether it’s the Montréal International Jazz Festival, the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, the International Film Festival, the Nuits d’Afrique African-music festival, or the FrancoFolies (the largest French-language music festival in the world).

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