Montreal October Festivals & Events

Gardens of Light

This autumn event sets three cultural gardens at the Jardin botanique all aglow. The Chinese Garden displays its traditional lanterns and shares a fabulous fishing tale with visitors, the Japanese Garden leads visitors along a meditative illuminated path inspired by the seasons, and the First Nations Garden features an intense multimedia experience that lets visitors feel the beating heart of the Cycle of Life.

Montreal Tea Festival

Nearly forty exhibitors, a dozen conferences and a multitude of discoveries!

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

The Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal champions the latest practices in cinema and new technology with an international program of over 300 films, multimedia installations, performances, conferences and events.

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Black & Blue Festival

Information to come.

La grande dégustation de Montréal

This tasting event is a unique gathering where 200 wine producers, distillers and brewers come together to share their passion with wine, beer and spirit lovers and connoisseurs. This year will feature wines of Chile and Argentina and spotlight the syrah and whiskies of the world. This event provides a rare opportunity to meet producers from all around the world and discover over 1200 great products.

Spasm Festival

Festival of genre cinema and the unusual. Any film that is out of the ordinary, that makes you laugh, that disturbs, that makes you think, that inspires, that amazes...

Birth of Planet Earth

How did Earth become a living planet as a result of the violent birth of our solar system?

Annual Gem and Mineral Show

Annual exhibition and sale of semi-precious stones, jewellery, sculptures, beads, semi-precious beads (beads), fossils, and minerals of all kinds. Crystals and minerals from here and abroad. See jewellery made of amber from the Baltic Sea, as well as fossils, rough lapis lazuli, kunzite, aquamarine, quartz, rose quartz, and giant amethyst geodes to name a few.

Arab World Festival of Montreal

Arab and Western cultures meet at the crossroads for the latest in Arabic cinema and performing arts.

Euro Classic Tuesdays

You are welcome to join us at the traditional weekly Euro Tuesday meet-ups! As long as the weather is nice, we will be there to share our passion for classic cars with you!

Quinn's Farm Fall Festival

Admission to the farm's Fall Festival will include : Access to our Orchard, Tractor rides, Animal Interpretation, Access to our Play yard, Pony Rides* and Live Music*.

The Great Pumpkin Ball

You’ll know absolutely everything there is to know about the gourd family! At the Squash Kiosk, little ones, fat ones, round or warty ones – each one will be exercising its ingenuity to make the best impression. And at the pumpkin-decorating contest, the good witch Esmeralda, invites you to tour roughly 800 squashes and pumpkins decorated by students and visitors.

La Ronde Fright Fest

It’s a spooky time of year as zombies and ghouls take over the park. Enjoy thrills and activities for the whole family throughout the day and come back for a truly frightening evening of fun after the sun goes down. Fright fest offers a wide variety of places to get your scare on including several haunted houses and scare zones throughout the park. The Ghouls are set free for their daily hunting rituals and apparently there is no place to hide!

Light the Night Walk

Walk with us on Saturday, October 19 at Parc Jean Drapeau as we gather together with families, friends, and coworkers to celebrate, honour, and remember those touched by cancer.

HALLOWEEN MTL FESTIVAL

The Complexe Desjardins has plenty of fun activities for families, and this weekend is no exception! From October 26 to 27, La Grande-Place will be transformed into La Grande-Place des Fantômes, with a face-painting workshop, dance shows, magic and more... A bewitching time awaits!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

We are back to rock Montreal's most beautiful vintage theatre in the heart of the Quartier des Spéctacles and we are still the ONLY Rocky Horror event in town that gives you the original cult classic movie. See Tim Curry, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf on the big screen while a large cast performs live on stage with wild audience participation. Come see why we are the most spectacular and popular Halloween event in town!

Montreal Zombie Walk

Where the Zombies meet to get ready for the Walk : place du Canada, between noon and 3PM! Rockabilly rockers Black Moon Boys will be playing at 2PM to motivate the dead to walk again.

Haunted Montreal Ghost Tours

Haunted Montreal conducts Ghost Walks and carries out research into ghost sightings, paranormal activities, historic hauntings, unexplained mysteries, and strange legends in the Montreal area.