Discovery Festival
The 28e edition of View on the next generation has been in full swing in the metropolis since last Monday. This festival, which “revealed” Klô Pelgag, Fred Pellerin and (Misteure) Valaire, among others, once again offers this year a showcase of choice for young shoots in the performing arts. Until Sunday, you can attend, at very low prices, concerts and theater, storytelling and dance shows, offered in double or triple programs. At the Ministry, you will be able to familiarize yourself with the repertoire of the winner of the Mouffe 2024 prize, Alphonse Bisaillon, and that of the winner of the Francouvertes 2023, Jeanne Côté. At the Maison de la culture Claude-Léveillé, you can discover the tales of Mouette Ménard and Gaël Cauchy, the choreographies of Ève Constantin and Nina Chati and the theater of Chloé Chartrand.
Science Festival
The very popular Eureka festival, a great celebration of science for the whole family, is back on Sainte-Hélène Island until Sunday. On the program: shows, conferences and workshops covering many scientific disciplines, dealing with transport, green energy, environmental issues, space exploration, and so on! Speaking of birds, we can, among other things, see hawks up close and in free flight. This daytime event stretches into the evening on Saturday with a duel between two “science stars” of young audiences, Stéphane Brouillard and Yannick Bergeron, in Science, a fist, that’s all!. For this show which promises to be colorful, you must however reserve your seats online.
Crime Festival
Montreal also vibrates to the rhythm of literary festivals this weekend. In addition to the BD Festival (May 24 to 26) and the Poetry Festival (May 26 to June 2), fans of crime fiction and thrillers will be able to attend the very first edition of Montréal Mystère, at the Grande Bibliothèque until SATURDAY. Two dozen authors from here, the rest of Canada, the United States and elsewhere, including Icelander Lilja Sigurðardóttir and Quebecers André Marois and JL Blanchard, will participate in the dozen round tables, offered in French or in English, on particular themes (“domestic” thrillers, heroines in thrillers, the work of detectives and journalists), but also at signing sessions.
Guitar Festival
We leave Montreal a little, towards Rouyn-Noranda, for the first weekend of the World Guitar Festival in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. In addition to indoor shows by Richard Séguin (already sold out) and Brazilian guitarists Yamandu Costa and Lari Basilio, numerous free outdoor concerts highlight local artists, including the female rock group Les Shirley, Marco Ema and Ivan Boivin- Flemish.