The Festivals of Montreal

Cities with cold winters exult summer.  Montreal takes that to another level with overlapping festivals.  We just missed the jazz festival which draws up to 2,000,000.  But, we were not short changed.

We saw the German entry in an international fireworks competition.

Scheduled performers on St. Dennis Street made for a lively dinner.

Waiters on stilts, stoled food and drink, sometimes sharing with the crowd.

Futuristic acrobats exuded upbeat energy.

The Ha, Ha Ha festival had a number of free events.

 Since, many performances were in French we opted for the universality of music. Fortunately the 'Festival International Nuits de Afrique was only 3 blocks from where we were staying, with constant performances from mid afternoon until late at night.

The options exceeded our time and energy.  The flurry of events in summer is as dense as the snow in winter.


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The Murals of Montreal

Like most industrialized countries,  Canada,  as well as its cities and provinces, spends more per capita on art than the US.  Permanent sculptures and temporary installations fill the city of Montreal.

But what makes Montreal special is finding a mural on, and around every corner.

Mural in abandoned yard.

Detail from Mural.

Old Women Spray Painting Her Mural

 Mural with Roslyn

Detail of Mural

The texture of the bricks give some murals a Lichtenstein look

Parking here, you there are eyes on your car.

A mural in the orthodox Jewish portion of Montreal.

A few more examples of the ubiquitous murals.

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