This winter you can forget about hibernating on your couch because there is way too much excitement going on in the city. And if you cant think of anything to do, just head over to the Parc Jean Drapeau Winter Festival stating January 16th for an unbelievable lineup of outdoor activities. The takes place every weekend starting January 16th until February 7th from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm on Saturdays and from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Sundays. Most of the activities are FREE, so get your friends and family together and prepare yourselves for the craziest winter festival ever! 1. DJ Jimmy Rancourt Every Saturday - 4:30 pm 2. King Melrose Sunday Jan. 17th - 2:00 pm 3. La Guerre des Tuques 3D Saturday Jan. 16th and Sunday Jan. 17th - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm 4. Ice Sculpting With Chainsaws Every weekend - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Photo cred - parcjeandrapeau 5. Winter Aerobics Every weekend - 11:30 pm and 1:30 pm 6. Treasure Hunt ($2000 in prizes) Saturday Jan. 23rd - 1:00 pm 7. Snow Yoga Saturday Jan. 23rd and Saturday Feb. 6th - 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm 8. Jerome Couture Saturday Jan. 23rd - 2:00 pm 9. Toc Toc Toc Sunday Jan. 24th - 11:15 pm and 1:45 pm Photo cred - parcjeandrapeau 10. Les Argonautes Sunday Jan. 24th - 12:45 pm 11. Génial! Game Show Sunday Jan. 24th - 2:45 pm 12. Meet Montreal's Firemen Saturday Jan. 23rd and Sunday Jan. 24th - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm 13. Musical performance by Swing Saturday Dec. 30th - 2:00 pm 14. Finale of the 51st Quebec Games Saturday Jan. 30th and Sunday Jan. 31st - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Photo cred - vrak.tv 15. Vrak Attack Saturday Feb. 6th - 1:00 pm 16. Alain François Saturday Feb. 6th - 2:00 pm 17. Snowbath Sunday Feb. 7th - 2:00 pm 18. Tremblay et Simon Morin Sunday Feb. 7th - 2:00 pm 19. Winter Expedition Saturday Feb. 6th and Sunday Feb. 7th - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Photo cred - yahoo 20. Disco Tubing Every weekend when the sun goes down. 21. Dog-sledding Here's you chance to go dog sledding right in the middle of downtown. (Adults $16 - Children $10) 22. Ziplining Soar 15 meters above the city on a 200 meter long zipline. 23. Ferris Wheel Get an unbelievable view of downtown Montreal every weekend between Jan. 16th and Jan 31st. 24. Bubble Soccer Climb inside a giant bubble and play a crazy game of soccer with your friends. Photo cred - sunflowervacation 25. Ice Skating It's not as awesome as this one but at least it's right in our own backyard. 26. Ice Slides Go faster than lightning on a 16 meter long ice slide. 27. Giant Foosball Become part of the game (literally) by strapping yourself into a massive foosball table. No spins! 28. Cross Country Skiing Unless it's right after a snowstorm, you don't see many people cross country skiing downtown. 29. Polar Circus Catch one of the many outdoor circus shows featuring a ton of colorful characters and some special workshops. Photo cred - grandforksherald 30. Curling It's like playing a giant game of marbles ... on ice! Check out the Fetes des Neiges website for more information.
