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A Vietnamese street food festival is taking over part of the Lachine Canal this summer

Summer is gearing up to be a festival-filled season in Montreal and foodies can officially add a Vietnamese street food festival to their things-to-do list.

Chợ Đêm MTL is returning for its second edition this summer at Montreal's Bassin Peel where Vietnamese culture will be on full display. The food festival will run along the waterfront of the Lachine Canal and include eating stations, live performances of both modern and folk songs and dance, V-pop, Vietnamese martial arts and more.

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OASIS Immersion Is Bringing A Dreamlike Asian Art Adventure To Downtown Montreal

Winter in Montreal can paint everything shades of grey. Fortunately, OASIS Immersion is bringing a vivid burst of Eastern art to downtown next month. Opening December 13, "Dreaming of Asia" promises a spectacular fusion of tradition and technology, offering passport-free exploration into Chinese and Japanese heritage.

Piying shadow puppets (and viewers) walk on projected clouds.Piying shadow puppets (and viewers) walk on projected clouds.Courtesy of OASIS Immersion.

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A New Downtown Montreal Asian Food Festival Will Have Tea Workshops & A K-Pop Dance Class

A new food festival is coming to downtown Montreal in May, and it promises to be a sensory feast for all who attend.

ASIASIE Market is set to showcase the vibrant flavours and rhythms of Asia, featuring 30 vendors and 10 associations offering a range of cuisine and products from countries such as Cambodia, China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and more.

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Montreal's Old Port Is Getting A Free-To-Attend Bazaar & Cultural Festival This August

Orientalys, the festival of Arab, Central, South and East Asian cultures, is set to take over the Quai de l'Horloge in the Montreal Old Port for its 12th edition, from August 18 to 21.

More than 16 countries will be represented through their music and their gastronomy. Ghiwa Nakhlé, director of the festival, describes this in-person edition as a "rebirth" following heavy restrictions due to the pandemic.

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A Huge Montreal Asian Food Market Will Take Over Rue Ste-Catherine This September

Fresh grilled squid, refreshingly fruity bubble tea, piping hot soup dumplings… If you’re spending this summer daydreaming about Montreal’s Asian restaurant scene, you’re not alone, and your prayers will be answered this September at Montreal’s Shoni Market.

Named Time Out’s Best New Event of the Year in 2021, Shoni Market returns for its second edition this year. The market’s name comes from a local nickname for its location: Shaughnessy Village, Montreal’s unofficial second Chinatown. Sainte-Catherine will be pedestrianized between rue Guy and rue Lambert Closse for the event's duration.

“Chinatown's like your original traditional neighbourhood, but on Sainte-Catherine is where we can find the new owners and new stores that opened their doors,” Cristina D'Arienzo, director of operations for the Montréal centre-ville business development corporation (SDC), told MTL Blog last year ahead of the inaugural event.

Last year, the event featured more than 100 local businesses and restaurants on Sainte-Catherine, including perennial favorite Sammi & Soupe Dumpling and underrated showstoppers like A Beverage Store. The organizers promise Shoni Market 2022 will be another “epic culinary journey across Asia,” including Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese establishments serving tasty treats from September 8 to 11.

Shoni Market 2021 also showcased DJ sets, dancing, and – extremely important – over 100 corgis at a dedicated corgi appreciation event. We can only hope and pray for them to return for this year’s edition. We’ve made it a full year in Montreal without a massive corgi party, and frankly, the wait is getting painful.

Businesses located between St-Urbain and Atwater and Sherbrooke and Saint Antoine are encouraged to contact the production teams to participate this year.

When: September 8 to 11

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