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Montreal's Olympic Park Is Hosting A Free Extreme Sports Festival With Food Trucks In August

The spirit of competition is hitting new heights this summer at JACKALOPE Montreal, where gravity-defying stunts and extreme sports will blend in a freshly minted event format.

The free festival is returning to the Olympic Park Esplanade in August offering an action-packed showcase of skateboarders and bouldering athletes.

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Canada's Biggest Food Truck Festival Is Coming Back To Montreal This Summer — Bigger Than Ever

Food trucks will once again take over Montreal's Olympic Stadium Esplanade on the first Friday of every month this summer. Les Premiers Vendredis represent "the largest gathering of food trucks in Canada," organizers say. This year, it will have more to offer than ever.

In addition to dozens of food trucks and cuisines, the event will feature a new, central "Rue Culturelle" with new programming every month designed to showcase "the diverse traditions of the cultural communities that make up the richness of Montreal."

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Montreal's Olympic Stadium Is Opening A New Festival Site Near The Tower

Montreal's Olympic Park is set to launch a brand new event site just in time for two major festivals this May. The versatile venue, located near the iconic Montreal Tower and soccer practice field, will host the Fuego Fuego Latin Music Festival and the Metro Metro Urban Music Festival.

The innovative development aims to maximize the potential of the park, which has welcomed over one hundred million visitors since its inauguration.

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Montreal Latin Music Festival Fuego Fuego Has Released Its Full 2023 Lineup

Montreal festival Fuego Fuego has released its complete 2023 lineup, promising two full days of Latin music at the Montreal Olympic Park this May.

Puerto Rican duo Wisin & Yandel are headlining along with Colombian singer Feid.

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Montreal's Olympic Park Is Hosting A Free Concert By The Symphony Orchestra Tonight

Tonight, Wednesday, August 10, 40 minutes before sunset, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) will be performing a free concert at the Esplanade of the Olympic Park. The show will highlight the talents of Rafael Payare, the OSM’s music director and a renowned Venezuelan conductor, who will be at the helm this evening.

Called "The Many Colours of the Americas," this end-of-summer concert shows off the broad scope of beautiful music from North to South America, including a performance by Indigenous musicians who remain unnamed in this evening's program.

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Festival Metro Metro Is Returning Next Year & They Already Dropped The Dates

When it comes to Montreal summer festivals, it's safe to say that Metro Metro mustn't be missed. The music fest took the 514 by storm this past weekend with Playboi Carti and Lil Baby headlining the event.

The festival even got a surprise appearance from fellow Canadian rapper, Drake, who also stopped by a Montreal bar following his set alongside Lil Baby.

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2 Montreal Landmarks Are Lighting Up Yellow For Holocaust Remembrance Day

Two Montreal landmarks, the Olympic Tower and the Samuel de Champlain Bridge, are lighting up yellow for Holocaust Remembrance Day on the evening of January 27, 2022.

In total, 34 iconic façade, structures and sites in six provinces will illuminate in commemoration of the millions of people, including six million Jews, who were systematically murdered under the Nazi regime.

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The Montreal Olympic Park Has A New Snowboarding Course & It’s Completely Free

Snowboarding in the city just got a lot easier. Vans and the Dillon Ojo Foundation, which was founded in 2018 in honour of Montreal pro snowboarder and artist Dillon Ojo, have combined forces to create a state-of-the-art snowpark at the Parc Olympique. Montrealers can now live out their snowboard dreams right in the heart of the city, and the best part, it's free!

Located near the Viau metro station, the Dillon Ojo Snowpark offers a total of eight obstacles, including a medium-sized jump and an array of sliding rails ranging in difficulty level for snowboarders of all ages to enjoy. The park will be open every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until the end of March or as long as the weather permits.

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Montreal Hip Hop Festival Metro Metro Finally Announced Its Dates

Quebec hip hop festival Metro Metro has finally announced its dates. After what will have been a three-year hiatus, Metro Metro will take over the Montreal Olympic Park Esplanade from May 20 to 22, 2022.

After the inaugural 2019 edition brought the likes of Cardi B, Snoop Dogg and Tyga to the city, a highly-anticipated 2020 version of the festival was supposed to take place in May.

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Montreal's Famous Free Gourmet Food Truck Festival Is Coming Back This Fall

Even though summer will be coming to an end, Montrealers will still be able to enjoy an outdoor event that's been waiting to return to the Parc Olympique for far too long.

Les Premiers Vendredis (First Fridays) is finally back this fall and will bring more than 30 food trucks from Montreal's most beloved restaurants.

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The Olympic Park Esplanade Is Getting An Update With Scannable QR Codes For Its Flags

Forty-five years ago, on July 17, thousands of world-class athletes gathered in Montreal for the opening ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympics. To commemorate Montreal's Olympic Games, the Olympic Park is launching a new memorial project on its Esplanade — and it will involve augmented reality (AR) to make it more interactive.

The project will focus on the areas where the flags of each country that participated in the Montreal Summer Games are held. In a statement, the Olympic Park said that not all of the participating countries' flags can be displayed due to several flagpoles being removed and flags that are "non-compliant."

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