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A massive poutine festival is coming to Montreal's Old Port this month

Poutine lovers rejoice, 'cause there's a massive poutine festival touching down in Montreal this month and you're going to want to show up hungry.

Le Grand Poutinefest is making a comeback in Montreal's Old Port this July, serving up countless varieties of Quebec's iconic dish, all while offering concert performances and an array of on-site activities.

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Over 50 Montreal Restaurants Are Serving Up Massively Cheesy Creations At La Poutine Week

La Poutine Week is officially back.

The week-long poutine festival has returned to Canada and will run from February 1 to 7, 2024 across all 10 provinces in cities including Montreal, Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, and Winnipeg, to name a few.

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This Quebec Summer Festival Combines Hot Poutine & Hot Headliners — All For $45 For 3 Days

2023's edition of the Festival de la Poutine is bringing some high-tier francophone musical celebs to Drummondville this summer, all for a weekend price of $45 (plus however much it costs to douse yourself in poutine gravy).

The event, which will take place in late August, has headliners including Montreal-born rapper FouKi and québécoise singer Roxane Bruneau, alongside iconic Les Cowboys Fringants and Les Louanges.

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Here Are Montreal's La Poutine Week Frontrunners — At Least One Is Beyond Outrageous

If you're looking for some comfort food to treat your winter blues, La Poutine Week 2023 is here to save you. There are currently three Montreal poutines on the leaderboard that you'll probably want to taste sooner than later.

The festival is on until February 14, so you still have plenty of time to try different creations and vote for your favourite one on the festival's website. Eventually, an overall champion will be declared based on the votes.

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A Quebec Cheese Pro Made A Gravy-Filled Burrata Poutine & It Looks Sinfully Delicious

If you grew up in Montreal, then chances are you've seen (or eaten) your fair share of deliciously creative poutines, whether it be a French onion soup poutine, a poutine served atop a Beaver Tail or one made with loads of foie gras — the options are endless. But odds are you've never come across a burrata poutine. And if you somehow have, it surely wasn't like this one.

Quebec content creator Fred Fromager Urbain crafted a sinfully delicious burrata poutine, and he did it all from scratch.

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Montreal's Poutine Week Festival Is Coming Back This Winter & It Can Get Pretty Wild

La Poutine Week, an annual celebration of the iconic québécois dish, is returning for its 11th edition from February 1 to 14, which means soon Montrealers will have the chance to indulge in some of the cheesiest, most scandalous, unhealthy yet delicious poutines our city has ever known.

Presented by Sysco and DoorDash, the event invites local restaurants to create one original poutine. City folks will have two weeks to try them out, share mouthwatering pics on their socials and vote for their favourite dish on the festival's website.

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This Is Your Last Chance To Stuff Yourself At The Huge Poutine Fest In Montreal This Year

After feeding Quebecers and tourists all summer long in sixteen different locations across our beautiful province, the Grand PoutineFest will end its 2022 tour with a last edition in Lasalle from September 9 to 11.

If you missed out on the iconic food festival taking over the Old Port back in July, here's your last chance to try out some of their delicious cheesy creations in Montreal this year.

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Le Grand PoutineFest Is On For One More Day At Montreal's Old Port

As we say goodbye to one Montreal food festival, we welcome yet another. The Grand PoutineFest is back for another summer full of poutine flavours right in the heart of the Old Port.

The Grand PoutineFest is on from July 13 to July 31 where you'll be able to get your hands on a few of the festival's fabulous personalized poutines and enjoy loads of activities and entertainment that will keep the party going all day long.

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A Poutine Fest Is Coming To Montreal This Week & You Can Try 17 Different Poutines

Le Grand Poutinefest, an annual celebration of the staple québécois dish, is launching its 2022 edition with a first stop in Montreal's Saint-Laurent borough starting April 28. The festival will feature 17 takes on the traditional pile of fries, gravy and cheese curds — many of them a bit eccentric.

They include a pulled pork poutine, a piri-piri chicken poutine, a double bacon cheeseburger poutine, a General Tao chicken poutine, and a fried dumpling poutine — as well as a classic poutine for the poutine purists.

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An Ultra-Indulgent Poutine Festival Is Coming To Montreal's Old Port

After hopping around the Montreal area, Le Grand Poutinefest is set to hit Montreal's Old Port from July 21 to August 1, 2021.

The annual celebration of gravy, cheese and fries features imaginative takes on the classic Quebec dish, including crab poutine, fish n' chips poutine, smoked rib poutine and piri-piri chicken poutine, among many others.

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