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New Brunswick

Fredericton Frostival Festival

Fredericton, January 23 to February 9
www.frostival.ca

Montréal

Expozine

Montréal, November 23 to 24
www.expozine.ca

Lumino

Montréal, November 28 to March 9
www.quartierdesspectacles.com

Festival Noël dans le parc

Montréal, December 6 to 31
www.noeldansleparc.com

Salon des métiers d’art

Montréal, December 12 to 22
www.metiersdart.ca

Fête des Neiges de Montréal

Montréal, December 26 to March 5
www.parcjeandrapeau.com

Igloofest

Montréal, January 16 to February 8
www.igloofest.ca

Festival classique hivernal

Laval, January 31 to February 2
www.osl.ca/festival-classique-hivernal

For its 4th edition, the Orchestre symphonique de Laval invites you to its Winter Classical Festival, a three-day musical marathon to warm hearts and minds during the cold season. The festival offers a variety of concerts ranging from Baroque to Romantic and modern works, to suit all ages and tastes. Renowned conductors such as Jean-Marie Zeitouni and Mathieu Lussier, as well as outstanding musicians from the OSL, will highlight emblematic works by composers such as Handel, Grieg and Sibelius. What’s more, the Bébé musique concert will pamper your little ones during a special morning session. Whether you’re a music enthusiast or a neophyte, this festival is the ideal opportunity to discover classical music in all its forms.
Tickets: www.co-motion.ca

Igloofest

Gatineau, February 13 to 15
www.igloofest.ca

Festival Montréal en lumière

Montréal, February 27 to March 9
www.montrealenlumiere.com

Montreal Children’s Film FesT

Montreal, March 1 to 9
www.fifem.com

Montreal/New Musics Festival

Montréal, February 14 to March 2
www.smcq.qc.ca

Organized by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), the 12th edition of the Montreal/New Musics international festival, which runs from February 14 to March 2, 2025 with the theme “music and images”, explores various forms of relationships between musical creation and images, whether still or animated, realistic or abstract, analog or digital. From the intimacy of immersive solo concerts to large-scale performances with full orchestras and also thru chamber music ensembles, the public is invited to experience the endless diversity of interactions between music and images. With over fifteen concerts and activities from the contemplative to exuberance, MNM25 will fill your ears … and your eyes!

Festival de Casteliers

Montréal, March 5 to 9
festival.casteliers.ca

Igloofest

Québec, March 6 to 8
www.igloofest.ca

FIFA

Montréal, March 13 to 23
www.lefifa.com

Art Souterrain

Montréal, March 15 to April 6
www.artsouterrain.com

Quebec elsewhere

Carrousel Du film de Rimouski

Rimouski, February 28 to March 9
www.carrousel.qc.ca

Ottawa-Gatineau

Undercurrents Festival

Ottawa, February 5 to 15
www.undercurrentsfestival.ca

BIG BANG Festival

Ottawa, February 15 to 16
www.nac-cna.ca

Toronto

U of T New Music Festival

Toronto, January 24 to February 4
www.utnmf.music.utoronto.ca

DesignTO

Toronto, January 24 to February 2
www.designto.org

Mozart Vocal Competition

Toronto, January 31 to February 2
www.mozartproject.ca

21C Music Festival

Toronto, January 18 to May 3
www.rcmusic.com/performance/21c-music-festival

The 12th edition of The Royal Conservatory’s 21C Music Festival kicks off in January 2025 with Grammy Award-winning Imani Winds and pianist Michelle Cann, performing Poulenc’s Sextet and Canadian premieres by Valerie Coleman and Viet Cuong, followed by the North American premiere of Bernard Foccroulle’s The Journal of Hélène Berr. Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, and the Aaron Davis Trio will perform Davis’s “Zombie Blizzard,” a song cycle based on Margaret Atwood’s 2020 poetry book, “Dearly.” The festival closes with Grammy winner Bruce Hornsby who returns to Koerner Hall with genre-bending ensemble yMusic for a night of innovation.