Calendar of Events

Saturday, July 9, 2016

• Mirror of a People: The Works and Legacy of Zacharie Vincent

  May 20 to June 20, 2016 • June 21 to September 5, 2016 • September 6 to 18, 2016 • September 19 to October 9, 2016 • October 9, 2016 to February 10, 2017

  Type: Museums and Exhibitions

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  Hunter, guide, war chief, council chief, husband and father, Tehariolin Zacharie Vincent (1815-1886) remains an enigma. His French-Canadian contemporaries, Antoine Plamondon and F.-X. Garneau, portra...

• Nanotech: The Invisible Revolution

  March 8, 2016 to April 2, 2017

  Type: Museums and Exhibitions

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  Today's "nanos" can be found in electronic gadgets, cosmetics, sports equipment, and medical treatments. Thousands more promising new applications are also on the way. Nanotechnology has drawn o...

• Para: Out of the Clouds

  November 11 to December 24, 2015 • December 26 to 31, 2015 • January 2 to May 1, 2016 • May 1 to September 4, 2016

  Type: Museums and Exhibitions

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  Exhibition dedicated at the military parachuting....

• Passages Insolites 2016

  June 30 to October 30, 2016

  Type: Other Ideas

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  As you wander through the Old Port district, Quartier Petit Champlain and Place Royale keep your eyes peeled for unusual and surprising art. Les Passages Insolites invites 12 professional artists to ...

Sunday, July 10, 2016

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  Festival d'été de Québec

  July 7 to 17, 2016

  Type: Festivals, Music

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  Festival d'été is Québec City's great music festival and Canada's largest outdoor music festival event! Every year, the Festival d’été attracts over one million festivalgoers to Quebec City's histori...

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  Coeur de pirate

  July 10, 2016

  Type: Music

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  With total freedom on the big stage of the Plains of Abraham, the popular Béatrice Martin revisits her greatest hits in an environment perfect making history to say the least. While Blonde was inspir...

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  The Transat Québec Saint-Malo

  July 2 to 10, 2016

  Type: Sports & Outdoors

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  The 9th Transat Québec Saint-Malo will take the start on the Saint-Lawrence River on Sunday July 10 for a 3000 nautical miles race between Québec City and St-Malo....

• Family Day

  July 9 to 10, 2016

  Type: Family, Festivals, Sports & Outdoors

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  Thousands of families are expected for this event. Come explore a stunning beachside location on the shores of the St. Lawrence, just 5 minutes from downtown Québec City! Photo credit: André-Olivi...

• Georges Thorogood & The Destroyers

  July 10, 2016

  Type: Music

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  The simple but highly effective blues-rock of veteran Georges Thorogood hardly changes at all. Bearer of a musical culture inspired by Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, it’s no coincidence that this ico...

• Nautical Fest

  July 9 to 10, 2016

  Type: Sports & Outdoors

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  Trying water sports has never been so easy and accessible! On July 9-10th, the Quebec Marine Association (QMA) invites you to the Nautical Fest, a unique celebration who will be held all around Quebe...