The people of Quebec city and its visitors have celebrated the 400th founding anniversary of the city in 2008. Everyone had so much fun... no one wants it to stop !

Events for this coming summer 2010

Two very special events will be taking place this summer in our area:

Cirque du Soleil street shows, and
Image Mill Sound and Light shows (created by Robert Lepage from Ex-Machina)

These events will be taking place several nights per week and they are free of charge, no ticket required !

The Cirque du Soleil will be presenting free street performances in our area :

- from Tuesday night to Saturday night every week starting on June 24th, 2010

- The show lasts 60 minutes and starts at 9:30 pm in June and July, at 9 pm in August and at 8:30 pm in September. It ends on September 5th.

The Image Mill show will then follow right after the Cirque du Soleil presentation. This sound and light show is taking place in the marina area.

- from Tuesday night to Saturday night every week starting on June 22nd 2010

- The show lasts 40 minutes and starts at 10 pm in June and July, at 9:30 pm in August and at 9 pm in September. It ends on September 10th.

Visit their web site for wonderful videos on this event

The Image Mill, summer 2008
(image: Cyberpresse.ca)

Quebec city's museums

Musee de la civilisation
Musee national des beaux-arts
Musee de l'Amerique française

Quebec City Music Summer Festival
from July 8th to July 18th 2010

The Quebec City Summer Festival program will have something to please everyone, regardless of age or tastes in music. For yet another year, an abundance of major stars from Quebec, Canada and abroad will be giving concerts and shows in a number of different venues, thus enhancing the Festival’s power of attraction.

Loto-Quebec Fireworks International Competition
from July 24th to Aug 11th 2010

Fireworks firms and spectators alike agree that Montmorency Falls Park is the ideal venue for this dazzling event. Imagine a majestic natural amphitheater formed by a thundering wall of water that tumbles 272 feet into a basin enclosed by the rocky walls of the Côte-de-Beaupré plateau. What a setting ! What an atmosphere !

New France Festival SAQ
from August 4th to Aug 8th 2010

The only one of its kind in North America, the New France Festival will transport you to another era with its re-enactments, atmosphere and hundreds of period-costumed festival-goers.

A new exhibit in town !
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
starting on June 18th, 2010

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition proposes a visit through the re-created decors of the world’s most celebrated ocean liner, in which artifacts recovered from the depths of the ocean have regained their rightful place.

Together, the re-created decors, the recovered artifacts, the photos of the period and the passengers who sailed aboard Titanic tell the story of this marvel of technology from the beginning of the 20th century, its tragic sinking and the scientific exploits accomplished in finding the wreck and arranging the recovery expeditions.