Holi – Festival of Colours 2019

An unforgettable and exotic event – simply out of this world!

Montreal celebrates one of India’s best-known festivals! Come and enjoy Indian food, shop at the South Asian bazaar, and the best part… go wild at the headline concert and participate in the colour-throw! Make colourful family memories you’ll cherish!

Montreal celebrates one of India’s best-known festivals!

The colour-throw is a traditional Holi activity that represents the sharing of joy and love. Wait for the cue and watch everyone rejoice as they toss coloured powder at one another! Come with your kids, your friends and your loved ones, or make new friends during this colourful one-of-a-kind concert event!

Before the headline concert begins, enjoy yoga workshops and traditional Indian dance performances, then after, enjoy a fusion of mainstream and Indian music in an exceptional ambiance filled with marvellous energy! Several dance groups and live musicians will perform on the main stage throughout the day. Visitors can also explore numerous booths and browse South-Asian souvenirs, traditional Thali dishes, clothes, henna tattoos, and so much more!

Explore the children’s zone filled with bouncy castles, games, and other fun activities.

A unique summertime event! Don’t miss it!

Schedule
Saturday August 10, 12pm to 11pm
–  The main concert with colorthrow
–  Kid’s area with bouncy castles
–  Yoga workshops
–  Indian bazaar

Some of the activities you will find:
–  Henna tattoos
–  Traditional Indian dishes
–  Sale of decorative items

Tickets to the main stage activities:
For August 10, noon to 11 pm
$20 + taxes (presale)
$25 + taxes (at the door)
Every ticket includes one bag of coloured powder.
Free admission for children under 12 (colour powder not included). Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Additional bags of coloured powder (100 g): $3 (tax included)

Location
The Clocktower Quay is one of the most popular tourist spots in Montreal, situated in Old Port, accessible easily from Champ des Mars metro station.

Tradition
HOLI [sanskrit] – also known as the “festival of colours”, is a spring festival celebrated all across the Indian subcontinent as well as in countries with large Indian subcontinent diaspora populations such as Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mauritius, and Fiji. It signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia. In recent years the festival has spread to parts of Europe and North America as a spring celebration of love, frolic, and colors.

​For more information and tickets visit: www.holimontreal.com