Québec City
Designed by the Polish-Canadian architect Victor Prus in 1971, the 'Great Theater' is Québec City’s main performing-arts center, with a steady diet of top…
Must-see entertainment in Québec City
Québec City
Just outside the walls of the Old Upper Town, this art-deco theater subtitled 'La Maison de la Musique' (The House of Music) hosts a stellar lineup of…
Québec City
At this jubilant boîte à chanson (folk-music club), it will likely be just you and the locals. There’s lively Québécois music nightly, usually of the …
Québec City
Ask any local between the ages of 18 and 35 to suggest a cool place for a drink and this is where they might send you. DJs and live bands serve up a…
Québec City
Laid-back and offering an eclectic mix of bands, this bar is one of the town’s classics for good live music. It’s also popular for its reasonably priced…
Québec City
Under the artistic direction of Grégoire Legendre, this world-class company presents classics like Aida, Pagliacci, Madame Butterfly, La Traviata, Carmen,…
Québec City
With live music from 10pm on Friday and Saturday night at the very minimum (more in the summer), this charming bar located in a 400-year-old house also…
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
Québec City
Founded in 1902 and boasting the accolade of being the oldest active symphony orchestra in Canada, the internationally recognized Orchestre Symphonique de…
Québec City
Québec City's first theater when it opened as the Auditorium de Québec in 1903, this historic and now renovated theater-restaurant offers cabaret and…
Québec City
Devoted to children and young people, this brilliantly creative French-language theater company mounts some 10 shows annually, primarily between September…
Québec City
This contemporary-dance center has performances by both international touring companies and local dancers, such as those of the influential Maison pour la…
Québec City
We really love it when our dive bars come with a heavy dose of live music, which is exactly the case at this sweet little upstairs venue in the heart of…
Québec City
One of the city's better boîtes á chanson (live, informal singer-songwriter clubs), this is the place to catch newcomers, the occasional big-name…
Québec City
This theater and 'maison de la chanson' (music house) near the base of the funicular in the Old Lower Town is a great place to see and hear Québec’s most…
Québec City
Founded in 1976, this lovely theater in St-Roch stages both classical (Shakespeare is a favorite) and contemporary works, often in translation. It's…
Québec City
Influential local dance troupe performing experimental and cutting-edge works at La Rotonde in St-Roch.
Québec City
Located in Ste-Foy some 7.5km west of Québec City, this huge cinema with the unfortunate name shows off the best of what’s going on in the film world. On…
Québec City
This beloved neighborhood cinema began as a deliciously old-world little place attached to a video shop, with big comfy chairs and nothing but art-house…
Québec City
Opened in 2015 as the Amphithéâtre de Québec and subsequently renamed, the city's $370-million, 18,250-seat Centre Vidéotron stadium hosts rock concerts…
Québec City
Each summer dozens of free concerts are staged at this bandstand in the middle of Battlefields Park, just a stone's throw (and visible from) the Musée…
Québec City
This understated performing-arts center offers community theater in interesting quarters: a former synagogue built in 1950. The Hebrew letters on the…
Québec City
This terrific company based at the Grand Théâtre de Québec stages an exciting mix of modern and classical works in French.
Québec City
One of the hottest venues in town for live music – from rock and pop to cabaret – resides in St-Roch's old Théâtre Impérial, built in 1912.
