Live Entertainment in Montréal

Bell Centre is the largest concert and sports arena in Canada — a 21,000-capacity Montréal arena home to the Montréal Canadiens (the most storied franchise in NHL history, with 24 Stanley Cup championships) and host of the biggest international concerts. The Bell Centre's remarkable capacity and its extraordinary hockey heritage create an arena of singular Canadian sporting and entertainment significance.

Olympic Stadium is Canada's most architecturally audacious sports venue — a 1976 Olympic Games stadium whose extraordinary inclined tower (the world's tallest inclined tower) and retractable roof remain engineering marvels despite decades of maintenance difficulties. Montréal 1976 was the last Olympics where no African nation participated (in protest of New Zealand's rugby ties with apartheid South Africa), creating a historically complex legacy for this architecturally spectacular venue.

Osheaga Music Festival is Canada's most important music festival — a Montréal outdoor event presenting 100+ acts across 5 stages on Île Sainte-Hélène to 135,000 attendees annually. Osheaga's extraordinary programming (Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Muse, and virtually every major international indie and alternative act has headlined) and Montréal's remarkable festival culture create a music event of considerable Canadian entertainment significance.