MONTREAL is COMPLÈTEMENt CiRQUE

The festival is thinking big and is now offering you new and unique shows.

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MONTREAL is COMPLETELY CIRCUS again this summer. A hybrid edition, combining digital production and indoor and outdoor shows, from July 8 to 18, 2021. To our great delight! Because we were looking forward to see you again.

MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CiRQUE is a Festival that brings people together across the city every July with a stunning circus program. For 11 days, Montreal moves to the rhythm of circus arts. Its venues, streets, parks, and sidewalks become stages to showcase colourful, high-flying performances from here and around the world. An event not to be missed, MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CiRQUE presents diversity in all its forms and expressions by creating moments where the most talented artists from the circus world come together to perform.

Created in 2010, it is the result of a collective dream that brings together TOHU—the project’s driving force—along with the support of Cirque Éloize, Les7 doigts de la main, Cirque du Soleil, the National Circus School, and En Piste. Together, they pooled their expertise, resources and will to create the first North American international festival dedicated to circus arts.

TOHU, the driving force behind the Festival

Located at the heart of the Cité des arts du cirque, TOHU is a place of diffusion, creation, experimentation, and convergence between culture (CIRCUS), environment (EARTH) and community involvement (HUMAN). Since its inception in 2004, it has become a world reference for sustainable development.

A shining example—here and beyond

TOHU and MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CiRQUE contribute to Montreal status as an international capital of circus arts, and participate to the incredible rise of Quebec’s circus scene by offering programming that allows the province to truly shine. A market for professionals

The INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS MARKET (MICC), created in 2015 following a TOHU’s initiative, brings together over 200 professionals from the circus world circus during MONTREAL COMPLÈTEMENT CiRQUE. This 4-day event dedicated to conferences, workshops, meetings and discoveries contributes to highlight contemporary circus arts from here and elsewhere.

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3 GIANTS in the city

JULY 7 TO 17, at 6:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m - FREE (no show on Monday, July 11, no performance at 6pm at Vinet Park on Saturday, July 9)

DURATION : 30 min

ESPLANADE PVM, PLACE VILLE MARIE, JARDINS GAMELIN AND PARC VINET

Presented by Ivanhoé Cambridge 3GIANTS is an exceptional artistic and touristic project made possible the Government of Quebec, Tourisme Montréal, the Government of Canada and the City of Montréal. This flagship event of the summer, will allows people to get out of their isolation in a collective and playful way; performances, games, music, sound and light will take Montreal by storm in the middle of summer to offer a spectacular, surprising, friendly, unusual and unifying experience. Three imposing 50-foot-tall acrobatic archways in the shape of giants will be installed in three locations throughout the downtown area: Jardins Gamelin at Quartier des spectacles, the Esplanade PVM de la Place Ville Marie and Vinet Park near the Atwater Market. A great gathering initiated by circus people bringing in its wake restaurateurs, merchants and spectators in a great party that confirms once more that Montreal is indeed the international capital of circus arts!

The 3GIANTS will cause a joyous ephemeral chaos in their path: a beautiful disruption to the downtown Montreal routine during the summer of 2022. Their spectacular bodies made of steel, born of Quebec’s engineering genius, will call the public to come and join the party, and will host the never-before seen creations of three of Quebec’s greatest circus companies: Cirque Éloize, Les 7 Doigts and Machine de Cirque. It is the first time that these three great companies collaborate and present a creation on a common theme simultaneously. Through their distinct artistic signatures, one constant remains: the human body, which will give life to that of our giants. The giants are also those of culture, those who have left their mark on our collective imagination and our history, regardless of the discipline. Each giant will host two performances per day during MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CIRQUE - for a total of 60 free outdoor performances. Three different shows will be presented, inspired by the richness of Quebec culture and the work of great artists such as Marc Favreau, Rufus Wainwright, Louise Lecavalier, Gilles Vigneault, Hubert Reeves, Leonard Cohen, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Joséphine Bacon or Oscar Peterson, to name a few. A fabulous opportunity to come together to celebrate the return to a more normal life. Finally, circus and gastronomy, movement and life!

This project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Fonds de maintien des actifs stratégiques en tourisme of Tourisme Montréal, with the financial participation of the Gouvernement du Québec.

Sales point

By Phone 514 376-TOHU (8648) Toll free 1 888 376-TOHU (8648)

In person At TOHU 2345 Jarry East Montreal (Quebec) H1Z 4P3 Every day from noon to 5 p.m.

Payments accepted Cash, Interac, Visa, and MasterCard. No exchange or refund. Only Mordus tickets can be exchanged with a 48h notice.

Accès Montréal card: 20% discount Discounts are only available on the Adult category. They are granted at the time of purchase and are not retroactive. Telephone and in-person purchases

Companion Leisure Card (CAL) and The Access 2 card Boths cards grant free admission to the accompanying party of a disabled person and is recognized by leisure, cultural and tourist organizations. To benefit from it, you simply need to obtain the card from AQLPH for CAL and fulfill the following form for the Access 2 card.

MACHINE DE CIRQUE au parc Vinet