{"id":97182635,"date":"2016-10-18T16:31:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T16:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/?p=97182635"},"modified":"2016-10-18T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T16:31:29","slug":"celebrate-montreals-375th-birthday-with-tons-of-free-events-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/celebrate-montreals-375th-birthday-with-tons-of-free-events-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Montr\u00e9al&#8217;s 375th Birthday With Tons of Free Events in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Headed to Montr\u00e9al in 2017? Prepare to party like it&#8217;s 1642! In honor of the its 375th birthday, the city\u00a0is throwing itself a yearlong lavish party complete with parades, art exhibits, musical performances, lighting ceremonies, and much more! The\u00a0events are being\u00a0organized by\u00a0The Society for the Celebration of Montr\u00e9al\u2019s 375th Anniversary &#8212; a non-profit that has teamed up with local players across industries to create a diverse set of activities for Montr\u00e9alers and tourists alike.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations will undoubtedly be spectacular as the city was named a <a href=\"https:\/\/designmontreal.com\/en\/montreal-unesco-city-of-design\" target=\"_blank\">UNESCO City of Design<\/a> in 2006, which many locals saw as an invitation to invest in and value the city&#8217;s natural spirit of innovative design.\u00a0<em>C&#8217;est cool<\/em>!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 61.9907407407% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BFMHQ5pN7iB\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by 375e de Mtl \/ 2017 (@375mtl)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-05-09T14:07:34+00:00\">May 9, 2016 at 7:07am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.375mtl.com\/en\/making-the-375th\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">committee <\/a>has been preparing for the anniversary since 2013 and their hard work will finally be realized come January &#8212; they have already announced that there are over 175 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.375mtl.com\/en\/programming\/\" target=\"_blank\">unique events<\/a> planned throughout the year and have given insight to what visitors and locals can expect from the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>(Including this awesome projection show)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/166947522\" width=\"640\" height=\"337\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We now know that 2017 will see a parade\u00a0with\u00a0the famous giant marionettes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal-de-luxe.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Royal de Luxe Street Theatre Company<\/a>, a collaborative symphony performance at the base of Mount Royal featuring over 300 musicians, an exhibit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macm.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a> showcasing work from\u00a0artists who have\u00a0drawn inspiration from Leonard Cohen, a series of historical videos projected in the open-air\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealenhistoires.com\/memory_city\" target=\"_blank\">Cit\u00e9-M\u00e9moire<\/a> from dusk until 11 pm, and much more! The best part? A ton of the events will be free, open, and super accessible to the public.<\/p>\n<p>(Also, just look how cool those marionettes are)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nnK5KfwH-W4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the city itself says, &#8220;It&#8217;s time to celebrate 375 years of history, boldness and creativity!&#8221; and we couldn&#8217;t agree more.<\/p>\n<p>[perfectpullquote align=&#8221;full&#8221; cite=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; size=&#8221;&#8221;]Let&#8217;s get to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\/cheap-flights-to-montreal-ymq-canada?fpaffiliate=blog\" target=\"_blank\">Montr\u00e9al<\/a>, eh?[\/perfectpullquote]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headed to Montr\u00e9al in 2017? Prepare to party like it&#8217;s 1642! 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The\u00a0events are being\u00a0organized by\u00a0The Society for the Celebration of Montr\u00e9al\u2019s 375th Anniversary &#8212; a non-profit that has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":97182637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1540],"tags":[342,624,1462],"class_list":["post-97182635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-news","tag-canada","tag-montreal","tag-quebec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97182635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97182635"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97182635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97182645,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97182635\/revisions\/97182645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97182637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97182635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97182635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97182635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}