Ten days, 350+ concerts, and a once-in-a-generation tribute to the giants of jazz: This is all you need to navigate the FIJM from June 25 to July 4, 2026.
Ten days, 350+ concerts, and a once-in-a-generation tribute to the giants of jazz: This is all you need to navigate the FIJM from June 25 to July 4, 2026.
Club Pays, the first sovereigntist café in Quebec, creates a gathering space on Plaza Saint-Hubert for sovereigntists (and anyone curious enough to walk in).
The Hungarian-born photographer spent seven decades documenting this city's streets, faces, and disappearing present. He died on April 10, 2026, at 98.
Antoine Fuqua’s long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic reduces one of pop music’s most complicated figures to a glossy impersonation stitched together from hit songs and approved mythology.
From the Plateau to Verdun, Montreal’s annual pedestrian street season returns in 2026 with new additions, missing favourites, and nearly seven kilometres of car-free city life.
Club Pays, the first sovereigntist café in Quebec, creates a gathering space on Plaza Saint-Hubert for sovereigntists (and anyone curious enough to walk in).
The Hungarian-born photographer spent seven decades documenting this city's streets, faces, and disappearing present. He died on April 10, 2026, at 98.
Antoine Fuqua’s long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic reduces one of pop music’s most complicated figures to a glossy impersonation stitched together from hit songs and approved mythology.
From the Plateau to Verdun, Montreal’s annual pedestrian street season returns in 2026 with new additions, missing favourites, and nearly seven kilometres of car-free city life.
Past the yellow glass cubes in Plamondon metro station and through its slanted glass entrance is the intersection of Van Horne and Victoria Avenue. An untrained eye would see a dense area framed by strip malls and a constant flow of commuters, but to the Filipino community, this is simply where life happens.
Jane Ramil and John Eric Feiliciano are two members of the non-profit Filipinos of Montreal (FOM), a cultural organization highlighting the stories of the Filipino diaspora. As they walk through the intersection, Jane points out the restaurant Cuisine de Manille.
“I personally think it’s the best Filipino food in Montreal,” she says.
“They have the best BBQ skewers for sure,” Eric adds.
John Eric Feiliciano (left) and Jane Ramil (right), two members of the non-profit Filipinos of Montreal (FOM).
It’s 3 p.m. on a Sunday—way past lunchtime—but the restaurant is still buzzing inside, with people dining on impossibly crispy lechon with a side of golden-hued garlic fried rice. Others are enjoying a XL-sized halo halo (“mix mix” in Tagalog), a dessert with crushed ice, evaporated milk, and today, ube in many forms including a swirl of ube paste, then a scoop of ube ice cream, and finally an uber wafer to top it off. For the owner Peter Contaoe, the restaurant is a way to honour classic recipes, and it has certainly resonated: dishes like their pancit bihon noodles are a staple at family potlucks.
Nearby are other restaurants, including Pinoy Pansitan, a classic “turo turo” (point point in Tagalog) restaurant, where customers point to different dishes available on steam tables. P’lengke’s grocery store on Van Horne is also popular for their prêt-à-manger section and shaved ice desserts, especially on Sundays. And then there’s Kam Shing, the Chinese restaurant.
“I used to joke about how it’s a Filipino restaurant,” says Eric, because it’s so popular with the Filipino community.
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Past the yellow glass cubes in Plamondon metro station and through its slanted glass entrance is the intersection of Van Horne and Victoria Avenue. An untrained eye would see a dense area framed by strip malls and a constant flow of commuters, but to the Filipino community, this is simply where life happens.
Jane Ramil and John Eric Feiliciano are two members of the non-profit Filipinos of Montreal (FOM), a cultural organization highlighting the stories of the Filipino diaspora. As they walk through the intersection, Jane points out the restaurant Cuisine de Manille.
“I personally think it’s the best Filipino food in Montreal,” she says.
“They have the best BBQ skewers for sure,” Eric adds.
John Eric Feiliciano (left) and Jane Ramil (right), two members of the non-profit Filipinos of Montreal (FOM).
It’s 3 p.m. on a Sunday—way past lunchtime—but the restaurant is still buzzing inside, with people dining on impossibly crispy lechon with a side of golden-hued garlic fried rice. Others are enjoying a XL-sized halo halo (“mix mix” in Tagalog), a dessert with crushed ice, evaporated milk, and today, ube in many forms including a swirl of ube paste, then a scoop of ube ice cream, and finally an uber wafer to top it off. For the owner Peter Contaoe, the restaurant is a way to honour classic recipes, and it has certainly resonated: dishes like their pancit bihon noodles are a staple at family potlucks.
Nearby are other restaurants, including Pinoy Pansitan, a classic “turo turo” (point point in Tagalog) restaurant, where customers point to different dishes available on steam tables. P’lengke’s grocery store on Van Horne is also popular for their prêt-à-manger section and shaved ice desserts, especially on Sundays. And then there’s Kam Shing, the Chinese restaurant.
“I used to joke about how it’s a Filipino restaurant,” says Eric, because it’s so popular with the Filipino community.
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Past the yellow glass cubes in Plamondon metro station and through its slanted glass entrance is the intersection of Van Horne and Victoria Avenue. An untrained eye would see a dense area framed by strip malls and a constant flow of commuters, but to the Filipino community, this is simply where life happens.
Jane Ramil and John Eric Feiliciano are two members of the non-profit Filipinos of Montreal (FOM), a cultural organization highlighting the stories of the Filipino diaspora. As they walk through the intersection, Jane points out the restaurant Cuisine de Manille.
“I personally think it’s the best Filipino food in Montreal,” she says.
“They have the best BBQ skewers for sure,” Eric adds.
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Past the yellow glass cubes in Plamondon metro station and through its slanted glass entrance is the intersection of Van Horne and Victoria Avenue. An untrained eye would see a dense area framed by strip malls and a constant flow of commuters, but to the Filipino community, this is simply where life happens.
Jane Ramil and John Eric Feiliciano are two members of the non-profit Filipinos of Montreal (FOM), a cultural organization highlighting the stories of the Filipino diaspora. As they walk through the intersection, Jane points out the restaurant Cuisine de Manille.
“I personally think it’s the best Filipino food in Montreal,” she says.
“They have the best BBQ skewers for sure,” Eric adds.
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