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A SIGNATURE MONTREAL EVENT WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH
With more than 1.5 million visitors attending last winter’s edition, the event is more than just a reason to go for a stroll, it has become a not-to-be-missed winter experience in Montreal, and a flagship downtown tourist attraction. Produced by the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, LUMINO mainly presents original creations by local artists and welcomes major international artists, transforming downtown public spaces into an open-air museum.
True to its participatory spirit, LUMINO presents an evolving experience in three key segments:
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November-December: LUMINO celebrates the Holiday season, including a glittering launch event on December 3; the general public and the media are both welcome.
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January: arrival of new major works.
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March: special programming during winter break.
INTERACTIVE SKATING EXPERIENCE
At Esplanage Tranquille, downtown Montreal’s largest refrigerated skating rink, visitors can experience the interactive video projection Au bord du lac Tranquille by Montreal-based studios Mirari and Normal Studio. The installation responds to skaters’ movements, creating trails on the ice that reveal a dynamic winter tableau inspired by Quebec’s aquatic and terrestrial wildlife.
Starting in mid-January, a second interactive video projection, Le coffre à jouets dégivré, by Ottomata and Doki, will debut on the rink. This original creation, presented in collaboration with Tourisme Montréal and the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, will immerse skaters in a playful, toy-filled world reminiscent of childhood.
WORKS TO ADMIRE ALL WINTER
Several spectacular installations will light up the heart of downtown all winter:
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France’s TILT Studio presents Anemonia and Shadow, two luminous sculptures inspired by plant life on land and in the sea.
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Fred Sapey-Triomphe’s Unicode Haïku Extension combines light and poetry, while Sagesse de foule by Ottomata uses smart luminous towers to respond to participants’ movements, creating an interactive and collaborative public experience.
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KLEIS’s Celestia evokes the Pleiades star cluster through a combination of literature, music, digital arts, and design, in a collective experience guided by poet Carolanne Foucher and Huron-Wendat storyteller Yolande Okia Picard.
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At the Eaton Centre, Jeremy Shantz’s Entre maintenant et l’infini offers visitors a contemplative space to pause and reflect.
Building façades in the Quartier des Spectacles will also shine with creations by Iana Brezeky, Teo Leroo and Marie-Ève Drolet, three young artists whose video projections depict poetic visions of winter.
Workshops for families and light-based games will also be part of the event. Visitors will explore an original sequence of lighting designs linking the different areas of the vast LUMINO territory, and creating a warm atmosphere throughout the route.
LES VOYAGEURS LIGHTS UP FIVE HOTELS
This winter’s new attractions include the outdoor work Les Voyageurs (Travellers) by Cédric Le Borgne, set to go airborne outside five downtown hotels: Hôtel HoneyRose Montréal, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, DoubleTree by Hilton Montréal, Montréal Marriott Château Champlain and Hyatt Place Montréal Centre-Ville. These suspended figures invite passersby to look upward, creating a visual connection between the hotels and surrounding public spaces.
MAJOR WORKS TO DISCOVER IN JANUARY
January marks the arrival of three major new works:
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Chronoharp, a monumental installation by Amigo & Amigo, where the traditional harp’s beauty is reimagined into a mesmerizing visual symphony, with interactive light and colour animations that invite viewers to engage in a dynamic display of evolving hues and harmonious sound.
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Horizon, by Olivier Landreville, presented on the Esplanade PVM at Place Ville Marie, presents luminous cocoons and dreamlike vistas.
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Climat intérieur, by Mirari, a world premiere presentation in the Quartier Latin, immerses viewers in the changing ambiance of miniature houses exposed to a variety of climatic conditions.
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LUMINO 16th EDITION
November 27, 2025, to March 8, 2026
Free, open daily from sunset to 11 p.m.
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LUMINO is a production of the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, made possible by the financial support of the Ville de Montréal, Tourisme Montréal and the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation du Québec and by the collaboration of the co-presenters: Montréal centre-ville, Place Ville Marie (PVM), Complexe Desjardins, Palais des congrès de Montréal, Centre Eaton de Montréal, Place des Arts, Hôtel HoneyRose Montréal, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, DoubleTree by Hilton Montréal, Montréal Marriott Château Champlain, Hyatt Place Montréal Centre-Ville, MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises, UQAM and SDC Quartier latin.
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ABOUT LUMINO
LUMINO, initiated and produced by the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, offers an original, captivating and participatory winter experience from November to March. Its light and sound installations in public spaces transform the Quartier and the wider downtown core into a vast open-air museum. The event, which has become a staple of winter in Montreal, showcases local creativity on the international stage, and its unique experience has inspired cultural districts and light festivals around the world. Several works are now on display in other cultural districts across the globe thanks to Quartier des Spectacles International.
To learn more about the Quartier des Spectacles and the Partnership, visit quartierdesspectacles.com
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