02/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/12/2024 14:43
On Saturday, March 2, 2024, the Palais des congrès returns to the Nuit blanche à Montréal with a series of entertaining, multisensory experiences, allowing visitors young and old alike to let loose their creativity. The activities will be open free of charge from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the Palais des congrès shopping mall.
For the 21st edition of the Nuit blanche, Montréal en Lumière has invited several of the city's cultural organizers to host the evening with a "creative fantasy" theme, inviting visitors to push the boundaries of reality and enter into a world of dreams and images from the unconscious mind.
This unique theme inspired the Palais des congrès de Montréal to create a lineup of experiences through which visitors of all ages can let soar their imagination and creativity.
To mark its return to the Nuit blanche, the Palais decided to showcase two spaces created by landscape architect Claude Cormier in the early 2000s. The installation Lipstick Forest, an iconic collection of pink trees located in Place Riopelle Hall, will be turned into a surrealist photobooth, where visitors can immortalize their participation in the Nuit blanche 2024. On the Esplanade of the Palais, the immersive experience À l'ombre des pommetiers, designed by TKNL, will be open for the occasion until 1 a.m. Brimming with light, sound, and visual symbols, the experience highlights the urban garden and its 31 crab apple trees, the brainchild of Cormier, while offering passers-by a look into the joy, beauty, and surprises the space offers throughout the seasons.
The Palais des congrès shopping mall will also feature light shows, musical performances, and taste and smell activities that will stir the senses:
Informations
The Nuit blanche at the Palais des congrès de Montréal
Nuit blanche at the Palais - Montréal Convention Centre (congresmtl.com)
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 5 p.m.-1 a.m.
Directions to the Palais des congrès
• Place-d'Armes Metro
• 1001, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
• 301, Saint-Antoine West Street
Directions to À l'ombre des pommetiers
The Esplanade of the Palais des congrès, Gauchetière West Street (between Chenneville and Côté Street).