Legault Finally Sees the Light: Reopening of Montreal Schools Delayed Until May 25, 2020
We are in the midst of a global pandemic due to the Corona virus aka COVID-19. Montreal is not only the epicenter of the outbreak in Quebec, but in all of Canada. In a move that Montrealers have been begging for since Quebec Premier François Legault announced his harebrained idea of reopening the province on […]
COVID-19: Quebec Delays Re-Opening Non-Essential Businesses in the Greater Montreal Area One Week
Schools and non-essential retail businesses across Quebec are re-opening today, except those in the Greater Montreal Area. While schools in the 514, 438 and 450 area codes are on track to re-open in two weeks, Montreal-area businesses will not re-open on May 11th as planned, but May 18th. Quebec Premier François Legault announced during the […]
Fantasia Film Festival Will Return This Summer in Online Format
With pretty much every major Montreal summer festival either cancelling for 2020 or rescheduling until the fall due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we can happily report that the Fantasia International Film Festival will take place this summer with only slightly different dates (August 20 – September 2). The only other difference is the festival […]
COVID-19 Update: Quebec’s Plan to Reopen Parts of the Economy
Quebec will be re-opening some parts of its economy during the month of May. The province, at this point, will not be relaxing social distancing rules imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic overall and will impose new regulations on businesses when the re-open. Quebec Premier François Legault announced the plan in general at the government’s […]
COVID-19: Quebec To Re-Open Primary Schools and Daycares May 11th and 19th
Quebec Premier François Legault announced that Quebec will be re-opening primary schools and childcare services across the province but excluding the Greater Montreal Area on May 11th and then in Montreal and the 450 area codes on May 19th. High schools and post-secondary education institutions will only re-open for in-person classes in the fall as […]
Lockdown Contest: Win Show Tickets For When We Can Go To Shows Again!
This is the time of year where thoughts start to turn to summer and, in particular, all the shows the season usually brings to Montreal. At Forget the Box, this is when we start thinking about just how we’re going to cover all the festivals (music, theatre, comedy, etc) and what sort of ticket giveaways […]
COVID-19 Update: Osheaga, Île Soniq and LASSO Won’t Happen This Summer
Yesterday, the Quebec Government requested suspending all public cultural and sporting events across the province until August 31st in order to keep fighting COVID-19 through social distancing. Following the request, Evenko announced that Osheaga, Île Soniq and the new country music festival LASSO won’t take place in Parc Jean-Drapeau late July and during August as […]
Bernie Sanders Suspends His Presidential Campaign Then Releases an Ad Proving He Is the Most Relevant National Political Figure in the US
On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders announced that he is suspending his campaign to be the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. Thursday, his now suspended campaign released and ad. Yes, you heard that right. They took a portion of his live announcement that he was no longer running and turned it into an […]
COVID-19 Update: No Festivals, Sporting Events or Public Events in Montreal Until July 2nd
Last week, the Montreal Fringe Festival, the Jazz Festival and Les Francofolies all announced that their 2020 editions were cancelled and earlier today the Montreal Grand Prix announced it wouldn’t happen in June. They’re now not the only May and June events cancelled or postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Montreal […]
COVID-19 Update: Quebec Extends the Pause to May 4th and Montreal Focuses on Parks
Quebec has extended its partial lockdown until May 4th. Premier François Legault had originally ordered all non-essential businesses closed until April 13th, but with COVID-19 cases still on the rise (up 947 since yesterday to 7944), Quebec will remain “on pause” as Legault put it, three weeks longer. At the same press conference, Legault did […]
Just for Laughs Postponed Until Fall
Just for Laughs, a staple of Montreal’s summer festival season and the largest comedy festival in the world, will still take place in 2020, just a little later than anticipated. Due to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, organizers have postponed the festival, until fall. Originally slated for July, JFL, which features a large slate of international […]
Montreal Fringe Festival Postpones Its 30th Anniversary Edition to June 2021
This summer was supposed to be the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival’s 30th anniversary edition. Now, due to COVID-19, the celebration and theatrical performances by hundreds of groups and performers originally scheduled to run June 1-21 will have to wait until next summer. “I sincerely feel that as leaders in the Montreal cultural landscape, it is […]