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The Quebec Winter Carnival (French: Carnaval de Québec), commonly known in both English and French as Carnaval, is a pre-Lenten festival held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. After being held intermittently since 1894, the Carnaval de Québec has been celebrated annually since 1955. [ 1 ]
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament youth ice hockey event held annually in February. St-Patrick Parade has returned since 2010. Coup de cœur Francophone (Le) is a festival of Francophone music held in November each year in eight Canadian cities. In Quebec City, the event is held over ten days in small venues.
In Canada, Quebec City, Quebec holds an ice sculpture festival each year during the Quebec City Winter Carnival. The sculpture festival lasts about three weeks. For the sheer variety of ice sculptures and the number of visitors, the Quebec festival is regarded by some as the best in the world.
Quebec City: Quebec City Film Festival: Quebec City [35] Quebec City Summer Festival: Quebec City: Quebec City Winter Carnival: Quebec City: Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma: Montreal, Quebec City: Film [36] St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival: Montreal: Fringe theatre: Saguenay International Short Film Festival: Saguenay: Film [37] Sherbrooke ...
Special events related to the 400th anniversary were also incorporated into major events held in Quebec City in 2008, including the Quebec Winter Carnival, the Quebec International Air Show, Red Bull Crashed Ice, the Quebec City Summer Festival, the Men's World Hockey Championships, the Eucharist Congress, the Winter Triathlon, and the ...
The latter is the biggest event. It is run during the Quebec Winter Carnival, at Quebec City every February. More than 40 teams compete (78 boats in 2025), struggling with the powerful current, large chunks of ice and cold water. [5] The Quebec City area is the centre of ice canoeing activity, but there are teams elsewhere in the province of ...
The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (French: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City.The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival, and give an opportunity for international competition to players less than 12 years old.
A winter festival, winter carnival, snow festival, or frost fair is an outdoor cold weather celebration that occurs in wintertime. Winter festivals are popular in D climates (see Köppen climate classification ) where winter is particularly long or severe, such as Siberia , Scandinavia , Canada and the northern United States .