Montréal is North America's number one host city for international
events. Montréal is home to the famous Cirque de Soleil and hosted the
Summer Olympics in 1976. Montreal also played host to Expo 67,
considered to be the most successful world's fair in the 20th Century.
Montréal has a very vibrant scene with the Montreal International Jazz
Festival, the Just For Laughs Festival, the International Fireworks
Festival, Les FrancoFolies de Montréal, the Montreal Beer Festival, the
Montreal Reggae Festival, the International Film Festival on Art,
International Festival of Circus Arts, Divers/Cité Gay and Lesbian
Pride, Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, the Montreal
Grand Prix and many, many more.