Things To Do in Quebec

• Musée de la Civilisation: The Musée de la civilisation was inaugurated in 1988. It is located in the heart of an historic district and close to the Petit-Champlain. Its thematic programming opens up the way for a great variety of topics, from the fundamental issues and major social problems of our times, to various aspects of daily life. Note that the museum is free on Tuesday. Severals permanent and temporary exhibitions are held simultaneously.
  Actual expositions (april 2009) include: "Extraterrestrials : What If?", Free Time, Urbanopolis, Territories, "People of Québec...then and Now", "Encounter with the First Nations". Travelling exhibitions: Democracy on the way, Gold in the Americas, Salt Essentials.
  You can also find cultural activities like conferences, literary meetings, shows or projections.
  85, rue Dalhousie, P.O. Box 155, station B, Québec City, Québec G1K 7A6, Telephone: (418) 643-2158 or 1 866 710-8031 Toll free number (Canada and USA)

• Musée de l'Amérique Française: The Musée de l'Amérique francaise, the oldest museum in Canada, has its roots in European religious and educational traditions. Located in a building that is part of the Séminaire de Québec site, founded by Monseigneur de Laval in 1663, it is a witness and herald of a colourful past, worthy of the world's greatest epics. Essentially turned towards history and genealogy the Museum now sets up exhibitions examining of the settlement and development of French culture on the North American continent. Note that the museum is free on Tuesday.
  2, côte de la Fabrique, Québec City, Québec G1R 5K1, telephone: (418) 692-2843

• Centre d'interprétation de Place-Royale: The Centre d’interprétation de Place-Royale is located on the site where Samuel de Champlain founded the first permanent French settlement in North America in 1608. Place Royale is part of the historic area that earned Old Québec recognition from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1985. You might recognize Place Royale from the movie "Catch me if you can", where the scenes that are taken place in France were filmed at Place royale. Note that the museum is free on Tuesday.
  27, rue Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec G1K 4E9, (418) 646-3167

• Musée du chocolat: Located on St-Jean street, you can actually learn about the history behind chocolate and watch real "chocolatier" at work! The best part is you get to taste plenty of chocolate!
  Choco-Musée Érico, 634, rue Saint-Jean, Québec, (Qc) G1R 1P8

• Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec: Located near the former Québec City prison, the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec is situated on the Parc des Champs-de-Bataille. The permanent collections are free -artists from the Province, and Inuit art- and there always are additionnal exhibitions, with an entrance fee.
  Québec (Québec) G1R 5H3, Téléphone : (418) 643-2150

• End of Jan./beginning of Feb. Winter Carnival

• June 24th's St-Jean-Baptiste (National Day or Quebec Day): Celebrated on the eve from 19h00 till dawn, you are invited to a massive and amazing celebration of Québec's national identity on the 'Plaines d’Abraham' with a gigantic bonfire and concert ongoing till dawn. You must expect a lot of beer, crowded street with an easy-going partying mood and a lot of fun!

• end of June Grand rire: If you are comfortable with French, you should definitely check this humour festival. Plenty of outdoors (free access) and indoors (tickets only) shows are presented. There is an anglophone (english spoken) show too.

• Throughout the summernight at dusk for up to about an hour, you can admire the gigantic historic/artistic broadcast against the grain silo in the city's harbour. Just go near the harbour or spot yourself a place on along the city's wall looking toward the east and you will see the show.

• July 1st Canada Day has celebration in and around the Citadel and on the Abraham Field Park with concert from reknown canadian artists in the evening.

• July Festival d'Été de Québec: Each year, the organization of the Festival d’été de Québec assemble a spectacular and rich program of local and international band performing on three stages spread across the town. The festival also has its own (facebook page)

• August Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France

• September Envol et macadam: Alternative music festival.

• During summer in various outdoor areas in the Old-Quebec, you can admire our street artists performing for you !

• Dagobert

• Maurice Night Club

• Le Turf Pub & Grill

• La Barberie : very close to the train/bus station. They have their own brewery (many other pubs in the city sell La Barberie beers). Their choice of beers is constantly changing, and you can choose the carrousel, which consists of 8 very small glasses of different beers, of every kind (blond, black, etc...) A must !! Also for the terrace!

• Ninkasi: Located on St-Jean and five minutes from the fortifications of Old Quebec, Ninkasi proposes nearly 200 beers of finest Québec’s microbreweries. You can find there a billiard table, a set of darts as well as a foosball soccer table. You can bring a snack for the evening even there. One of our Québec CS member is working there! Check out "Geoffroi" for more informations…
  811, rue St-Jean, Québec, QC G1R 1R2, Téléphone:418-529-8538

• L'Inox: Formerly established in the Old-Port of Quebec, and now on Grande-Allée Street, this microbrewery is under the reign of three Master-brewers who invite you to share their passion of good beer. Thanks to its convivial atmosphere, many are the groups which organize special activities there. One can play also there billiards and foosball. Eleven different beers are brewed there, including five regular (blonde, brown, red-headed, white and ambrée) and six seasonal beers (with maple, cranberries, etc).
  655, Grande Allée Est, Québec, Québec, Canada, G1R 2K4, Téléphone : (418) 692-2877

• Le Bal du Lézard : in Limoilou. They have live concerts in a nice atmosphere, and the terrasse is really pleasant.
  1049, 3e Avenue, Québec, (418) 529-3829

• Nelligan's : Close to the corner of St-Jean street, on 789 Côte Sainte-Geneviéve, you enter Nelligan's Pub, a pretty and authentic Irish pub characterized by its rustic seal and its animated environment. Famous for its Irish jams of Tuesday evening, you will be able to taste some Irish whiskies among a great selection or excellent Québécoises beers (Unibroue) . The pint of Guiness is less expensive then anywhere else in town and will be served with a genuine irish accent.
  789 Côte Sainte-Geneviéve, Québec, QC G1R 3L6, Telephone:(418) 704-7817

• St-Patrick Irish Pub at the end of St-Jean street. The pub offers many many choices of food, for dancing o only to seat, all this on 3 floors. There is also a pool table.

• St-Alexandre: The Pub St-Alexandre offers the greatest beer selection of the province: more than 200 marks coming especially from Germany, of Belgium, of England and Ireland. Enjoy its lovely kitchen, which privileges home-made or artisanal products (the sauerkraut is macerated on the spot). You can also taste there grill, sausage, quiche, paste, pizza pie, burger and nachos. The Pub St-Alexandre also offers concerts presented one or twice per month and generally very appreciated of the customers.
  1087, rue Saint-Jean, Québec, QC G1R 1S3, (418) 694-0015

• Le Sacrilège : an often crowded but cosy place off St-Jean Street
  447, rue Saint-Jean, Québec, QC G1G 2F4 (418) 649-1985

• La loge : very nice place, as the music isn't too loud like in the other places. Run by a sympathic french guy, you can find some French newspapers, a few games and books. It's as good place for studying in the afternoon as having a nice drink with friends later in the evening !!
  565 rue Saint-Jean Québec, QC , G1R1P5, Téléphone : 418-529-3101

• Les Voutes de Napoléon: 680 Grande Allée Est - Québec, QC G1R 2K5 - (418) 640-9388
• La P'tite Grenouille: one in Sainte-Foy ((2376 rue Galvani, Québec, QC - (418) 780-2054)) and one in Charlesbourg (5350 boulevard Henri-Bourassa, Québec, QC - (418) 948-2000)

• Le Pape George

• Jules et Jim

• Imperial de Québec

• Le Capitole de Québec

• Grand théâtre de Québec

• Salle Albert-Rousseau

• Théâtre du Petit-Champlain

• Théâtre de la Bordée