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cake 0 - 13 year olds
date_range Aug. 27, 2022
access_time 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Eastern Time
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End date: Aug. 28, 2022
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18th Century Public Market | Old Port of Montreal

18th Century Public Market | Old Port of Montreal

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The Pointe-à-Callière Museum's 18th-century public market is coming back to Old Montreal between August 27 and 28. The event revives the gathering space that once stood in what's now the Place Royale and Place D'Youville.

Re-enactors will pose as early settlers representing a cross-section of colonial society; Pointe-à-Callière says there will be noblemen, peasants, sailors, villagers and soldiers marching through the grounds and conducting firing drills.

The idealized presentation of (in reality often-brutal) settler colonialism will also feature merchant stalls with traditional wares, musical performances and demonstrations in wool spinning, calligraphy, pottery and basketwork, among other skills.

A second section of the market will feature contemporary artisans. There, Abenaki, Anishinaabe, Kanyen'kehà:ka, Mi’kmaq and Naskapi artists will lead workshops in "leather tanning, cooking, and basketwork, as well as the making of moccasins, cradleboards, and dreamcatchers," according to a press release.

 

When: 

  • Saturday, August 27, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Sunday, August 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

Where: Outside the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, Place Royale and Place D'Youville in Old Montreal

 

Cost: Free 

 

Age: All ages welcome

Details:

Hosted by PAC Musee


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