Place des Arts

Name: Place des Arts
Address: 175 Sainte-Catherine Street West, Montreal, Montréal, CA
Telephone: +1 514-842-2112

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Place des Arts is Canada’s largest cultural complex in Montréal’s Quartier des Spectacles, between Sainte-Catherine, De Maisonneuve, Saint-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance.

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Place des Arts — Angular Place des Arts entrance beside the outdoor fountains

Place des Arts — Concert hall facade and reflecting fountain in the plaza

Place des Arts — The stepped exterior of Théâtre Maisonneuve

Place des Arts — Interior corridor of Cinquième Salle with illuminated wall panels

Place des Arts — Place des Arts plaza with broad steps and surrounding buildings

Place des Arts — Colourfully dressed dancers perform in the Place des Arts plaza

Place des Arts — Festival crowd gathered outside Place des Arts

Place des Arts — Large audience watches a festival performance in the plaza

Place des Arts — Dancers perform against a colourful mural at Place des Arts

Place des Arts — Glowing outdoor lights and seating at a Place des Arts festival

Place des Arts — Entrance to Place des Arts beneath its angular white canopy

What's on here

Places limitées Musique du monde • ukrainienne Maryna Krut Sunday · All day54 USD

Ma première Place des Arts | Quart de finale 11 Nov – 13 Nov34.25 USD

Why go

Home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Opéra de Montréal.
Free festivals, exhibitions, performances and interactive installations.
Summer open-air concerts on the esplanade during Festival International de Jazz de Montréal.
Public artworks by Claude Bettinger, Pierre Granche and Geneviève Cadieux.

Opening hours

Today12:00 – 18:00Show all

Monday12:00 – 18:00

Tuesday12:00 – 18:00

Wednesday12:00 – 18:00

Thursday12:00 – 18:00

Friday12:00 – 18:00

Saturday12:00 – 18:00

SundayClosed

The hall

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier: 3,000 seats Canada’s largest multipurpose hall.
Maison symphonique de Montréal: 2,100 seats
All six performance venues: 7,787 seats combined Combined capacity; this total includes the individual hall capacities above.

Tickets and box office

Buy tickets online through the Place des Arts website. The box office is at 175 Sainte-Catherine Street West; call +1 514-842-2112.
SafeTix tickets use a rotating code that refreshes every 15 seconds. Tickets can be stored in a phone wallet and shown at the performance hall entrance.
The venue schedule is Monday–Saturday, 12:00–18:00.

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500 shows
Place des Arts presents more than 500 shows each year, including music, theatre, dance, comedy and opera.
Carte-cadeau Place des Arts | Place des Arts
The esplanade features original fountains and water cascades.
Place des Arts - Wikipedia

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History

Mayor Jean Drapeau conceived the project as part of an eastward expansion of downtown, with ambitions for a cultural centre of international standing.

1955A citizens’ initiative encouraged by Mayor Jean Drapeau led to the Corporation George-Étienne-Cartier, established to build the complex.
1959Architects Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud and Sise presented the plans.
11 February 1961Construction began.
21 September 1963The first section opened with a concert by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Wilfrid Pelletier and Zubin Mehta.
1966Grande Salle was renamed Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Claude Léveillée was the first Québec artist to perform there.

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1992Cinquième Salle opened. On 28 May, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal joined the complex and moved to the west side of the esplanade.
2011Maison symphonique de Montréal opened as a 2,100-seat concert hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, with its main entrance on rue Saint-Urbain.
2019Salon urbain, a glass-walled public space for free performances, opened.
2022Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme opened as a redesigned public area focused on accessibility and cultural outreach.

How to get there

TrainPlace-des-Arts station serves the complex. Follow signs in the station for Place des Arts.
On footUnderground passages connect the complex to UQAM and Complexe Desjardins, continuing to Place-d’Armes station via Desjardins and Guy-Favreau.

Accessibility

Metro elevators Elevators are available at exit D, Rue De Bleury.

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Where

175 Sainte-Catherine Street West, Montreal

Website: placedesarts.com/
Phone: +1 514-842-2112

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Questions and answers

Where is Maison symphonique’s main entrance at Place des Arts?

On rue Saint-Urbain.

Can I drive through the Place des Arts block during festivals?

Festival closures make the whole block pedestrian-only and close it to cars.

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