ABOUT
Nineteen and going strong. All together different!
Divers/Cité is an event whose mission is to present an arts and music festival that illustrates and celebrates the value of diversity in a spirit of sharing, solidarity and openness with the world. Eighteen years of constant growth and expansion has established Divers/Cité as an internationally recognized festival.
Most of the programming is outdoor and free. Our programming also follows set themes that cover a wide range of artistic tendencies that address widely varying audiences. The event proudly showcases modern dance, blues, jazz, pop, Latin, rock, world, funk, ambient, techno and electronic concerts, drag queen performances and an outdoor cinema. The nineteenth edition, from July 25 to 31, 2011, will offer more than 47 hours of free outdoor performances spanning 7 days.
Please help us reduce our carbon footprint by following the recycling instructions on the festival site.
Official sustainable
development policy (PDF)
Brief history of Célébrations de la fierté LGBT de Montréal
Divers/Cité organized the first Montréal LGBT pride celebrations in 1993. From that point and until 2006, Divers/Cité was comprised of three parts: the pride parade, the community fair and the arts and music festival. Following welcomed and increasingly positively views towards LGBT peoples and communities within contemporary society and after analyzing on-site client research, Divers/Cité’s organizing committee moved forward with a vision to create two distinct public LGBT events in Montréal: one event concentrated on community development and the other, a full-fledged arts and music festival. Divers/Cité is very proud to have produced Célébrations de la fierté LGBT de Montréal for 14 years and as such contributed to the evolution and strength of the LGBT movement.
AWARDS
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Divers/Cité's growth in size and importance over the past few years is unparalleled in Quebec and Canada. The event is now officially recognized by both government and industry.
2000: Ulysses Grand Tourism Award. Category: Montreal tourist event, budget below 1 million dollars
2001: Ulysses Grand Tourism Award. Category: Montreal tourist event, budget below 1 million dollars
2001: Tourism Quebec. Bronze Award for event with a budget below 1 million dollars |
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CONTACT
DIVERS/CITÉ
4067 boul. Saint-Laurent
Bureau 300
Montréal (Québec)
Canada
H2W 1Y7 |
Tél : +1 (514) 285-4011
Fax : +1 (514) 285-8793 |
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CREDITS
Graphic design and visual concept :
Union Créative
Web design and maintenance :
David Simard, ektoplasme communications
Photographs : Aydin Matlabi, David Romero, Jocelyn Michel, Marik Boudreau
FUTURE DATES
2012: July 30 to August 5
2013: July 29 to August 4
2014: July 28 to August 3
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" Montreal is consistently enthusiastic, cutting-edge an engaging - and the eye candy is undeniably sweet! During Divers/Cité, there is added to that mix thousands of the most up-for-it revelers from across the globe, and a genuine reason to celebrate.
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The result: a party and cultural event that is outrageously fun, bursting with diverse flavours, and as I like to describe it, a 'mayhem of the highest order "
Deko-Ze |
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" Mascara, la nuit des drags, without a doubt [ is ] the biggest, zaniest drag show in the world with over 80 costumed artists. "
Q Northeast Magazine |
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" I have attended parties all over the US and Canada. But I have never in my life seen anything like La Grande Danse. Divers/Cité is proof that the Gay community is much bigger than just the sum of it's oppression."
Mickey Weems, EDGE, New York |
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