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Montreal’s gigantic free sugar shack festival is back with more fun than ever

Free timber-themed fun, plaid shirts, live music and major sugar rushes are on the menu at this year’s Cabane Panache.

Laura Osborne
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Laura Osborne
Editor, Time Out Canada
Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron
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4 days of free music? 18 restaurants serving our favourite Quebec-style food? A skidoo photobooth and mullet contest?

Don't miss a second of the fun.

Get ready for all of this and more at Cabane Panache, Montreal’s biggest and best free sugar shack festival that's fun for all ages.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

In collaboration with Benelux Brasserie Artisanale, Coureur des Bois and Fizz, Montreal’s largest sugar shack festival is coming back to Promenade Wellington for its 12th edition—hot toddys and local craft beer included.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

Get ready for free activities like a wood cutting competition, special storytelling hours, a hot sauce contest, traditional dancing, coureur des bois workshops, campfires and more.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

Learn how to play the wooden spoon, churn your own butter or make a candle.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

Discover more about Indigenous traditions surrounding maple water, how to recognize tracks left by Quebec wildlife or roll up your sleeves for a friendly game of tug of war.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

You can even pop into the on-site barbershop for a trim.

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Photograph: Caroline Perron

It’s no wonder rue Wellington was ranked coolest street in the world.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

Don’t miss free performances by the 9 musical artists from across the province who will be hitting the main stage this year.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

There's also a concert at Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs Church on Saturday, March 23 at 7 p.m. called Candlelight: Sugar Shack Music and Folk Songs (tickets are $30). 

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

When is Montreal’s giant sugar shack festival?

Cabane Panache runs from March 21 to 24, 2024.

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

How do I get to Montreal’s giant sugar shack festival?

It’s easy to access Promenade Wellington via De l'Église metro station: Wellington exit on the green line, or by bike (there are several bike racks on site).

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

You can also travel by bus (routes 12, 37, 58, 61 and 350) and there are more than 500 parking spaces nearby, including the Éthel parking garage with its 250 spaces (4000 rue Éthel).

Cabane Panache
Photograph: Caroline Perron

For Cabane Panache's complete programming, click here.

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