Arts & Life

Culture festival Orientalys is on in the Old Port of Montreal from Aug. 8 to 11

by Lorraine Carpenter

The festival showcases traditional and contemporary music, dance, art, food and more from countries on three continents, including Morocco, Algeria, India, Lebanon and Japan.

The 14th edition of Festival Orientalys begins today, bringing live music, DJs and other performances, workshops, an arts and crafts exhibition, a souk marketplace, food vendors and kids’ activities to the Clock Tower Quay in the Old Port of Montreal from Aug. 8 to 11.

The festival showcases traditional and contemporary cultures of countries on three continents — among them Spain, Morocco, Algeria, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Japan, China and Cambodia. Among the wide range of free shows is one ticketed event — the Saturday Celebration, featuring headliner Zouhair Bahaoui.

“Orientalys is a festival fully devoted to the meeting of Eastern and Western cultures, celebrating a diverse, avant‐garde and open-minded Montreal.”

Culture festival Orientalys is on in the Old Port of Montreal from Aug. 8 to 11

For more on Festival Orientalys, please visit their website.

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by Lorraine Carpenter

Editor in chief
Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.