Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Frozen Fête

Since its 2007 inception, attendance at Montréal's outdoor ice and music festival, Igloofest, has soared from 4000 to 70,000. As the crowds have increased, so has the creativity. Interactive installations combine classic projection and lighting with flat screens and LED technology, while stacked ice-and-steel structures juxtapose traditional igloo constructions. This attention to detail keeps crowds safe and engaged as they gather by the masses to hear cutting-edge electronica from top DJs. Revelers in retro winter gear compete in the famed one-piece contest, while appetites are sated with the city's Happening Gourmand culinary events.