For several years now, Montreal has established itself as one of the leading centers for digital arts and immersive experiences. Whether it’s virtual reality, large-scale projections, sound walks, interactive installations, or dome-based works, the city offers a rich and diverse lineup that will appeal to families as well as enthusiasts of culture, science, and technology.
Here is a selection of immersive experiences to enjoy in Montreal this summer.
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Are you planning a getaway somewhere else in Quebec? Be sure to check out our selection of the best digital and immersive experiences to enjoy in the Belle Province this summer. From exhibitions to virtual reality, interactive installations, and multimedia shows, Quebec is brimming with activities to explore.
Outdoors
Digital Village
MUTEK and XN Québec
August 20–September 3, 2026
Presented by MUTEK and XN Québec, the Digital Village returns to the Quartier des Spectacles with a free lineup of interactive installations, immersive works, and digital creations by artists and studios from here and abroad.
Ancestra Lumina
Moment Factory
Coming Soon: Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
This nearly two-kilometer nighttime experience combines light, sound, and projections to pay tribute to the people who have shaped Quebec’s history. A production by Moment Factory presented at one of North America’s largest cemeteries.
MAPP_MTL
September 29–October 3, 2026
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, MAPP_MTL is transforming the Van Horne Skatepark into a playground for digital arts through a program featuring architectural projections, artistic performances, and music.
Our Stories, Our Path: The Peel Journey
Sound Portrait
Through January 2027
Available for free on smartphones, this audio tour guides walkers through the streets of Montreal with firsthand accounts, archival material, and immersive narration that reveal the city’s history in a new light.
City of Remembrance Montreal
4D Art
Created by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon, and Michel Marc Bouchard, Cité Mémoire offers a series of monumental projections that bring Montreal’s history to life through characters, landmark events, and stories inspired by the collective memory. To fully enjoy the experience, visitors are invited to download the free Montréal en Histoires app, which adds a soundtrack, historical content, and augmented reality experiences.
Heritage and History
The AURA Experience
Moment Factory
Created by Moment Factory, AURA transforms Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica into an immersive experience where video, orchestral music, and architectural lighting reveal the full richness of its heritage from a completely new perspective.
From alley to alley. An interactive adventure
Pointe-à-Callière Museum, through January 10
Using projections and motion sensors, this interactive exhibition traces the history of Montreal’s alleyways through a fun experience for the whole family.
Joe Beef Makes an Appearance at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum
Dept.
Thanks to artificial intelligence and 3D modeling, the famous historical figure Joe Beef comes to life and interacts with visitors in real time. This interactive experience offers a new way to discover 19th-century Montreal and is included with admission to the Pointe-à-Callière Museum.
Detours – Urban Encounters
Through January 2027
This immersive exhibition gives a voice to 18 Montrealers with unique life stories. Through an audiovisual presentation, it offers a thoughtful look at the city’s diversity.
Machines of the Imagination
Dept.
This interactive experience invites visitors to explore the collections of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec in a new way. Through a series of digital installations, visitors discover connections between the works, the emotions they evoke, and the various ways in which knowledge is passed down through time.
Nanualuk – Nordic Expedition
Montreal Science Center
Equipped with a connected device, visitors are invited to complete more than 20 interactive missions to explore the landscapes, wildlife, science, and traditions of Canada’s Far North. This immersive adventure combines challenges, scientific discoveries, and Inuit culture in an experience designed for the whole family.
OASIS Immersion
Nature Alive
Through August 30, 2026
Produced by OASIS Immersive Studios, *Nature Vive* features monumental projections, light shows, and an immersive soundtrack to celebrate the richness of the natural world. This contemplative experience invites viewers to take a fresh look at biodiversity and the connections that bind us to our environment.
BODYVERSE
Through August 29, 2026
BODYVERSE explores the human body as a realm of emotions, perceptions, and transformations. By combining immersive projections with free-roaming virtual reality, this first installment in the series examines the biological and sensory mechanisms that accompany love at first sight.
PHI
Sound Habitat
Through September 13
Habitat sonore offers an immersive listening experience in an intimate space equipped with a spatial audio system. Choose from: John Coltrane’s *A Love Supreme*, Dominique Fils-Aimé’s *My World is The Sun *, or Arlo Parks’ album *Ambiguous Desire *.
Jakob Kudsk Steensen: Otherworlds
Through September 13
Through virtual environments, soundscapes, and digital installations, this exhibition explores the connections between ecosystems, technology, and climate change. An immersive work that invites us to reflect on our relationship with the living world.
Paola Pivi: Come check it out. Lies, lies, lies
Through September 13
The artist’s first major traveling exhibition in Canada, this presentation brings together installations that explore our relationship with symbols, freedom, and truth. An immersive work takes center stage in the exhibition.
Society for Arts and Technology
Daydreams of a Lonely Trucker
Through July 23
Inspired by the work of Serge Bouchard, this immersive production combines panoramic images and soundscapes to offer a poetic reflection on the province of Quebec, its landscapes, and its people.
In the end, it all comes down to the same thing
Through September 19
Bringing together the visual and sound practices of Hermanos Riffo Gómez (Cristo and Francisco Riffo), this performance weaves together intimate narratives with memories of nature and the cosmos.
You can attend live performances from July 28 to August 1 at 6 p.m. The other performances will be rebroadcasts of a 360-degree video recording.
Arsenal Contemporary Art
The Builders’ Treasure: In the Footsteps of Egyptian Genius
Through July 31
This virtual reality experience transports you to the heart of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Inspired by the latest archaeological discoveries, it explores the technical and human challenges behind one of the greatest monuments in history.
Eternal Our Lady
Through July 31
Through virtual reality, this experience takes visitors on a journey through more than 850 years of the history of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, from its construction to its recent restoration, offering access to viewpoints that are usually inaccessible.
Bonaventure Square
Harry Potter – Visions of Magic
Warner Bros. Discovery, Neon, EMM Williams Productions, Crave
Through August 23
Inspired by the famous wizarding world, this interactive art experience invites visitors to explore immersive settings where a magic wand allows them to interact with the installations and reveal various visual effects.
Bubble Planet
Through August 30
Giant bubbles, virtual reality, optical illusions, and themed rooms come together to create this sensory experience, where visitors of all ages are invited to explore a playful and colorful world.
Dinos Alive
Through August 30
This immersive exhibition features more than 40 life-size animatronic dinosaurs in a Jurassic-inspired exhibit. The experience combines scientific discovery, interactive activities, and virtual reality for the whole family.
Panorama Experience
Whitewater
Through August 2
The first exhibition presented at Panorama Expérience, *Eaux Vives* brings together several immersive installations inspired by the aquatic world. Monumental projections, soundscapes, and interactive installations make up this exhibition dedicated to our relationship with water.
The Black Mirror Experience™
Through August 3
Inspired by the famous TV series, this immersive adventure combines physical sets and virtual reality in an interactive narrative where participants’ choices influence the course of the story. No prior knowledge of the series is required.
Space for Life
Stunning! A Journey Along the Water
TKNL
Held at the Biosphère, this immersive exhibition explores the vital role of water through interactive installations, projections, and multimedia displays that raise awareness of environmental issues among visitors of all ages.
The Great Adventure of the Solar System
The Planetarium offers several immersive films under its 360° dome, including *The Great Adventure of the Solar System*, *Aurōrae*, and *The Frontiers of Infinity*. This lineup allows visitors to explore the cosmos through spectacular images and narration that is accessible to everyone.
Also not to be missed
M.C. Escher
Through August 30
Featuring more than 150 original works, this exhibition also offers several immersive spaces and interactive installations that provide a unique way to explore the fascinating world of Maurits Cornelis Escher.
Espace Accalmie
landscapes~
Designed as a space for rejuvenation, Espace Accalmie combines immersive projections of Quebec landscapes, a soundscape, and ambient music to offer a soothing respite in the heart of downtown.
ARcade
Moment Factory
ARcade transforms the floor into an interactive playground where participants control the action with their own movements. A cross between video games, sports, and an immersive experience, this collaborative activity offers a unique way to play in a group—without a virtual reality headset or controller.
Småland
Moment Factory
The Småland play area at IKEA Montreal features interactive multimedia experiences that transform the children’s experience. Through floor projections and immersive games developed by Moment Factory, young visitors interact with their surroundings through a series of fun and dynamic activities.
This itinerary is the result of research conducted by the XN Québec team. If you have any immersive experiences to add, please feel free to email us at communications@xnquebec.co.
This text was written with the help of ChatGPT.