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Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., and Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. – Opéra de Québec presents Orphée et Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, at the Grand Théâtre. For details and tickets, visit operadequebec.com/en/saison-26-27 and see the review of the première performance on page ….? 

Wednesday, Oct 28 at 7:30 p.m. – Orchestre symphonique de Québec Brahms Festival Chamber Music Concert – Quintet for Clarinet and Strings at the Monastère des Augustines with Stéphane Fontaine (clarinet), Sheila Jaffé and Catherine Dallaire (violin), Dillon Hatcher (viola) and Blair Lofgren (cello) and works by Erwin Schulhoff, Brahms, Golijov and Boris Pigovat. Tickets: $49.76 general admission. See osq.org/festival-brahms for further information and tickets. 

Oct. 29-31 –  Les 7 Doigts de la main presents the captivating Le Grenier at Le Diamant. True to its signature style, the show transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary through breathtaking aerial performances and highly inventive staging. Between memories, dreams, and acrobatic feats, Le Grenier transports the audience to a universe where anything is possible. Tickets available at lediamant.ca/en. 

Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. – It’s Classic Movie Night at Chalmers-Wesley United Church. Just in time for Halloween, this month’s film is The Night of the Hunter, a 1955 American Southern Gothic horror-thriller film directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. Admission $5 (cash only). There is a snack bar with popcorn, soft drinks and candy. The side door opens at 6:30 p.m. Newsreels and cartoons of the day begin before the main feature. Limited parking is available.   

Saturday, Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Dress up and celebrate Halloween at the National Assembly, on the forecourt, in the gardens and in the reception pavilion. Enjoy a juggling workshop, a Halloween treasure hunt, a sweet giveaway and other surprises. Stay as long as you like and go at your own pace. This is a free event; reservations are recommended, but not obligatory.

Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2 a.m. – Daylight Saving Time ends! ⏰It’s time to “fall back” one hour. Reset all your clocks and watches before you go to bed on Saturday night, or else you’ll be an hour early for events the next day.

Sunday, Nov. 1 at 1:30 p.m. – The Orchestre symphonique de Québec will perform in the Agora of the Pavillon Alphonse-Desjardins at Université Laval. For this community-building event, amateur musicians (age 13 and up) from the region are invited by director Clemens Schuldt to play with the orchestra during a rehearsal open to the public. This is a free event, but seating is limited. For details, visit osq.org/festival-brahms.

Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Prospective students, parents and community members are welcome at the CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence open house. See the school website (slc.qc.ca) for more information and a full schedule of the day’s activities.

Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. – The Orchestre symphonique des conservatoires du Québec presents Dances – a program centred on dance and movement, conducted by Clemens Schuldt at the Palais Montcalm. From Haydn’s delicate and elegant L’Isola disabitata to the fiery rhythms of Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, via Brahms’s powerful Variations on a Theme by Haydn and the dramatic intensity of Liszt’s Preludes, this concert, presented as part of the OSQ Brahms Festival, showcases the full richness and virtuosity of the symphony orchestra. For details and tickets, visit palaismontcalm.ca/concert-spectacle-quebec/orchestre-symphonique-des-conservatoires-du-quebec-3-novembre-2026.

Monday, Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. – The Literary Feast, the Morrin Centre’s annual fundraising dinner, features guest speaker Bob Rae, who served as the ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York from 2020-2025, and was premier of Ontario from 1990-1995. There are still a limited number of seats available. For details, visit morrin.org/en/literary-feast-2026.

Saturday, Nov. 7 at 2:30 p.m. – OSQ Concert – Brahms Takes the Stage along with pianist Marc-André Hamelin at the Grand Théâtre de Québec. For details and tickets, visit osq.org/festival-brahms.

Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m. – Les Concerts Couperin present Au Plaisir, with works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Benda and Nathalie Tremblay that recall the pleasures of joy, happiness and peace, at the Chapelle du Séminaire de Québec, 2 Côte de la Fabrique. Featured artists are soprano Élisabeth Boudreault, cellist Vincent Dorion Thériault and violinist William Foy, accompanied by pianist and composer Nathalie Tremblay. For details and tickets, visit mcq.org/en/discover/activities/au-plaisir.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. – Remembrance Day civic ceremony takes place at the Cenotaph on Grande Allée near Port St-Louis. Minute of Silence at 11 a.m. All are welcome. Wear a poppy in remembrance of those who served or gave their lives for our freedom.

Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. – The Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, directed by Clemens Schuldt, presents Brahms’ German Requiem, featuring baritone-bass Gordon Bintner, soprano Lauren Margison and the choir of the OSQ prepared by David Rompré; Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, and “Chanson à la mort,” an excerpt from Quebec composer Claude Vivier’s “Cinq chansons pour percussion,” featuring percussionist Bryn Lutek. For more details and tickets, visit osq.org/concerts/brahms-un-requiem-allemand.