Montreal's Place des Arts, a major concert venue is located downtown at the Places des Arts metro station and sits on 100,000 square meters.
Montreal's Place des Arts houses the Museum of Contemporary Art and five concert halls. The largest of these is the Salle (room) Wilfred- Pelletier which hosts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
The concert hall, Salle Wilfred Pelletier, hosts almost every large scale production that comes to Montreal. The likes of Maria Callas, Bob Dylan, Radiohead and Luciano Pavarotti have all played here.
The largest multi use concert hall in Canada, the Salle Wilfred Pelletier, is versatile enough to hold rock, opera, dance and symphony concerts thanks to state of the art sound and movement technologies.
Seating almost 3,000 patrons, the Salle Wilfred Pelletier (named for the conductor) is the permanent home of the Grand Ballet of Montreal, Opera Montreal and the Montreal Symphony.
Théâtre Maisonneuve, with seating for almost 1,500 patrons, looks like a contemporary version of a classic Italian theater. Théâtre Maisonneuve is a popular venue for comedy productions that run for several weeks. Smaller companies and soloists appreciate the intimate setting of the hall which is also the home of larger scale film presentations.
The contemporary productions of the Grand Ballet can be seen here along with the McGill Chamber Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra and Pro Musica who are all permanent residents of Théâtre Maisonneuve.
Housed in the cultural complex, Montreal's Place des Arts at 185 Sainte-Catherine St West at the corner of Jeanne-Mance in downtown , the museum is home to both permanent and traveling contemporary art exhibitions, with a strong focus on Quebec art.
The permanent collection has more than 7,000 pieces, including the largest collection of art by Quebec artist, Paul-Émile Borduas.
The museum seeks to connect visitors to Quebec, Canadian and international contemporary art by showcasing performance art, new dance, experimental theatre, contemporary music, video and film along with painting and sculpture.