{"id":785,"date":"2026-07-11T01:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/feu-sacre-un-grand-spectacle-gratuit-pour-souligner-les-50-ans-des-jeux-olympiques-de-montreal\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T01:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T05:03:42","slug":"feu-sacre-un-grand-spectacle-gratuit-pour-souligner-les-50-ans-des-jeux-olympiques-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/feu-sacre-un-grand-spectacle-gratuit-pour-souligner-les-50-ans-des-jeux-olympiques-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"SACRED FIRE: a great free show to mark the 50th anniversary of the Montreal Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/?attachment_id=89467\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FEU-SACRE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800px\" height=\"450px\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FEU-SACRE.jpg 800w, https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FEU-SACRE-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Olympic Park invites the population to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Montreal Olympic Games during a major free show presented on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at 9 p.m., on the Esplanade Pie-IX of the Olympic Park, for a unifying evening bringing together music, Olympic memory and big names in culture and sport.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Multicolore and under the artistic direction of the Hallucination Collective creative studio, the FEU SACR\u00c9 show will bring to life the spirit of the 1976 Games through a show combining music, performing arts, archive images, great moments of collective memory and looks toward the future. Under the musical direction of Alex McMahon, the program will bring together several artists and notable personalities, including Robert Charlebois, Ariane Moffatt, Loud, Dubmatique, as well as Les 7 Fingers de la Main. The show will also feature the presence of major figures associated with Olympic heritage, including Nadia Com\u0103neci.<\/p>\n<p>The evening will be hosted by Pierre Houde and Maude Lanteigne, who will accompany the public on a journey built around three major themes: memory, heritage and the future. The show will thus offer a look back at the excitement of the summer of 1976, the lasting impact of the Games on Montreal and Quebec, as well as the role that the Olympic Park continues to play as a place of sport, culture, gathering and transformation.<\/p><div id=\"linit-3891556537\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFifty years after the Montreal Games, the Olympic Park remains a strong symbol of our collective history. This show will be an opportunity to celebrate this legacy with the public, by bringing together artists and personalities who embody the memory, pride and future of this emblematic place. \u00bb\u2014 Fran\u00e7ois Dumontier, vice-president of strategies and commercial operations<\/p>\n<p>Presented free of charge, the event is aimed at all generations: those who experienced the 1976 Games, those who inherited their stories, and those who are today discovering the unique place that the Olympic Park occupies in the imagination of Montreal and Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>The public is invited to go to the Esplanade Pie-IX of the Olympic Park to take part in this great celebration, which is part of the programming for the 50th anniversary of the Montreal Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Practical information\u2022 Date: Saturday August 1, 2026\u2022 Time: 9 p.m. (site opening at 5 p.m.)\u2022 Location: Esplanade Pie-IX, Olympic Park\u2022 Access: free\u2022 Public: open to all<\/p>\n<p>About the Olympic ParkCreated on November 1, 2020, the Olympic Park, or the Olympic Park Development and Enhancement Corporation, replaces and modernizes the mission of the Olympic Installations Authority, active from 1975 to 2020. It has the dual mandate of developing, managing, promoting and operating its facilities, in addition to highlighting its heritage and Olympic legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic Park manages five main assets: the Olympic Stadium, the largest amphitheater in the country; the Montreal Tower, the tallest inclined tower in the world; the Sports Centre, the main aquatic and sports training center in Canada; the Esplanade and outdoor areas, a major gathering place and event venue in the metropolis; as well as the largest underground automobile parking lot in the country.<\/p>\n<p>A daring architectural creation by Roger Taillibert, the Olympic Park was built for the presentation of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games and as the home of the Montreal Expos baseball club, from 1977 to 2004. Since its inauguration, it has been the host of several thousand sporting, cultural, social, civic and general public events, thus shaping the event history of Quebec. 50 years after its construction, this large park in the east of the metropolis has indisputable heritage value, particularly on the historical, emblematic, architectural and urban levels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"linit-2373938180\" class=\"linit-apres-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Olympic Park invites the population to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Montreal Olympic Games during a major free show presented on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at 9 p.m., on the Esplanade Pie-IX of the Olympic Park, for a unifying evening bringing together music, Olympic memory and big names in culture and sport. 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