6 Ways to Have Good Times with Friends in Québec City

Editorial Team

Published on January 17, 2020

Friends taking a picture at sunset, near the St. Lawrence River in Lévis with a panorama of Old Québec in the background.

Like to be where the action is? If going out to dance and party is your idea of a good time, then Québec City is the place to be!

Grande Allée, Ville de Québec

Jeff Frenette Photography

Grande Allée, Stéphane Audet
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Having a Nice Night Out
Go for a drink in one of the craft breweries or in a bar de chansonniers (a bar with live folk music) is a must while in Québec City. For enjoying an outdoor drink streetside or dancing the night away in a trendy club, there's nowhere like Grande Allée!
Away from the more touristy areas, mingle with the local population and make friendly meetings in the various lively neighbourhoods.
Les Remparts de Québec

Rouge et or

Stade Canac, Sébastien Dion
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Catch a Live Game
Québec City is renowned for its professional and university sports teams.
Take in a game with friends. With Rouge et Or football at Université Laval, Québec Junior Major Hockey with the Québec Remparts, and Can-Am League baseball with the Capitales, you can't go wrong!
Jeff Frenette Photography

Village Vacances Valcartier

Francis Gagnon

Village Vacances Valcartier
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Sliding at Village Vacances Valcartier
Winter and summer are both great for extreme sliding at Village Vacances Valcartier, where you’ll find Everest, the highest accelerating slide in North America! In summer, Turbo 6 will shoot you into the water at over 60 km/h! And in winter the most intrepid thrill-seekers will enjoy the 4 different slides of Himalaya.
Village Vacances Valcartier is just one of the Québec City area’s many places to enjoy sliding with friends.
- Festival d'été de Québec, Philippe Renaud
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Québec City Summer Festival
Every July the city rocks to the beat of the best home-grown and international performances at the Québec City Summer Festival.
Singers, big-name groups, and a star-studded lineup of shows will keep you coming back night after night! Some 1.7 million festivalgoers attend the festival every year, making it the biggest outdoor artistic event in Canada!
With over 300 shows in ten days, there's something for everyone at the Québec City Summer Festival!
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ComediHa! Fest - Québec
The laughs just keep coming at this popular summer comedy festival.
One hundred comedians and performers raise the roof in a lineup of outdoor and indoor shows that includes galas, humor from around the world, improv, and much more!
Come see up-and-comers and old hands at the ComediHa! Fest - Québec comedy festival!
- Tirée de Facebook - La Fête nationale du Québec
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Québec's National Holiday in the Capital
Every year on the night of June 23, euphoria hits Grande Allée. As classes end and the summer holidays begin, Quebecers have plenty of reasons to celebrate their national holiday!
Rain or shine, a wave of revellers descends on the Plains of Abraham for a mega-concert featuring big-name Québec performers both past and present—and for celebrations that continue long into the night!