A midwinter night's dreams (Part 2)

And the aftermath

This is the second installment of my two part account of surviving Montreal’s Nuit Blanche; a dusk-till-dawn party in eight city neighborhoods, hosted in the middle of winter each year. CLICK HERE to read the first installment of the story.

1:10am: When I first committed to attending Nuit Blanche and realized that the events are spread across eight Montreal neighborhoods, I had aspired to visit all of them. But upon reviewing the schedule, I realized this would be impossible. The majority of the festival events end by 2am, which means that if you’re looking to stay up for the entire night, your late night wanderings are going to be limited to the nightlife hubs that are cranking on most Saturday nights of the year. And most of these hubs are in the city’s downtown area. Still, there are outliers, and the one in Villeray that I’m heading for is a collaborative perfume-making workshop, hosted at a loft next to the Autoroute 40 highway. I’m going to the city’s edge. I wonder how many are taking the same route.