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For the 10th edition of the MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS Festival's Nuit blanche on Saturday, March 2, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is planning on a grand scale, offering visitors a caliente Peruvian experience with an authentically Latin‐American flavour. If you've always dreamed of discovering contemporary Peru, listening to lounge music and traditional groups with their guitars, sipping a warming pisco, the classic Peruvian liquor, pampering yourself with every sort of coffee and chocolate, watching intoxicating dances or enjoying the mystery of the galleries displaying the exhibition Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and Moon, this is surely the place to have a great time!
The exhibition Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and Moon at half price of the regular price
($ 10 instead of $ 20)
From 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., the MMFA will dazzle you with the following activities:
No reservation. First come, first served.
‐ A live performance by multidisciplinary creator Chris Dyer on the beat of DJ Loco Fern – LatinArte artists - 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
* Purchase a ticket to the exhibition Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon and enter for a chance to win the work Chris Dyer is creating during the Nuit Blanche
‐ Peruvian gastronomy with chef Martin Oré of restaurant Mochica - 8 to 9 p.m. / 9.30 to 10.30 p.m. / 11 p.m. to Midnight
‐ Latin musique with los Soneros del Heavy will welcome visitors – LatinArte group - 7 / 8.30 and 10 p.m.
‐ Chocolate in every form with Cacao Barry's Lounge and chocolate chef Marc Chiecchio from Marius & Fanny Chocolate Factory ! - 7 p.m. to Midnight
‐ Fiery traditional dances of Peru with the folk‐art dance company Esencia del Perú with drummers Kullak and Musuk Viger Rojas – LatinArte group - 9 p.m. and 11.30 p.m. (15 minutes)
‐ The life‐drawing workshop… - 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
- Chocolat Body Painting by Véronique Rousseau presented by Cacao Barry - 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- Multimedia presentation with footage of archeological sites and modern city life - 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.
