The festival
About Festival Accès Asie
Festival Accès Asie is an interdisciplinary, intercultural and intergenerational festival that has been celebrating Asian heritage month in Montreal every year since 1995. It amplifies the voices and practices of artists from the Asian continent and its diaspora working in a wide array of disciplines, including performing arts, visual and media arts, literary arts, interdisciplinary arts, and culinary arts.
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1995 Festival Accès Asie celebrates its 31th edition in 2026, remaining the oldest Canadian-Asian multidisciplinary arts festival.
3 festivals - Throughout the year, you can take part in our three festivals: Festival Accès Asie (May), Fleur de Lys, Fleur de Thé (August) and Cabarets Confluences (once a month throughout the year).
Over 20 countries - The Festival has showcased artists from more than twenty countries across the Asian continent, including East Asia (Japan, China, Korea); Southeast Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore); South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka); as well as Central and West Asia (Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Armenia).
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Many thanks to all the participants of the May 2026 festival! To celebrate the end of an incredible month of […]
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© Robert Young Festival Accès Asie returns in May for its 31st Edition and invites the Montreal public to discover […]
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This year, the Festival Accès Asie celebrates its 31st edition, highlighting the richness and diversity of Asian cultures through an interdisciplinary, inclusive, and accessible artistic program. Founded in 1995, it has become a key event of Asian Heritage Month in Canada, bringing together artists from across Asia and its diaspora in Montreal as a space for encounter, discovery, and dialogue.
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