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Montreal Makes Music
The annual summer jazz festival returns with headliners like Wynton Marsalis, Seu Jorge, and Manu Chao, and others to be announced later this spring.
Monday, April 23, 2007;
The Real Deal: Hotel stays from $119 per room per night and discounted concert tickets.
When: June 28-July 8, 2007.
The Fine Print: Each reservation includes breakfast, a compilation CD, and a $20 gift certificate to the Casino de Montreal. Hotel taxes are an additional 18 percent. Based on double or single occupancy. For general guidelines on evaluating deals, click here.
Book By: No deadline; based on availability.
Contact: Montreal Jazz Fest, 888/515-0515, montrealjazzfest.com.
Trip Details: The Montreal Jazz Fest returns for its 28th year with a lineup of 350 free outdoor shows and 150 ticketed shows, with prices ranging from $16.50 to $149.50. Five hotels are offering discounted nightly rates during the festival. The Quality Hotel Downtown, near shop-lined Ste-Catherine Street and the Museum of Fine Arts, starts at $119 ($135 Canadian) per night. The 242-room Travelodge Montreal Centre starts at $123 ($139 Canadian). The boutique property Hotel XXIX Siecle in Old Montreal is $163 ($185 Canadian). And the stylish Hotel Hyatt Regency Montreal starts at $167 ($189 Canadian) for Mon. to Wed. stays and is $228 ($257 Canadian) for Thurs. to Sun.
The Festival Kit, which costs $36 per person ($40 Canadian), includes an official T-shirt, priority access to purchasing tickets for indoor concerts, a ticket for one of the Jazz d'ici concerts highlighting local musicians, a $20 gift certificate redeemable at the Casino de Montreal, 25 percent off adult admission to the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal; and a "Friends of the Festival" card that grants privileged access to the Jam Sessions in the Hyatt Regency Hotel and a compilation CD. (The kit is valued at more than $141 for a three-night stay.)
For schedules, maps, and fare information for Montreal's bus and metro systems, visit stcum.qc.ca.
Getting There: The lowest round-trip fares we found for Montreal during the last weekend of June are $362 from New York City (American); $418 from Washington, D.C. (American); $436 from Chicago (American); and $575 from Los Angeles (United/Continental).
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Real Deals: Montreal hotels from $109