Piknic Électronik is a weekly electronic music festival which takes place every Sunday during the summer in Montreal, Quebec. Established in 2003, the festival takes place at Parc Jean-Drapeau, only ten minutes outside of Downtown Montreal, and features local and international DJs and producers. The festival concentrates on house and minimal techno genres, but all forms of electronic music are showcased. The event runs from 2pm - 9:30pm.[2]
In 2013, Piknic Électronik expanded to Barcelona, with (...)
Piknic Électronik is a weekly electronic music festival which takes place every Sunday during the summer in Montreal, Quebec. Established in 2003, the festival takes place at Parc Jean-Drapeau, only ten minutes outside of Downtown Montreal, and features local and international DJs and producers. The festival concentrates on house and minimal techno genres, but all forms of electronic music are showcased. The event runs from 2pm - 9:30pm.[2]
In 2013, Piknic Électronik expanded to Barcelona, with other local editions of the festival beginning in Melbourne and Dubai in 2014, in Santiago in 2015, and in Paris in 2019. An annual, one-weekend-only edition of Piknic Électronik is also held in Austin, Texas, as of 2018.[3][4]
In 2017, 112,000[2] individuals attended the original Montreal edition of the festival. In 2018, 129,243[5] festival-goers attended. As of 2018, over one million[5] people have attended Montreal's Piknic Électronik over its 16 seasons.
In addition to music, attendees are also encouraged to picnic: a variety of food and drink options are available at the park.
