{"id":818181,"date":"2026-07-22T08:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818181\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:11:33","slug":"haiti-en-folie-festival-returns-to-montreal-thursday-for-its-20th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818181\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ha\u00efti en Folie&#8217; festival returns to Montreal Thursday for its 20th edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.haitienfolie.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ha\u00efti en Folie<\/a> festival celebrating Haitian music, cinema and literature returns for its 20th edition with events across the city starting Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event will also commemorate the 222 years of country\u2019s independence and celebrate the team\u2019s return to the FIFA world cup stage after 52 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the challenges, Haiti continues to inspire through its creativity, resilience and remarkable ability to reinvent itself,\u201d said Fabienne Colas,\u00a0president and founder of the festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The four-day festival\u2019s lineup includes music performances by leading artists, screenings of documentaries by filmmakers of Haitian origin and panel discussions on Haitian artists and cuisine, among others.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, a culinary fair at Parc Lafontaine will feature traditional dishes, exotic beverages as well as culinary workshops.<\/p>\n<p>The traditional Rara Ha\u00efti en Folie Parade will start at Parc des Compagnons in Plateau Mont-Royal at 3 p.m. and go through the neighbourhood\u2019s streets. This year\u2019s parade will be dedicated to the Haiti soccer team.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s main event is the Haitian band\u00a0Boukman Eksperyans who will perform at Parc Lafontaine at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, B\u00e9lO and other leading artists will close out the show at Parc Lafontaine starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A detailed schedule of the events can be found on the festival <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.haitienfolie.com\/programmation-2026-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual Ha\u00efti en Folie festival celebrating Haitian music, cinema and literature returns for its 20th edition with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-818181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}