Avant le déluge! A view from high up of the 10pm firework display Photo copyright FIJM/ Benoit Rousseau

Sebastian writes:

The main Saturday night event at the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival was a free-entry “discotheque” celebrating the Canada 150 in the Place des Spectacles. These superb pictures by the Festival’s official photographer Benoit Rousseau do communicate the very special atmosphere….but they don’t tell you what happened next. Half an hour after the 10pm firework display, there was a torrential, you could say biblical  downpour. That said, it takes a lot to dampen the spirits of about 50,000 Montrealers and visitors out to have a good time on a summer night on a holiday weekend in the city. 

NB All photos are copyright FIJM/ Benoit Rousseau

Discotheque Photo copyright FIJM/ Benoit Rousseau

More from the fireworks at the Disco Photo copyright FIJM/ Benoit Rousseau

View from the stage Photo copyright FIJM/ Benoit Rousseau

My pass showing the line-up