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The Montreal International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 1980. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes close to 2.5 million visitors. The festival takes place at 10 free outdoor stages and 10 indoor concert halls.

Montreal is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec, the second largest city in Canada, 18th largest in North America and the 26th largest in the Americas. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary," it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands at St. Lawrence River, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters

There are many historic buildings in Old Montreal in their original form: Notre Dame of Montreal Basilica, Bonsecours Market, and the impressive 19th-century headquarters of all major Canadian banks on St. James Street (French: Rue Saint Jacques). Saint Joseph's Oratory, completed in 1967, Ernest Cormier's Art Deco Université de Montréal main building, the landmark Place Ville Marie office tower, the controversial Olympic Stadium and surrounding structures, are but a few notable examples of 20th-century architecture.