Harvest Festival at Jean-Talon Market

La Fête des récoltes au Marché Jean-Talon

An abundance of fruits and vegetables has arrived at Jean-Talon Market! Join us for the Harvest Festival on September 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to celebrate local farmers and the bounty of the harvest. A full weekend of free entertainment, cooking workshops, and fun activities awaits you.

On the program: free cooking demonstrations, paid hands-on workshops (registration required), corn galore, face painting for children, a refreshment bar, and festive music.

New this year, the Jean-Talon Market also invites you to attend two major competitions! On Saturday, you can watch the best pie competition and vote for your favorite recipe (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.). On Sunday, tomatoes will take center stage with the second edition of “À qui la meilleure sauce” (Who has the best sauce?), which will determine which business in Little Italy makes the best tomato sauce (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.).

So, are you ready to celebrate the producers and their harvests? We'll see you at the market!

6 - 7 September 2025

10am to 6 pm

At Marché Jean-Talon Throughout the market and event area

Schedule at a glance

Big corn roast

Head to the corn alley. A mountain of delicious sweet corn ready to be devoured awaits you! On Saturday, 450 ears of corn will even be offered free of charge.

📍Corn Growers Alley, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Demonstrations and workshops

Take part in free cooking demonstrations and hands-on workshops to discover local products and learn various cooking techniques.

📍In the event area and the Panorama Venue

Various competitions

Take part in one of the two competitions (best pie and “À qui la meilleure sauce tomate”) by voting for the best recipes or discovering which companies are at the top of their culinary game.

📍In the event area

Workshops and demonstrations

Take part in workshops and demonstrations led by passionate experts to discover the secrets of preserving local food, learn how to cook delicious recipes, or taste wines and ciders from our local producers.

Detail and registration to come

Pie baking contest

What better way to showcase the fruits and vegetables from our markets than with a delicious homemade pie? With this in mind, the Marchés publics de Montréal invites you to participate in its first best pie competition, which will take place on Saturday, September 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Get out your aprons and rolling pins! Registration for the competition will open very soon.

Would you rather eat pies than bake them? Perfect! We've got you covered, because it's you, the public, who will determine who baked the best pie.

How does the competition work?

For participants:

Registration is open until August 20.
Ten participants will be selected.
Bring two servings of your pie for visitors to taste. They will be the judges.

Prizes:

The grand prize winner of the best pie will receive:

The trophy for the best pie
A $150 gift card from the Marchés publics de Montréal
A bag from the Marchés publics de Montréal

The awards ceremony will take place from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m.

For visitors:

You will be our valued judges! Come to the event area between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to taste the participants' pies and vote.

Two criterias will be taken into consideration:

Taste (that's what matters most, after all!)
Presentation
Creativity

The awards ceremony will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

compétition tarte

«À qui la meilleure sauce tomate?»

For the second year, the market will also host the “À qui la meilleure sauce tomate” event organized by Se mettre à table and Café Gelato.

In this competition, tomato sauces from merchants in Little Italy will compete.

In true Italian tradition, some businesses will also share their expertise and offer tastings of their delicious sauces. A winner will be selected by a panel of guest judges.

More details to come.

À qui la meilleure sauce

Big corn roast

A harvest festival at Jean-Talon Market wouldn't be complete without eating a cob of corn! All weekend long, delicious fresh sweet corn will be ready to devour at affordable prices in the corn alley. On Saturday, 450 ears of corn will even be given away for free.

Use the following Google Map link to find your way there.

Corn from our corn producers: Le Roi du Maïs Sucré, Ferme J.P. Desgroseilliers et Les Récoltes Hervieux !