In the city of festivals, where there is a fest for seemingly every occasion and each day of the year, what is Montreal’s best summer music festival? Which one represents our city in the best light, gives the most thrills, the biggest bang for your buck?

That last question is often redundant in a city where you can do a whole lotta festing for free. Which brings us to our first contender, the heavyweight champion, which built its name, reputation and world-famous appeal on its free shows: the Montreal International Jazz Festival , where you can walk the site on any given night and take in a globe-trotting array of music without spending a dime, or, if you’re feeling festive, for the price of a beer and a mango on a stick. Fresh off its 45th edition, the jazz fest is hard to beat for the

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