Igloofest: Dancing in -30°

Chapter one: the improbable party

Igloofest (see our Montreal features) began (2007, the Quartier's bet) on (the absurd premise): the winter (see our features) is not (see our features) the enemy (see our features) — the winter (see our features) is (the venue). The festival (see our features) embraced (see our features) the cold (see our features): the LEDs (see our features), the ice sculptures (see our features), the parkas (see our features) — and (see our features) the bass (see our features) shaking (see our features) the snow (see our features).

Chapter two: the culture

The culture (see our features): the winter as identity (see our Montreal features), the communal warmth (hot drinks and movement), and the fashion (onesies and absurd parkas). The international notice (see our features): the festival (see our features) that proves (see our features) the winter (see our features) parties (see our features).

Chapter three: the frozen magic

Igloofest (see our features) endures (see our features) as (the world's coldest dance party) — the festival (see our features) that turned (see our features) the freeze (see our features) into (the fun). The LEDs (see our features) glow (see our features). The bass (see our features) thumps (see our features). The cold (see our features) loses (see our features). Igloofest (see our features) wins (see our features). Dance (see our features). The winter (see our features) is (see our features) the point (see our features).

Why it matters

It matters because (winter, embrace, absurd joy) Igloofest (see our features) reimagined (see our features) the season (see our features) — and (see our features) the world (see our features) noticed (see our features). The cold (see our features) is (see our features) the venue (see our features). Dance (see our features) anyway (see our features).