On Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Atwater Market will kick off the festivities with the first celebration of maple sugar season and you don’t want to miss it !

Throughout the day, inside and outside the market, be ready to taste a host of maple-based products prepared for the festivities by your favorite merchants and guest businesses. Atwater Market promises to be very festive thanks to traditional Québécois music, a DJ, as well as a variety of activities, including axe throwing and inflatable games for kids! 

A series of tastings of maple products and a sugar shack menu

This year, sweet tooths will be spoiled with choices!

Lovers of tradition and those in search of new flavours will be able to enjoy multiple maple-based products. During the indoor and outdoor tastings offered free to the first 300 visitors, participants will find not only traditional favourites like maple taffy on snow but also pizza biancas and maple cheese and fish.

New this year, five producers of maple-based alcohol will also join the party to offer samples of their innovative products. A unique opportunity to meet these talented producers, taste their products and learn more about their techniques. 

Of course, pea soup and other classics from sugar shack menu have not been forgotten! In the outdoor area, a delicious sugar shack menu prepared by the popular Aylwin Barbecue will also be available with, among other things, maple-smoked sausages.

Please note that the tastings are offered free of charge to the first 300 to arrive!

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Participating companies

🍁Maple taffy on snow and other delicious products from La Cabane des p’tits Marois  
🍁Maple butter and taffy cones from Ferme Fernand Théorêt  
🍁Maple-snow sorbet from Havre-aux-Glaces 
🍁Maple beignets from Délices MG  
🍁Maple pizza bianca from Pizza Mia 
🍁Maple candy from Les Douceurs du Marché 
🍁Maple-smoked fish from La Poissonnerie du Marché Atwater 
🍁Maple cheese and maple beer from La Fromagerie Atwater 
🍁Maple cheese bites from La Fromagerie Hamel 
🍁Maple-flavoured chocolate from Chocolats Privilège  
🍁Sugar shack-themed menu from Aylwin Barbecue 
🍁Maple gin liqueur from the distillery Les Subversifs 
🍁Maple wines from La Ferme du Loup 
🍁Organic maple wines from Bol d’air pur  
🍁Maple liqueurs from Distillerie du Granit
🍁Maple liqueur from Cirka Distilleries 

Activities

🎤 Traditional Québécois music by singer-songwriter Alexandre Légaré from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.
🎤 DJ Losier from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
🎤 Inflatable and giant games for children
🎤 Axe-throwing activity