Skate Jam Tuesdays + Peace park's 20th Anniversary

The Society for Arts and Technology [SAT], the Quartier des spectacles and the arrondissement de Ville-Marie, with collaboration from David “Boots” Bouthillier, are proud to announce the start of a pilot project that legalizes skateboarding at Peace Park / the place de la Paix until September 26.

Launched to support the neighbourhood’s growing vitality, the project offers skaters a series of four special events! Starting with Skate Jam Tuesdays (August 19, August 26 and September 2), the festivities will reach their peak with the celebration of Peace Park’s 20th anniversary. On the schedule for this final event: skate competitions, DJs, food, music performances, and the screening of a film presenting Peace Park’s highlights, all of this with, as guests, some non-profits working in the neighbourhood.

More than a glimpse of how skateboarding can be a viable practice in the heart of the city, with this project we want to show the positive impact skaters can have by mixing the neighbourhood’s vibrant energy with Peace Park’s community spirit.

Events open to all, come and join us!

August 19 to September 20
Free admission

► See the Facebook event

Peace Park’s 20th anniversary

Skate Jam Tuesdays BY TRH-BAR & PABST BLUE RIBBON Tricks skate competition, presented from 6 PM to 9 PM, with music by guest DJs (free spreads, bread and tea) – A lot of prizes to be given! DATES : Tuesday, August 19 – Presented by JRT Rasta Tuesday, August 26 – Presented by Urban Ambush Tuesday, September 2 – Presented by Le Rock TO PARTICIPATE : Free registration at Peace Park, on the day of the event, from 6 PM ► Events presented before the outdoor series of screenings at Peace Park.

About the pilot project

Even if skateboarding is illegal at Peace Park, the skating community has settled in since 1994. The park’s design and its placement at the heart of the city attracted skaters to come back every season, resulting in numerous infringement tickets.

The Society for Arts and Technology, who moved next to the park in 2003, noticed the issue and took the initiative to support David Bouthillier to legalize skateboarding from 2004, seeing how the skaters could bring in some enthusiastic energy to the spot, then abandonned and dilapidating.

Following the great success of the Peace Park documentary screening night during the summer of 2013, a documentary which describes the evolution of Peace Park/Place de la Paix in a mecca for the Montreal skateboarding community, the ways skaters were seen started to shift…

In June 2014, David Bouthillier presented the current pilot project to the Montreal mayor during a borough council, and the project was approved. It is thus now allowed to practice skateboarding at Peace Park/Place de la Paix from Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 9 PM, until September 26: enjoy!

BEST PRACTICES AT PEACE PARK

• Skateboarding is allowed from 10 AM to 9 PM;
• Pedestrians can walk around and sit freely ;
• Respect your abilities when you practice;
• No stickers, tags, or graffitis allowed;
• Keep the park clean and use the garbage cans for your trash;
• All the other municipal by-laws apply, of course!

“Skate Jam Tuesdays” partners

Production partners