Things to do at night in Quebec
 

Dining is really one of the big night time activities in Quebec. Sure, you can get a quick meal at a lot of places but you will spend a few hours at the better restaurants in the evening. There are a few good places to hear music. Chez son Pere is great to hear Quebecois singers and there's a great atmosphere there. Its on St Jean .There's an Irish pub on Rue Couillard. If you happen to be there early July, the festival d'ete will be going on. You can hear great bands from all over the francophone world. Just walking on the Terrasse Duffrin in front of the Frontenac is cool with all the street performers doing their thing. You'll find plenty of bars and clubs to suit your style. A great thing to do is just have a drink at a cafe terrasse outside somewhere on the Grande Alle' and do some people watching. You might want to treat your parents to a caleche ride( horse and buggey) through the old city at night. Its touristy but really nice. Bon voyage

Few good places in Q.C. to hear music? It may not be Montreal butI don't agree with that. For a city of only 600,000 greater metropolitan area, I think Quebec's music scene is quite good. Check out the alt weekly Voir Quebec to see the array of options. To name a place I love, go to Zazou: a fun, hip live music venue off rue St. Jean outside the walls in the Gay Quarter.

Joe, I just realized that I will be in Quebec city right at the same time as the Festival d'ete...I know that it will be alot of fun, but will the crowd in old Quebec be crazy?? Do I need to book all my restaurant reservations/activities weeks in advance?? We're going on our honeymoon, and don't really want to be walking around Old Quebec with mobs of people...<BR><BR>Anyone else been to the Festival d'ete??

It will be busy at that time but dont worry about a thing! There's absolutely no reason to make restaurant reservations until the day you decide to eat at a particular restaurant. Even then its probably not even necessary. Dont worry about crowds either. You'll see a lot of people on St Jean or St Louis. All you have to do is wonder through the other small quaint streets or some of the little parks right in the old City to get away from it all. Bon voyage

How about in Winter for some places to eat dinner.

Ditto on Joe's response. Was in Quebec City this past August, during les Fetes de la Nouvelle France. Rue St. Jean, les Escaliers Casse-Cou and Place-Royale were packed with people (you could still move, albeit at a slow amble...actually I quite enjoy that kind of crowd). Anyhow, point being was this was a huge festival and all my friend and I had to was turn onto side streets (charming and historic ones to boot) and we had that street practically to ourselves. Also, les Fetes de la Nouvelle France (different from le Festival d'Ete) was a blast...Quebec City residents really know how to throw a good festival, so if you can get accommodation, I think you might actually enjoy going then, despite antipathy for crowds.