Entertainment
Art – Trivia Nights – Fundraising Brunch – Kiosks
Experience the bird migration
Dive into the fascinating world of birds through a series of fun, accessible, and engaging activities! Quiz nights, artistics activities, interactive kiosks, the 24-Hour Migratory Challenge… each event is designed to spark curiosity, share knowledge, and celebrate the wonder of bird migration together.
Whether you’re with family, friends, or a fellow bird enthusiast, these activities promise meaningful and memorable moments.
Open to all
Activities are open to all: families, curious, beginner or expert birders.
Online reservations
The booking links are below each activity.
Language
Activities are offered in French, but our guides are bilingual. You can ask questions in English.
Bad weather
Outdoor activities will be cancelled in case of continuous rain or strong wind.
Refund policy:
Full refund: cancellation 7 days or more before the activity (14 days or more for cruises)
Full refund: if the activity is cancelled due to inclement weather and you are notified by phone or email
50% refund: cancellation between 24 hours and 6 days before the activity
No refund: cancellation less than 24 hours before the activity
BingO-Oiseaux
From September 21 to 26
Festival-goers are invited to take part in a birding bingo! Get your card(s) and stamp your sightings to increase your chances of winning prizes!
For each completed line, you earn an entry in a draw for small prizes (cap, T-shirt, book, lens cleaner, and other bird-themed accessories). If you complete a full card, you will have a chance to enter the draw for a pair of binoculars.
Prize draw on September 26 at 4:30 p.m. Several prizes to be won, including a Zeiss Terra ED 42 pair of binoculars! Online reservation and payment are not mandatory. You can purchase and collect your cards directly on site during the festival.
Where to pick-up your cards: Tadoussac Dunes, between 7 AM and noon.
Meeting point for the draw: Tadoussac Church, Bord de l’Eau room, September 26th at 4:30 PM.
Fee: $10 each (or 3 for $20)
The gathering of birders
September, 25 – 5:30 PM
This year, join us for a happy hour filled with feathers, stories, and shared discoveries! In a warm and welcoming atmosphere, connect with ornithologists, naturalists, and fellow nature enthusiasts as you share your sightings, favorite birding moments, and field experiences.
It’s the perfect opportunity to reconnect, chat, and exchange stories… all before the renowned Ornitho-Quiz!
Meeting point: Hotel Tadoussac, reception
Free admission!
Ornitho-Trivia night
September 25 – 7:30 PM
Duration: approximately 2h
The Côte-Nord Migratory Bird Festival invites you at the Tadoussac church basement room to an inclusive quiz night to test your knowledge about birds, the Côte-Nord, the Festival, and the Tadoussac Bird Observatory. Beware, tow levels are available: easy and hard.
This free and fun evening is for everyone and drinks will be available!
Several prizes to be won!
Meeting point: Tadoussac Church, Bord de l’Eau room
Free admission!
Concert of Stéphane Lafleur
September, 26 – 8:00 PM
Stéphane Lafleur is a filmmaker, musician, and the author of a poetry collection, Poudre à danser (2025). For more than 20 years, he has been crafting intimate folk music with his band Avec pas d’casque. Taking a break between two albums, he now presents a solo performance revisiting 25 years of songs—past, present, and those still to come.
A rare opportunity to hear his music in its most stripped-down and intimate form.
Meeting point: Tadoussac Church, Bord de l’Eau room
Admission: $25 + taxes
Wild plants gourmet workshop
September 26 – 1:00 PM
Duration: approximately 3h
Dive into the world of wild plant foraging in Québec and the boreal forest!
In a small group of no more than 6 people, your guide Julie will teach you how to identify local flora during an easy-level hike through our mountain trails and along a salmon river.
You’ll discover the secrets of wild plants, their benefits, and how to easily transform them into food or drink. To complete the experience, we’ll offer you a delicious homemade wild tapas platter — a chance to taste unique and unexpected flavors!
Meeting point: Sacré-Coeur, Coeur sauvage: please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the activity
Admission: $79+ taxes + service
Places: 6 people
Fundraising breakfast
September, 27 – From 7:00 to 10:00 AM
The brunches offered at the Coverdale restaurant of the Hotel Tadoussac are an excellent start to a day of bird watching. This is also a great opportunity to contribute to the work of the Tadoussac Bird Observatory, as $5 per meal will be donated to the organization!
No reservation is necessary, but it is important to specify at the entrance of the restaurant that you are coming for the Festival.
Meeting point: Hotel Tadoussac, Le Coverdale restaurant
Admission: $24,31 + taxes + service
Cyanotypes creation
September 26 – 8:00 AM
Duration: approximately 4h
Discover cyanotype, a historic photographic process invented in 1842 that uses sunlight to create striking deep-blue prints. This introductory workshop invites participants of all ages to explore this accessible artistic technique and create their own one-of-a-kind artworks using plants, feathers, found objects, and other items with unusual shapes or translucent qualities. A unique blend of science and visual art, where the only limit is your imagination!
With Julien Vasseur – Nature and wildlife photographies
Only in French.
Meeting point: Les Escoumins, Kiboikoi, Café bar culturel
Admission: $56,53 + taxes
Places: 10 people
Crepes and coffee
September 26 and 27 – Between 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM
Étincelle Production and AVIA are back in full force to delight your taste buds during your visit to the Tadoussac Dunes. Among the many vendors on site, let yourself be tempted by the irresistible aroma of homemade crepes and AVIA’s “Bird Friendly” certified coffee. An invitation to rediscover the joy of life’s simple pleasures
Meeting point: Dunes of Tadoussac, banding station
Free admission!
Exposition by Camille Gravel
September 25
Duration: All the day
As a creator of beauty and softness for the eyes, Camille Gravel puts her passion into creating beautiful, warm, and minimalist works that resonate with the joy of living. Celebrating life, light, and the simple pleasures of everyday life are at the heart of her inspiration. Through coffee watercolor, she seeks to convey her emotions and impressions. This medium gives each of her works a soft and warm quality.
Come discover Camille’s talent as she paints one of her works live.
For each artwork sold, 10% of the proceeds will be donated to the OOT.
Meeting point: Hotel Tadoussac, reception
Free admission!
The Innu’s Circular Way of Life in Connection with Birds
September 26 – 8:00 AM
Uapashkuss: Guardians of the Innu Sacred Sites in Quebec invites you to discover the Innu circular worldview, where people, animals, plants, waters, and the land are intimately connected through a balance founded on respect and reciprocity. At the heart of this relationship are sacred sites—places of memory, spirituality, and cultural transmission—where birds hold a special place.
Meeting point: Dunes of Tadoussac, banding station
Free admission!
Soundscape of the Côte-Nord
September 26 and 27 – Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM
Duration: Contuniously playing
Make yourself comfortable and let yourself be carried away by a unique sound experience. Our region reveals a wealth of sounds waiting to be discovered: whispers of nature, rhythms of the land, and surprising soundscapes. Take a pause, stop for a moment… and open your ears to the world around you. Will you be able to identify every species?
Meeting point: Hotel Tadoussac
Free admission!
Low tide excursion
September 27 – 8:00 AM
Duration: approximately 3h
Did you know that at low tide, you can observe some surprising organisms? Yet they are the main source of food for a large number of organisms in the St. Lawrence. Travel with Explos-Nature to discover this exceptional diversity.
Observe and touch the algae, crustaceans, mussels, sea urchins and many other organisms that inhabit this area! Smell the salty air, listen to the breath of the whales and the cry of the gulls, and… enjoy the hidden flavors of the St. Lawrence!
Meeting point: Tadoussac Dunes
Equipment: Bring your boots (some available)
Free admission!
Kiosks
If you want to learn more about birds or get equipment to practice your favorite hobby!
Exhibitors
September 26 & 27, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
At the Tadoussac dunes – Free admission
Come to the TBO banding station, various exhibitors will be grouped under tents, near the mobile laboratory. On site, you will find the information office of the festival as well as organizations dedicated to the protection of birds and businesses offering useful equipment for observing birdlife. Come and get yourself some delicious TBO coffee and enjoy it with AVIA! Be sure to try Étincelle Production‘s homemade crêpes and their one-of-a-kind praline spread. Your taste buds will be asking for more!
This kiosk is the place to go for information on the Festival’s program. Members of the Tadoussac Bird Observatory and Explos-Nature teams will be able to give you information on the locations and times of the various activities. In addition, it will be possible to learn more about the work done by the observatory each fall at the Dunes of Tadoussac and to purchase our other promotional materials!
Nature Expert is a boutique specialized in optical and ornithological equipment located in Montreal (5120 rue de Bellechasse). The owner, Alain Goulet, will be at the Festival with several items for sale. This will be a rare opportunity to buy binoculars, a telescope, an identification guide, or a bird feeder in Tadoussac!
The Projet Crécerelle is a committee of the Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society at Université Laval dedicated to the conservation of the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius).
ZEISS is a global technology group that offers solutions for industry, research, medicine, eyeglass lenses, objectives, and especially binoculars. A representative will show you and let you try out the various available models.
The Hawk Migration Association (HMA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to studying and protecting migrating birds of prey. It collects data on their movements through a network of observation sites and volunteers. Its work supports scientific research, raptor conservation, and public awareness of biodiversity protection.
Program
The Côte-Nord Migratory Bird Festival also offers birding and family activities, conferences and documentary screenings!