Bal en Blanc

{{Short description|Annual Rave Party held in Montreal, Canada}}

{{notability|Events|date=March 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox music festival

| name =Bal en Blanc

| image =File:Bal en Blanc 2014.jpg

| caption =

| location =Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| years_active =1995-present

| founders =

| dates =Easter holiday weekend, 28 May (Bal en Blanc in the park), Canada Day Weekend

| genre = Electronic music

| attendance =

| capacity =

| website =[http://www.balenblanc.com/ Bal en Blanc Official Website]

}}

Bal en Blanc is a rave party that is hosted annually, during the Easter holiday weekend, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{Cite web|last=Spector |first=Dan |title=Everyone's welcome at Bal en Blanc ...unless you show up late. |work=Fringe Arts |publisher=The Link |year=2008 |url=http://thelink.theorem.ca/view.php?aid=39712 |accessdate=22 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000840/http://thelink.theorem.ca/view.php?aid=39712 |archivedate=26 March 2012}} It was first held in 1995,{{Cite web | title =Bal en Blanc | date =15 April 2007 | publisher =GrandQuebec | url =http://grandquebec.com/montreal-touristique/bal-en-blanc/ | accessdate =22 June 2011 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110519145747/http://grandquebec.com/montreal-touristique/bal-en-blanc/| archivedate= 19 May 2011 | url-status= live}}{{Cite web | last =Sherman | first =Michael |author2=Parry, Pascal | title =Bal En Blanc - Montreal's Great White Party - Review of 2010 | publisher =Edit International | url =http://www.editinternational.com/read.php?id=4c6434a940e63 | accessdate =22 June 2011 }} and the first event had 800 attendees.{{Cite news | last =Ballivy | first =Violaine | title =Bal en blanc: 12 arrestations | work =Actualités - Régional | publisher =Cyberpresse | date =April 2009 | url =http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/regional/montreal/200904/13/01-846032-bal-en-blanc-12-arrestations.php | accessdate =22 June 2011 }}

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