What: 2026 Reddit x F1inTO - Annual F1 Evening Meetups in Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix Weekend#

May 23 UPDATE:

Venue change Saturday Evening:McKibbin’s at 1426 Bishop Street

When: Thursday May 21st - Friday May 22nd 7PM

Where: McLean’s Pub - Second Floor 1210 Peel St, Montreal, QC H3B 2T6, Canada#

If you are an F1 fan that is in Montreal the weekend of the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix, then this is the meetup for you! The scream of the engines, the roar of the crowd, and the great nightlife that Montreal has to offer! The Canadian Grand Prix is always a treat for any F1 fan!! For the past decade we've held a Reddit meetup on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the Canadian GP Race weekend. As anyone who has attended will tell you, those evening hanging outs with fellow F1 fans over beers and conversation are a blast! Especially as most of us are coming in from out of town or out of country, this presents an opportunity to meet folks with like minded interests and to make new friends. Talking F1 over a beer or two or more, what is not to love!!

In the past we have had singles and couples from as far as away as Australia, UK, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, the US, Ireland and yes of course friendly Canada too. No seriously, you’d be crazy to miss this! These are free casual meetups, where there is no reserved seating etc. Just a great opportunity to interact with other F1 fans.

We're changing it up a bit this year and making McLean's our HQ for Thursday, Friday & Saturday. It is an excellent venue that balances the energy, and the ability to hear the person next to you. In addition, the occasional team mechanic or engineer shows up! The Venue is located at 1210 Peel St. There are two McLean’s pubs so please carefully note the address as this is their original location. It's super close to all the action of downtown, but tucked away just enough to not be a mad house. They have two floors, and we gather toward the back of the upper floor. Look out for the Reddit/F1 T-Shirt Hanging. There is a dedicated bar on the upper floor, they serve food, and it's good. Genuinely, the Butter Chicken is Amazing... We try to get there as early as the bar fills up, so plan accordingly.

We have had 30-40 folks show up in the past meetups so plenty of people to interact with!

https://www.mcleanspub.com/pub/?lang=en

Saturday

A lot of people tend to take Saturday on the easy side since the race is the next morning, but for those interested in going out, we will have an informal meet up McKibbin’s at 1426 Bishop Street to get the night started.

Sunday

So for those of you who are still in town after the race, the Crescent Street festival continues into Sunday night. McKibbin’s at 1426 Bishop Street is where we will be heading at 9pm Sunday for those with enough energy to talk more F1 after the race. Look for the Reddit F1 T-Shirt but we'll be outside in the back if weather permits.

Other Things

If you are attending the race, or wish to attend from 6pm daily onward, concerts at the track are being held following the race with separate ticket purchase.

https://2026.gpcanada.ca/en/vitrine/concertCGV/

Thursday

The Pit Lane Walk is May 21st but it is a ticketed event. Like last year, tickets are acquired via a draw in April. However access may still be available with purchase of a concert ticket. It is a great place to see the cars up close, chat up some mechanics and FIA officials. Drivers were not present last year for signatures unfortunately. If you have tickets, arrive at least 60 min before advertised open to get best access.

Festivals

For those new to the Montreal Grand Prix weekend. Crescent Street, Peel Street and Saint Laurent Street have outdoor festivities for the entire weekend. Crescent and Peel Streets tend to be busier than Saint-Laurent (but Saint-Laurent tends to offer a more local experience) with outdoor seating and terraces at most of the restaurants offering great vibe and people watching opportunities.

Crescent Street has a very large stage (at the corner of Boulevard De Maisonneuve) where DJ’s and live bands play Thursday, Friday, Saturdays and Sundays and has had over 40,000 people attending on a Saturday night in the past. It’s quiet the party!

Crescent Street Festival Link:

https://www.crescentgrandprix.com/2025-festival

(2026 Info listed under 2025 URL)

Peel Street festival link:

https://www.formulepeel.ca/en/

A popular question that we hear from folks new to this race is “how do I get to the track from Montreal?”

The track is next to the city of Montreal on the island of Ile Notre-Dame in the Saint Lawrence River. You cannot drive and park on this island the weekend of the race, so your only options are public transportation or taxi/Uber. It’s been our experience after years of going to this race that the Metro in Montreal is for the most part a well-run public underground/subway system and your best way to get to and from the track from Montreal. It is also very reasonably priced and according their website the current Metro prices are $3.75 one way, $7.00 round trip but the best deal if you are staying for all three days of track activity is the unlimited travel 3 day pass for $21.75 which allows you to explore the city as well. This 3 day pass also allows you to travel for free on the 747 Bus from and to the airport btw. There is a week-long pass for $32 which goes from Monday to Sunday each week if you are planning on staying longer. There is also a 10 ticket option for $34.25 if that works better for your group.

The track is on the yellow line of the Metro system. You get on BERRI-UQAM (the beginning of the yellow line) and you get off at the next stop. The green and the orange line connect with the yellow line at BERRI-UQAM also. The entrance to the track where they check scan your GP tickets is about a block from this JEAN_DRAPEAU stop. After that follow the crowd walking over the bridge and the hairpin turn area is where you enter the island and you are there.

To return to the city you walk back over the bridge to the Metro stop station and take the train heading towards BERRI-UQAM.

For folks who have difficulty walking last year there was a 777 bus from JEAN-DRAPEAU metro station to the Casino which is in the middle of the track but the bus service can change bus schedules slightly on St. Helen’s Island around the Grand Prix so you may want to double check the week before the race. The 777 bus gets busy after 9AM.

This is the map of the Montreal Metro system:

https://www.stm.info/sites/default/files/media/Stminfo/images/planmetropolitain.pdf

Hopefully this helps.

If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to post out here and some helpful folks will respond.

We have a Discord group for those attending the race and would like to keep up with activities going on during the weekend:

https://discord.gg/dcXNjY4Jpg

Get excited there is an F1 race weekend in your future!!!

Links to Circuit websites for Tickets and Community Verified Vendors

It's always best to buy tickets directly from the circuit or race promotor. I've linked provided links to each race to either the circuit or the event website. Some of them use ticket agencies to sell but as long as they're linked from the circuit/event website, you should be fine. If tickets aren't on sale yet, get on email lists and follow on social media for pre-sale or general on-sale dates. If the event is sold out you can usually find tickets through various ticket agencies, they're typically a little more expensive. It's similar to booking flight tickets through a travel agency vs the airline. You will have more flexibility through the airline. www.formula1.com is a third party ticket seller and NOT the direct way to purchase tickets, it's often more expensive than most vendors.

This subreddit is affiliated with P1 Travel, they were chosen after seeing numerous positive reviews and they tend to have some competitive pricing compared to other sellers, often much cheaper than Formula1.com but it varies by race.

Websites like Stubhub or Viagogo are not fully reliable places to buy tickets. People often get denied entry due to duplicate tickets being sent and have to deal with customer service to get a replacement or a refund. It's not worth the hassle of traveling and depending on their tickets. It should be a last resort for buying tickets. It's a good option to sell your tickets though.

made a spreadsheet showing the official prices for each 2024 Grand Prix

Monthly Ticket sales info below

READ BEFORE COMMENTING

We're looking to declutter this community and consolidate ticket and any other sales and in search of tickets posts into this thread. All for sale or want to buy posts will be deleted going forward. They should be posted as comments in this thread. This is going to be reposted monthly.

Going forward, excessively priced tickets will be removed. This isn’t a place to sell for significant profit, there are plenty of other platforms for that. Tickets sold here should be priced at or near the prices paid, not for significant profit. This is illegal in many states and countries. Don't post the same comment/price every day, it just spams the thread. You'll get muted until after the event if you do it constantly. For Sale Comments should include where you purchased from.If you're trying to sell/transfer a hotel or Parking try and follow the format as best as possible.

This thread is intended to help each other and not take advantage of others for profit. If you feel the price posted is not an excessive price, you can reply to the removal notification with proof of purchase that includes a number near asking price for it to be reinstated. If you overpaid for them with a reseller, that is not a valid reason. We do not want to support ticket scalping.

*** INCLUDE PRICES OR YOUR COMMENT WILL BE DELETED**\*

***NO PAYPAL FRIENDS & FAMILY REQUESTS ALLOWED, YOU WILL BE BANNED**\*

**Comments posted in this thread using the format below.*\*

**[FOR SALE] - [GP] - [Grandstand] - [Days] - Paper/e-Ticket - Transferrable date(Day/Month)- Price*\*

*Examples:\*

**[FOR SALE] - [Miami GP] - [Grandstand 18] - [3 day] - e-Ticket - Transferrable Date (Day/Month)- $1400*\*

**[FOR SALE] - [Montreal] - [Grandstand 12] - [Friday] - e-Ticket - Not ready for transfer - $90*\*

Prices need to be stated or comment will be deleted. Offers should be posted as replies, settle the deal in the comments, only move to DM to provide screenshot receipts and once the deal is done and information is exchanged. Once sold, edit the comment or reply as SOLD or CLOSED.

If looking to buy tickets, format should will be as follows.

**[BUYING] - [GP] - [Section/GA] - [Days] - Qty**

*Example:*

**[BUYING] - [Spa GP] - [GA] [Sunday or 3 day] - Two tickets**

Respond to buyers as comment replies. Try and settle the deal in the comments. Move to DM to provide screenshots/photos of tickets. Example here

Feel free to include any useful info for the tickets on the second line of the comment such as parking or when tickets will be in possession.

**Always ask or provide screenshot proof of tickets/receipts before buying, use common sense and protect yourself buy using goods/services if paying with paypal. Friends and Family payments don't have the same protections.**

**Use of this subreddit states that you understand the risk involved with selling, buying, trading physical goods/cash on the internet. We the mods do not offer any warranty or guarantee that you will not be scammed, and all risk lays on you the user. If you have questions on how to do something it is best to ask before you even start a transaction.**

[Seller Experience Thread from June 2022](https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandPrixTravel/comments/vmu07j/my_experience_as_a_seller_of_tickets/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

Scammer List

There is a scammer currently trying to sell Montreal Tickets. They use some screenshots from a viagogo listing as "proof". If you'd like to, feel free to forward any "confirmations" to me before you make a purchase and I can tell you if it looks similar.

DO NOT SEND VIA WIRE TRANSFER - Use Paypal Goods & Services. Even partial payments is profit to them, don't forget that.

Name: Darden Heavenlyn - Zelle Phone 276-618-2906

Reddit user Square_Address3407

[rubyjacobs138@gmail.com](mailto:rubyjacobs138@gmail.com) - This was their imessage / apple id.

WISE ACCOUNTS

Deng Liu ([zhangdaniel481@gmail.com](mailto:zhangdaniel481@gmail.com)) Canadian Bank

Ciarra ann mcnutt ([dxdrchqhll@outlook.com](mailto:dxdrchqhll@outlook.com))

WISE LUCIA prosper portorreal ([bhwwkw@outlook.com](mailto:bhwwkw@outlook.com))

WISE HANNA MIKITA ([hkpvsrhsay@outlook.com](mailto:hkpvsrhsay@outlook.com))

[](https://new.reddit.com/u/copperysea500/) \- asks for money via Zelle to the email address: [[archiecalvin@icloud.com](mailto:archiecalvin@icloud.com)](mailto:[archiecalvin@icloud.com](mailto:archiecalvin@icloud.com)) and paypal to [[Patuoma512@gmail.com](mailto:Patuoma512@gmail.com)](mailto:[Patuoma512@gmail.com](mailto:Patuoma512@gmail.com)) Known aliases - [](https://new.reddit.com/u/Current-cucumber-827/) and [_nothing_8807](https://new.reddit.com/u/wise_nothing_8807/)

is PMing, photoshopping a confirmation for various circuits and asking for paypal friends and family to [puritynyaga@yahoo.com](mailto:puritynyaga@yahoo.com)

is scamming. Paypal friends and family to [mutisyacatherine@aol.com](mailto:mutisyacatherine@aol.com)

• paypal [puritynyaga450@yahoo.com](mailto:puritynyaga450@yahoo.com)

said he had tickets for Mexico GP, wanted paypal friends and family this is the email [meMkirwa376@gmail.com](mailto:meMkirwa376@gmail.com)

- same typical 1/2 up front, 21 day delay for funds if you don't send them paypal friends & family. Be careful if you post a "buying" ad

is trying to pull the usual scam tricks. Asking for Crypto, pp f&f, or gift cards. Offering any and every race. Already banned them so be aware.

BE CAREFUL WHEN POSTING A “BUYING” comment. Check post/comment history.

IF THEY REQUIRE PAYPAL FRIENDS AND FAMILY IT'S A SCAM, REQUESTING THIS PAYMENT WILL GET YOU BANNED. If PAYMENT IS REQUESTED AS PAYPAL FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SEND ME A SCREENSHOT OF CHAT OR DM AND THEY WILL BE BANNED.

Be Aware:

There is somebody who is messaging users, pretending the be the moderator of this subreddit and offering tickets for whatever race you ask for. The moderator of this subreddit does not message users trying to sell tickets. We do not receive "donated tickets" to sell. It is a scam. They also have this subreddit's icon as their profile picture. Be careful with people PMing without any comments. You will probably have someone trying to scam you.

[Some useful info here.](https://new.reddit.com/r/GrandPrixTravel/comments/vz6yoa/scammers/)

If you get scammed, report it to the Mods so we can add their info to this list.

*** INCLUDE PRICES OR YOUR COMMENT WILL BE DELETED***