By the time my colleagues and I arrived at Parc Équestre Olympique Bromont on Saturday, August 29th, around 4 p.m., the inaugural edition of BROMONT EN BLANC was already in full swing. Beneath a large marquee, 260 guests had embellished their tables with flowers, candles, glassware and personal flourishes, all framed by the chic picnic’s all-white dress code, under the theme of Union, Peace and Magic.
This outdoor banquet had begun its staging at 3 p.m., conceived as a community gathering inspired by the tradition of “en blanc” events, all made possible thanks to partnerships with Cirque Estrie, Peartree, Balnea, Érablière La Goudrelle, Kor Yoga Pilates, Le Roux, Lévesque Artiste Peintre, Residence Inn par Marriot Bromont and Cabinn Bromont. Their contributions and the setting gave the formula a distinctly Bromont character.
Equestrian grounds, late-summer light and white created a visual contrast that felt polished without becoming overly formal.
We spent the next hour moving through the gathering, listening to live acoustic music by Édouard Lagacé, while observing a live painting by Julie Lévesque, contornionist and acrobatic performances by Cirque Estrie, Champagne Laurent-Perrier sabrage and tasting in a bubble tent, and tables that reflected the participatory premise of the event.
Guests had arrived prepared to contribute to the scenery rather than simply occupy it. That attention to presentation gave BROMONT EN BLANC its strongest visual identity.
At 5 p.m., we left the guests as they opened their gourmet lunchboxes provided by restaurant Cabinn. We traded the equestrian park for the foot of the mountain in order to eat at the restaurant itself, inside the Residence Inn by Marriott Bromont hotel.
Dinner at Cabinn
Cabinn approaches mountain hospitality through relaxed elegance. Chef Laurent Godbout’s kitchen draws on Québec ingredients and generous, accessible cooking, while the restaurant’s identity borrows from the festive après-ski culture of the French Alps.
Dinner provided an out-of-uniform transition between two expressions of the all-white theme. The dining room softened the pace before the evening accelerated again. Cabinn’s food philosophy favours recognizable pleasures with creative details, while its cocktail program, developed under Fanny Gauthier’s direction, follows the same instinct for seasonality and conviviality.
By 7 p.m., CABINN EN BLANC was underway. Although the party served as an afterparty for BROMONT EN BLANC guests, it had its own audience as well. Some white-clad revellers with youthful energy arrived directly at Cabinn, turning the restaurant of the Residence Inn by Marriott Bromont hotel into a second destination rather than a simple continuation of the first event.
CABINN EN BLANC After Dark
As daylight faded over the mountain, the atmosphere shifted toward music, cocktails and movement. Cabinn’s terrace and social spaces suit this kind of transformation. The property was designed around an Alpine-inspired idea of hospitality where dining, champagne bottle sabrage, drinking and celebration can flow into one another.
The all-white wardrobe created continuity with the afternoon, yet CABINN EN BLANC developed its own rhythm. From 7 p.m. until midnight, the restaurant became a party setting, with the festive trance growing as dinner gave way to dancing under the spell of violinist Nathan Mignien and DJ Lud. The result felt like a bacchanalia celebrating life with a smile.
A Room at the Mountain
At midnight, my final destination required only a short elevator ride upstairs. A courtesy night at the Residence Inn by Marriott Bromont, which opened in January 2026, completed the experience with comfort. The hotel’s Scandinavian-inspired rooms include full kitchens, dining areas and large windows, features that position the property for longer mountain stays as naturally as for a one-night escape.
The next morning, my colleagues and I reflected on the hours spent moving between white tables, dinner plates and a dance floor.
From the quiet of our room, we chatted about how the previous day traced a compact portrait of Bromont hospitality: communal outdoors, culinary indoors, festive after dark, then restful in retreat. We were so grateful to Sébastien Abrieu, owner of Cabinn, and Nathalie Fauteux, Director of Sales and Marketing at Residence Inn by Marriott Bromont, and the five founders of BROMONT EN BLANC, for their extraordinary generosity.
For devotees of all-white dress-coded parties, Bromont offered two complementary interpretations in one evening. BROMONT EN BLANC supplied the spectacle of feasting; CABINN EN BLANC carried the dress code into a night of dancing. Together, they made wearing white feel less like a colour requirement and more like a passport between places across one late-summer Bromont evening.
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This post was revised by AI