The Alouettes’ Eastern Final is sold out: here’s an easy Saturday plan to watch it with people

Verified: 2026-11-02. Game details below come from the CFL’s official media release of October 31, 2026 and dated press. Broadcast details can change, so check before Saturday.

Montreal has a big football Saturday coming. According to the CFL’s media release dated October 31, 2026, the Alouettes host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Eastern Final on Saturday, November 7 at 3 p.m. at Percival Molson Stadium. The winner goes to the 113th Grey Cup in Calgary on Sunday, November 15.

There’s one catch: the game is sold out. The Journal de Montréal reported on October 19 that more than 23,000 tickets had already been sold. So for most of us, Saturday’s real plan is watching it somewhere else, and that’s a pretty good excuse to get people together.

What we know about Saturday

• Kickoff: Saturday, November 7, 3 p.m. ET, Percival Molson Stadium (Winnipeg at Montreal).
• Where to watch: the CFL lists TSN1, TSN3, CTV, Crave and RDS as the Canadian broadcasters.
• What’s at stake: a spot in the 113th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Sunday, November 15 at 6 p.m. ET.
• A bit of context: the CFL notes this is Montreal’s fifth straight appearance in a Division Final, and that the team last hosted one in 2024.
• Tickets: sold out, per the Journal de Montréal (October 19).

Why a game is an easy way to meet up

This part is our take, not a study. A big game takes a lot of the pressure off seeing people:

• There’s a fixed time. “Saturday, 3 p.m.” is already decided for you. Nobody has to pick a date.
• There’s always something to talk about. Every play is a conversation starter, and quiet moments feel normal because everyone is watching the screen.
• You don’t need to be a football expert. Plenty of people at a watch party are there for the atmosphere. Asking “wait, what just happened?” is a perfectly good way to start talking to someone.
• It ends on its own. When the game is over, you can head home, or keep going if the group clicks.

A small plan for Saturday, in four steps

1. Pick the spot early. A neighbourhood bar with screens, a friend’s living room, or a café showing the game. If it’s a bar, call or check its page to make sure it’s showing the Alouettes, and get there before kickoff, since a sold-out game usually means busy screens across town.
2. Send one specific invite. “Alouettes Eastern Final Saturday at 3. Watching it at [place] in Rosemont, want to come?” works better than “we should watch the game sometime.”
3. Open it up to one or two more people. A coworker, a neighbour, someone new from your class or your building. A game is one of the few plans where adding a stranger feels completely natural.
4. Plan the after. It’ll be dark early now that the clocks have changed, so decide in advance whether it’s “game only” or “game, then dinner nearby.” Either is fine; knowing makes it easier to say yes.

Not into football?

You can still use the day. The game gives the whole city a shared moment on Saturday afternoon, and you’ll find people in a good mood wherever it’s on. If you’d rather skip it, the same idea works for any fixed-time event this week: one place, one time, one invite.

Going alone works too

Watching a game solo at a bar is one of the most normal things you can do. Sit near the screen, cheer when everyone else does, and you’ll likely end up chatting with the people next to you. If you want a little more structure, tell a couple of people where you’ll be: “I’m watching the Als at [place] Saturday at 3, come by if you’re around.”

Where ImIn fits in

ImIn is an iOS app for discovering, creating and joining in-person activities near you, starting in Montreal. You could post a plan like “Alouettes Eastern Final watch, Saturday 3 p.m., [bar name], 4 spots” so others nearby can join you, or join a plan someone else created. To be clear: this watch party is an idea for your week; it only shows up in ImIn if someone creates a plan for it. ImIn doesn’t guarantee new friends; it just makes it easier to turn an idea into a real date on the calendar.

This week’s small step: pick a place to watch Saturday’s Eastern Final and invite one person, or open the plan up on ImIn.

Want to create or join a local plan? Discover ImIn or get the app on the App Store.

Sources: Canadian Football League, “Final Four matchups set for Montreal and Edmonton,” media release, October 31, 2026; Journal de Montréal, “La finale de l’Est à guichets fermés,” October 19, 2026.

Cover photo: Fans arriving at Percival Molson Stadium for an Alouettes game, September 2013, by mark.watmough / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped, ImIn logo added).