Canada Current Events
Canada is a well-known tourist destination visited by large number of tourists from all over the world. Featuring 10 provinces and three unique territories, Canada is home to an extensive range of geographical and cultural characteristics. A visit to Canada is sure to offer you with an assortment of the mountains, oceans, and other attractions.
Canada current events, like its range of attractions, also offer a blend of musical, arts and culture, dance, and theatrical events along with a mix of environment friendly festivals and shows. Here, you can also get to witness the bright British Columbian communities and cowboy culture in Alberta. Different Canadian cities present fort you a different flavor of attraction. While the Saskatchewan and Manitoba province would offer a taste of rural Canada, Ontario features a finest mix of rural and urban world. The historic city of Quebec also offers a range of historic cites of interests. You can also get to witness beautiful landscapes in the Northern Canada.
Recent Canadian Events
These Canadian cities featuring diversified attractions are also home to a range of events and festivals throughout the year. The Canadian events and festivals feature significant attractions appealing to all age groups. The Canadian province is home to a range of events, be it especially for the children or for any particular sector of the community. Here is a list of some of the Canada current events scheduled for the year 2010-
- East Meets West: Foothills Brass in concert with Autorickshaw
East Meets West is one of the most popular Canadian events scheduled for the month of October in the Canadian events calendar. This event, co-produced by Foothills Brass Society and the Foothills Brass unites with the auto rickshaws to feature a musical event. This event tries to create a rare and one of a kind musical event featuring Toronto's progressive jazz world band and one of Canada's foremost brass quintets.
Event details
Date - October 22, 2010
Venue: The Matchbox Theatre, Red Deer, AB - Millionaire Mind Intensive
The Millionaire Mind Intensive is a popular event in Canada featuring all the financial and economic needs of the people. The event, organized by the Peak Potentials Training would seek to offer you with knowledge concerning your financial future. This 3-day event would hold seminars and conferences. While at this event, you will get to know about various facts and techniques of managing your finances. You will get to know how to -
- Stop the blame game and have power over of your financial future
- Focus on making a wealth while others keep their focus on fear
- Make your own personal economy that flourish at all times
- Make money even in your with massive, passive income
- Generate and uphold wealth with the strategies of the rich
Event details
Date - November 5, 2010 until November 7, 2010
Venue - Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, Burnaby, BC
- GIRAF6
The GIRAF6 is a popular annual Canadian event that sets in its 6th year with the celebration in 2010. GIRAF stands for ‘Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival’. This festival is the rarest and exclusive Canadian event that is best known for featuring an independent animation festival in Canada. The focus of this festival lies on promoting experimental and self-produced animated film. The 6th annual celebration of this event that would go on for 5 days would feature 10 screenings, a Panel Discussion, 2 Visiting Artists, Artist Talks, Workshops, and party of fun and feast. The animation festival holds great appeal for the children along with the adults. The 6th annual film festival would include world recognized names like, artists Bruce Bickford (Seattle), and Cam Christiansen (Calgary). Other renowned names in the animation industry like, Don Hertzfedlt, Jan Švankmajer, Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Animation, and Priit Parn.
Event details
Date - November 3- 7th 2010
Venue - #201, 351 11 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
Tel - (403) 261-5767
The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), aka The Ex, is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The CNE grew out of an annual late summer fair at a time when Toronto was the centre of a farming community. It is Canada's largest fair and the fifth largest in North America, with an average annual attendance of 1.3 million.[1]
Apart from the above-mentioned Canada current events, the Canadian provinces re home to an extensive arrange of festivals throughout the year. The Canadian provinces are popular for featuring the finest blend of children’s festival and adult festivals along with an assortment from different cultural aspects of the society. The calendar year of the province is best known for being home to a range of festivals and events throughout the year. In general, maximum of the events features as annual event.
Here is a look at some of thepopular genre of Canadian festivals
held in the Canadian province throughout the year –
Children's Festivals
- Winnipeg International Children's Festival
- Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival
Comedy Festivals
- Just For Laughs, Montréal
- FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival
Cultural Festivals
- Festival du Voyageur, Winnipeg
- Carnaval de Québec
- Winterlude, Ottawa
Exhibitions
- Red River Exhibition, Winnipeg
- Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
- Ottawa SuperEX (Central Canada Exhibition), Ottawa
Film Festivals
- Festival des Films du Monde, Montréal
- The Ottawa International Film Festival, Ottawa
- Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Music Festivals
- Canadian Music Week, Toronto, Ontario
- Montreal International Reggae Festival
- Toronto Jazz Festival, Toronto, Ontario
- Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary, Alberta
Literary Festivals
- Calgary International Spoken Word Festival
- Saskatchewan Festival of Words Moose Jaw, SK
- Winnipeg International Writers Festival
Canada current events offering a mix of literary, film, music, art and cultural, and comedy festivals along with children’s festivals appeals and attracts tourists from all around the world.
