Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival

Experience some of Canada’s best Indigenous talent through music, dance, workshops, food and more at this free, family-friendly event in Canada’s capital. Launching with a cultural celebration on Indigenous Day, the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival celebrates Canadian Indigenous peoples’ culture and heritage through a variety of programming such as live cultural performances, creative workshops, education days, traditional knowledge, culinary experiences, a movie night, and the popular international Competition Pow Wow. This festival is one of four seasonal events hosted by and held at Indigenous Experiences’ Mādahòkì Farm, a rural space within the greenbelt just south of downtown Ottawa.

Event Highlights: 

• Elder Opening Ceremony & Opening Remarks
• Family Fun Zone
• Interactive Stations & Demonstrations
• Longtable Feast by Chef Tawnya Brant ft Performance by Logan Staats
• World Champion Hoop Dancer Scott Sinquah
• Indigenous Experiences Presents “Sky Woman Falls To The Earth”
• Author’s Reading With Darcy Whitecrow & Heather M. O’Connor
• Ojibwe Spirit Horse Equine Assisted Learning
• Sunsdrum Inuit Throat Singers
• Métis Dancer Brad Lafortune
• David Finkle
• Author’s Reading with Dorothy Taylor – Traditional Horse Teachings and Ceremony
• Pow Wow Committee Specials & Glow in the Dark Pow Wow ft Dj Shub
• Pow Wow Pitch
• Inuit Games