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Family friendly celebrations all weekend long at Summer Solstice Festival

Writer: Hayley CombaluzierHayley Combaluzier

June 17-19: Experience and celebrate the diverse Aboriginal cultures of the National Capital Region. Friday, June 17 – Sunday June 19, 2016 head to Vincent Massey Park to experience and celebrate the diverse Aboriginal cultures of the National Capital Region. The International Competition Pow Wow attracts hundreds of singers and dancers from across North America for a vibrant and lively display of our living culture. Friday, June 17

  • 6:30-8:30pm Boys With Braids Community Event

  • 8:30pm Cody Coyote

  • 8:45pm Caveman Techno – Indigenous Fusion

  • 9:00 pm Circus Without Borders

Saturday, June 18
  • 10:30am Stories from Mother Earth – Kehewin Native Dance Theatre

  • 12 pm Join us for Grand Entry @ the Pow Wow!

  • 1pm Pow Wow Pitch

  • 2 pm Cultural Showcase – Prairie Fire, Métis Jiggers, Theland Kicknosway and throat-singers Tarniriik

  • 3:00pm Find Your Own Inner Elder (in the Elders Storytelling Tent)

  • 4:00pm Cultural Showcase

  • 4:45 pm Pow Wow Pitch Finalists

  • 6:00pm Twin Flames

  • 7:00pm George Leach

  • 8:00pm ArtCirq

  • 9:00 pm Geronimo Inuitiq

  • 9:15pm DJ Shub, Fire Hoop Dancer Beany John and Pyro Show!

Sunday, June 19
  • 12:00pm Join us for Grand Entry @ the Pow Wow!

  • 1:00 pm Cultural Showcase Prairie Fire, Métis Jiggers, Theland Kicknosway and throat-singers Tarniriik

  • 3:00pm Stories from Mother Earth – Kehewin Native Dance Theatre

  • 4:00pm Cultural Showcase – Prairie Fire, Métis Jiggers, Theland Kicknosway and throat-singers Tarniriik

Monday, June 20
  • Education Day for 6,000 Ottawa area school children

    WHERE: Vincent Massey Park, Heron Road and Riverside Drive, Ottawa WHEN: See Highlights below and complete schedule at www.ottawasummersolstice.ca

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