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Aug062010

Looks Like Canada 4: Popular and Weird Summer Festivals

People around the world love summer festivals. Canadians are no exception. In this episode, I take a look at some of the most popular and some of the strangest festivals that take place every summer in Canada.

Chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta.

 

The Bard on the Beach festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

 

Here is some footage I took last year of a rural festival outside of Osaka, Japan. Although this one is a Fall Harvest festival, it gives you an idea of how interesting a Japanese festival can be!

 

Street performers get the crowd involved at the Halifax International Buskers festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

Festivals mentioned in this show:

The Big Ones:

The Bard on the Beach, Calgary Stampede, Edmonton International Fringe Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Halifax International Busker Festival, Louisbourg Crab Festival 

The Slightly Odd Ones:

Pingfest, East Coast Garden Party (in Alberta), Collingwood Elvis Festival, The Giant Omlette Get-Together

 

 

Looks Like Canada 4: Popular and Weird Summer Festivals

Host: Kevin O'Shea

Running Time: (12:32)

 

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