Osborne Village Canada Day Street Festival
Osborne Village, one of Canada’s Greatest Neighborhoods, will be having their annual Canada Day Street Festival. Out of all the Canada Day events in the city, this has to be our favourite. The entire block of Osborne Village is closed down for a huge street party.
The annual Osborne Village Street Festival & Canada Day Celebration in Osborne Village, is Winnipeg’s largest and longest-running street festival. Each year, well over 70,000 people visit the Osborne Village over the two and half day event. This unique event is produced by the Osborne Village Business Improvement Zone and the Village businesses. The Street Festival is just over one-kilometer-long located right on Winnipeg’s own Osborne Street in Osborne Village.
On June 30th, Osborne Street will close at approximately 6:00 pm. The Festival site begins to emerge within hours for a fully functioning patio, entertaining, eating and shopping experience. From 7:00 pm until 11:00 pm the festival draws crowds of thousands to enjoy the best neighbourhood in the City.
On July 1st, Canada Day the Main Stage kicks off with opening ceremonies at 11:00 am. Aboriginal drumming groups, marching of the flags by our local veterans will open the day. The singing of our national anthem followed by the Happy Birthday song will be heard for miles as our dignitaries cut the Giant Canada Flag Birthday Cake. Over four hundred pieces of cake will be handed out to festival goers.
Embracing Canada’s cultural mosaic, and Canada 150 this year’s festival will feature a Main Stage featuring local and National talent, hand-craft market place, Movie Night under the Stars, extended patios, live music stages, Skyzone Family Area, Fashion shows, Drag shows, Adventure Zone, culture dancers including Aboriginal drumming, and much more!
More info at http://osbornevillage.com/canada-day/.
Click through below for more things to do in Winnipeg on Canada Day…
