Indigenous Day Celebration

Tuesday, June 21st

Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day at Mādahòkì Farm to experience authentic Indigenous culture and free family fun! Meet the rare Ojibwe Spirit Horses, take part in interactive Indigenous games and enjoy live music and performances.

Free shuttles are available from 3PM at the Byward Market (York St near the Ottawa Sign). Gates open at 3PM.

Admission is free. Pre-registration for timed entry is required.

Onsite Parking is extremely limited and street parking on West Hunt Club Road is not permitted. A limited number of daily parking passes can be purchased in advance when you register for $20. Pass must be printed and displayed on the dashboard when the vehicle is parked in the lot.

LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES | 4PM - 8PM

The Celebration Stage is the place to be for live music, cultural showcases and Indigenous theatre. On National Indigenous Peoples Day we have a full line up to celebrate the day.

– 4:00pm: Inuit Throat Singing

– 4:30pm: Dallas Arcand (World Champion Hoop Dancer)

– 5:00pm: tbc

– 5:30pm: Silla & Rise

– 6:30pm: Sechile Sedare

*Line-up subject to change.

OJIBWE SPIRIT HORSES | 4PM - 8PM

Witness the beauty and hear the stories of the Rare Ojibway Spirit Horses. We are proud to welcome our new herd of the rare and endangered Ojibwe Spirit Horses to this year’s Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival. These horses really share their own story on the sacred connection to the Ontario lands where they roamed free for thousands of years. You will have a chance to see these special little horses and hear their stories through the work of Artist Rhonda Snow with a painted series of stories she collected from the Elders across Turtle Island on their memories of this once wild horse.

+ MORE ONGOING INTERACTIVE STATIONS & DEMONSTRATIONS | 4PM - 8PM

Arts and Craft Vendors
Indigenous Food Vendors
Farm Play Area
Petting Zoo
Meet the Ojibwe Spirit Horses
Interactive Art Activities with Rhonda Snow
Pony Rides with Ojibwe Spirit Horses and Friends

MOVIE NIGHT UNDER THE STARS | 8PM

To cap our National Indigenous People’s Day celebrations we are hosting a Movie Night Under the Stars at 8PM featuring the 2020 film, Run Woman Run. Run Woman Run is a drama/comedy directed by Zoe Hopkins that tells the story of a single mother reclaiming her family and dreams with the guidance of an unlikely coach.