Saturday, June 22 | Festival Saturday

[Important Announcement] Saturday, June 22nd: Due to inclement weather the Drone Show has been cancelled and the Pow Wow has been moved to the Riding Arena. There is very limited space for spectators at the Pow Wow.​​

CELEBRATION STAGE

10:00 am – A traditional welcome to Algonquin Territory by an Elder
10:30 am – Sunsdrum Inuit Throat Singers
11:00 am – World Champion Hoop Dancer Scott Sinquah
11:30 am – Métis dancer Brad Lafortune
1:30 pm – Performer David Finkle
2:00 pm – Sunsdrum Inuit Throat Singers
2:30 pm – Janet McCue – Women Singers and Conundrum
3:00 pm – World Champion Hoop Dancer Scott Sinquah
3:30 pm – Métis dancer Brad Lafortune
4:00 pm – Performer David Finkle
4:30 pm – Sunsdrum Inuit Throat Singers
5:00 pm – Inuit Games with Aalla (Stranger)
5:30 pm – Six Nations Women Singers
6:30 pm – World Champion Hoop Dancer Scott Sinquah
7:00 pm – Métis dancer Brad Lafortune
7:30 pm – Janet McCue – Women Singers and Conundrum
 

MAMAWI LODGE

10:30 am – Blanket Exercise with Elaine Kicknosway
1:00 pm – Algonquin Language Bingo with Samantha Tenasco
2:00 pm – Culinary workshop with Trudy Metcalfe-Coe
3:30 pm – Algonquin Language Bingo with Samantha Tenasco
4:30 pm – Culinary workshop with Trudy Metcalfe-Coe
7:00 pm – Indigenous Trivia with Janelle Niles

WORKSHOP TENT

1:00 pm – Hair Pipe Beaded Bracelet with Ashley-Rose Machendagoos
3:00 pm – Bougie Birch Dreamcatcher Workshop

RIDING ARENA

10:30 am – Ojibwe Spirit Horse Equine Assisted Learning with Rhonda Snow
4:00 pm – Ojibwe Spirit Horse Equine Assisted Learning with Rhonda Snow

POW WOW GROUNDS

12:00 pm – Grand Entry
6:00 pm – Grand Entry
9:30 pm – DJ and Glow in the Dark Hoop Dance
10:00 pm – Drone Show

STORYTELLING

(Located behind workshop tent)
9:00 am – Pow Wow Pitch registration
10:00 am – Pow Wow Pitch Round 1
11:00 am – Runs with the Stars by Darcy Whitecrow
1:00 pm – Pow Wow Pitch top 10 announcement
2:00 pm – Sacred Water Teachings by Dorothy Taylor
3:00 Pow Wow Pitch Round 2 pitches
4:00 pm – Runs with the Stars by Darcy Whitecrow
4:30 pm – Pow Wow Pitch people’s choice voting and winners
5:00 pm – Strawberry Moon Teachings by Dorothy Taylor

FAMILY FUN ZONE

(12:00 pm – 7:00 pm)

  • Jed the Mechanical Bull – Test your bull riding skills with this fun family attraction for all ages.
  • Farm Play – Hay Bales, climbing, corn play & small animals
  • Inukshuk Building – Alla (Stranger) will build and demonstrate traditional Inuit inukshuks on site.
  • Quillwork Demonstration with Christine Toulouse
  • Wigwam Building with Chuck Commanda
  • Métis Games – Hatchet throwing and archery
  • Inuit Games -Join Stranger to explore some of the more popular Inuit Games
  • Ojibwe Spirit Horses – Meet some of Canada’s only Indigenous horses.
  • 11 am / 2 pm and 5 pm – Birds of Prey Demonstration with Canadian Raptor Conservatory
  • Interactive Music Station with Janet McCue and the Conundrum
  • Rocky climbing wall

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