Media Advisory – 65th Canadian Tulip Festival Victoria Day Weekend Highlights
Canada NewsWire OTTAWA, May 17, 2017 /CNW/ –
| What: | 65th Canadian Tulip Festival Victoria Day Weekend |
| Victoria Day Weekend Highlights | |
| When: | Thursday, May 18 |
| Tulip Thursday at ByWard Bars and Restaurants | |
| Friday, May 19 | |
| 2nd Annual Canadian Tulip Festival Swing Dance ($) – Aberdeen Pavilion | |
| Saturday, May 20 | |
| Inspiration Village Launch – Ottawa 2017 | |
| Phoenix Big Band Bash to Fight Cancer ($) – Aberdeen Pavilion | |
| Saturday, May 20 + Sunday, May 21 | |
| Victory Encampment – The Great Lawn | |
| Sterling Ford Photo Contest | |
| Fairytale Princesses – Family Village, Great Lawn; Tulipmania Fireworks | |
| Canada’s Capital As – Dows Lake to Lansdowne Promenade | |
| Gordon Harrison, Laura Daub, Janice Street, Flowers Talk Tivoli Workshops ($) | |
| Sunday, May 21 | |
| Artists in Bloom Young Talent Showcase – Friendship Stage, Lansdowne Park | |
| 65th Anniversary Tulipmania Fireworks with Animation Prequel | |
| TD Place, Lansdowne Park ($) |
Still Going Strong: BEX Tulip Interactive (ByWard Market Tulip Park(ing); Artists at work among the tulips; guided and self-guided tours; Escape and Velogo Bicycle Tours; Handmade Marketplace; Lord Elgin Malak Gallery; Children’s Tulip Garden; Buskers; Music in the Tulips; Tulip Café; Embassy displays and presentations
How: Tickets for the Swing Dance, Big Band Bash, Fireworks and workshops as well as daily passes ($10 per person (and multiple free re-entry) with children 12 and under free) to the Lansdowne Park Tulip Gallery can be purchased at www.tulipfestival.ca as well as on site. The other Festival locations have free access.
About the Canadian Tulip Festival
Ottawa’s award-winning flagship festival since 1953, the Canadian Tulip Festival is one of the largest events of its kind in the world celebrating Ottawa’s official flower as a symbol of international friendship and peace. The Canadian Tulip Festival is a registered trademark
of the Canadian Tulip Legacy, a non-profit charitable organization established to celebrate the historic Royal gift of tulips from the Dutch to Canadians after World War II.
Canadian Tulip Festival is produced with support from generous corporate and community partners including: Capital Tek, ABI, Desjardins, Sterling Ford, Egg Farmers of Canada, Bloomex, KPMG, Gabriel Pizza, Signatures Shows, President’s Choice, Roots, Lord Elgin Hotel, KPMG, Vesey’s Bulbs, Federal Limousine, Used.ca, Whole Foods Market, CNW Group, Costco, Love Ottawa, The Royal Canadian Mint, National Capital Commission, Ottawa Festivals, Fairytale Princess Parties, Ecology Ottawa, Landscape Ontario, Creekside Wines, Lowertown Brewery, Top Shelf Distillers, Biagio’s Catering, Flow Water, Urban Turf, Byward Market , Glebe and Sparks Street BIAs, Dows Lake Pavilion and Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and many more, as well as tourism, restaurant and hotel partners, media sponsors and hundreds of volunteers.
SOURCE Canadian Tulip Festival
