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Location : Windsro Sation, Montreal, Quebec
Contact : Marie-Josée Lefebvre
Email : mbiere@globetrotter.net
Tel : 514-722-9640
Fax : 514-722-8467
URL : www.festivalmondialbiere.qc.ca

Notes : Come to discover more than 350 beers domestic and imported, also 15 beers especially brewed for the 15th anniversary. Outside and inside site. Musical entertainment and a variety workshops, seminars ans contest.

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May 30, 2008 - Sep 22, 2008
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival

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Location : Vanier Park, Vancouver, BC
Contact : Cynnamon Schreinert
Email : cynnamon@shaw.ca
Tel : 604-802-2733
URL : www.bardonthebeach.org

Notes : With the West Coast Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, and Vancouver's skyline as your backdrop, enjoy one of four Shakespeare plays at Western Canada's largest annual Shakespeare festival. Held Vanier Park on the waterfront, these are plays you don't want to miss. The plays run from Tuesday to Sunday all summer long through to September. Check their website for dates on other special events and performances, such as a wine celebration, fireworks and an opera.

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Jun 21, 2008 - Jul 01, 2008
Alianait Arts Festival

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Location : Iqaluit, NU
Contact : Nadia Ciccone
Email : nadia@alianait.ca
Tel : 867-979-1484
URL : www.alianait.ca

Notes : For 10 days and 10 nights Nunavut's capital is filled with art, music, film, storytelling, dance, circus arts, theatre and much more! Alianait is an Inuit expression of joy and celebration and to celebrate International Polar Year. Performers from across the territory, the country and the circumpolar world joined in the festivities and wowed audiences with an array of remarkable artistic talent.

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Jun 26, 2008 - Jul 06, 2008
Montréal International Jazz Festival

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Location : Montréal, QC
Email : media_jazz@equipespectra.ca
Tel : 888-515-0515
URL : www.montrealjazzfest.com/

Notes : The long-awaited arrival of summer heralds excitement--the same sense of renewed excitement we've shared for almost 30 years. It's the excitement of knowing that Montreal will sing in tune with a planet of music, and that for 11 days and nights, this profoundly unifying event will turn North America's French capital into a mecca for everyone from aficionados of pure jazz to fans of all its musical relatives. The Festival is a global event for all people: some 20 to 30 countries are represented at the Fest by roughly 3,000 musicians and street performers. With 500 concerts, including 350 free shows to choose from, we join some 250,000 tourists who come to the City of Festivals every year for musical discoveries and reunions.

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Jun 28, 2008 - Jul 01, 2008
Festival of Lights

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Location : Charlottetown, PEI
Contact : Tracy Stretch
Email : tstretch@walkandseacharlottetown.com
Tel : 902-892-1935
URL : www.festivaloflightspei.com

Notes : Celebrate Canada's Birthday on Prince Edward Island! The largest display of fireworks on the east coast of Canada. Live outdoor concerts, beach volleyball, wakeboarding spectacles and children's entertainment on the historic Charlottetown Waterfront.

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Jul 01, 2008 - Jul 07, 2008
Trinity Pageant

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Location : Trinity, Trinity Bay, NL
Contact : Peter Rompkey
Email : pjrompkey@nf.aibn.com
Tel : 709-464-3232
URL : www.risingtidetheatre.com

Notes : The anchor event of our Festival, the pageant takes you on a magical journey through the lanes and roads and sites of Trinity. The whole summer company will entertain and enthrall you every step along the way. You will meet an array of colourful characters as our past unfolds in story and song. You will long remember Dustabella Durdle's first winter here, Peter Easton and his band of pirates, the Minister consoling his parishioners at St. Paul's church, the raucous mischief of the old traveling court, the heart wrenching tales of hardship and privation, and above all, the strength and courage and humour of our people. And you will surely stand and proudly sing the Ode to Newfoundland as you bid farewell to a great and grand recreation of our cherished past Since its founding as a professional theatre company in 1978, Rising Tide Theatre has offered audiences some of the finest plays and talent available in Canada. Rising Tide has mounted full-scale touring productions which have performed throughout the province, across Canada and in the United Kingdom. Several productions have been televised, both provincially and nationally.

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Jul 02, 2008 - Aug 10, 2008
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan

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Location : Saskatoon, SK
Contact : Mark von Eschen
Email : shakespeare.ad@sasktel.net
Tel : 306-653-2300
URL : www.shakespeareonthesaskatchewan.com

Notes : Each season, Saskatoon's riverbank is transformed into a summer cultural paradise with Shakespeare performances and festive activities. Two full-length plays are performed in repertory by professional artists in large tents on the banks of the beautiful South Saskatchewan River in the heart of Saskatoon. The site also features the only riverside tavern in Saskatoon, with an outdoor deck overlooking the river.

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Jul 10, 2008 - Jul 13, 2008
Winnipeg Folk Festival

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Location : Winnipeg, MB
Email : info@winnipegfolkfestival.ca
Tel : 204- 231-0096
URL : www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca

Notes : Over 250 artists perform on seven stages around the Festival site throughout the weekend. These daytime stages give the artists opportunities to jam with each other, exchanging musical styles, stories and inspirations. They also give festival-goers a rare opportunity to see performers in a very up-close and personal setting, allowing a glimpse into the musical creative process. In the evening, everyone gathers at the Main Stage to enjoy an eclectic assortment of music against the backdrop of a prairie sunset. As the stars take over the night sky, blues, celtic, bluegrass, world and other infectious rhythms bring the dancers out of the crowd. The Winnipeg Folk Festival is music and more. In the Family Area, kids rule and imaginations are set loose. Laughter and singing can be heard from under the Chickadee Big Top, while in the activities area everything from juggling and stilt walking to fabulous craft-making can be enjoyed.

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Jul 11, 2008 - Jul 20, 2008
Great Northern Arts Festival

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Location : Inuvik, NWT
Contact : Marnie Hilash
Email : gnaf@town.inuvik.nt.ca
Tel : 867-777-8638
URL : www.greatnorthart.com

Notes : Experience the best that arts and culture in the North has to offer. Over 100 Northern artists from the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut gather in Inuvik for 10 days to participate in the largest Visual Arts Festival in the North. Evening performances by Northern musicians, drummers and dancers, along with public workshops and artist demonstrations. Visit the Great Northern Arts Festival Gallery to browse and purchase art in a unique professional gallery setting. Join us in celebrating Northern Arts and Culture during the Midnight Sun!

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Jul 16, 2008 - Jul 27, 2008
Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

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Location : Winnipeg, MB
Contact : Sue Caughlin
Email : publicist@mtc.mb.ca
Tel : 204-934-0302
URL : www.winnipegfringe.com

Notes : Over 70,000 visitors frolic to downtown Winnipeg to watch this extraordinary display of impromptu, professional theatre. The Fringe breaks down traditional boundaries between audience and artist by encouraging open dialogue in the theatre. A truly unique theatre experience like no other. 100% of ticket sales go directly to artists and performers involved.