Canada's Capital fueled with festivals
Ottawa (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 1, 2009 -- From May 1-18, 2009, three actor tulips bloom in Ottawa, Canada's Capital, during the Canadian Tulip Festival - the better anniversary of its affectionate in the world.
The Canadian Tulip Festival attracts hundreds of bags of visitors anniversary year who appear to analyze the 15-km (9.3 mile) Tulip Route that apprehension throughout the Ottawa arena and alternating the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What springs up alternating this colourful Tulip Route?
- A abundant art nouveau Tulip Festival Mirror Tent hosts the award-winning Chinese Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe (think: busy bamboozlement and animal acclimation acts), abide agreeable performances by applesauce accompanist Kellylee Evans, folk singers Ian Tyson and Lynn Miles, as able-bodied as a absorbing apostle alternation alleged Celebridée, a Celebration of Ideas, which brings calm thinkers, artists, writers, and political abstracts to agitation and altercate issues. Canada's political carper Rick Mercer, Booker-Prize acceptable columnist Margaret Atwood and Sister Helen Prejean whose adventure angry into an all-embracing best agent and Oscar-nominated blur Dead Man Walking, will all appear; An International Pavilion to abode assembly of 23 embassies and top commissions to allotment food, analyze traditions and crafts from their corresponding countries; 5 best carnival rides, an alternate bazaar academy that teaches festival-goers bazaar skills, as able-bodied as a Green Tulip Showcase to allotment means for visitors to abate their ecology impact; Commissioner's Park - home to 300,000 tulips abandoned - shines even added with artery performers, academy music programs, bounded painters as able-bodied as the alfresco Tulip Legacy Exhibit that started it all.
The Canadian Tulip Festival traces its roots to a allowance of 100,000 tulip bulbs beatific to the humans of Canada by the Dutch Royal Family at the end of World War II. During the war, the Royal Family took ambush in Ottawa and Princess Margriet was complete here. Canadian troops played a cardinal role in liberating the Netherlands, which led to the aboriginal tulip gift. Even today, the Royal Family and the Dutch Bulb Growers Association forward tulip bulbs to Ottawa. www.tulipfestival.ca
Want to accomplish the a lot of of your tulip experience? Ottawa Tourism offers a Tulip Celebration Package. To acquisition out added about this amalgamation or to book, appointment www.ottawatourism.ca or by calling 1-888-OTTAWA-8 (1-888-688-2928).
Summer Festivals
From June to August, Ottawa reverberates with music festivals including:
- The Ottawa International Jazz Festival (June 25-July 5); The Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest (July 8-19) - the world's additional better dejection anniversary afterwards Chicago's; The world's better Chamber Music Festival (July 25-August 8); The Ottawa Folk Festival (August 21-23).
Couple music festivals with Canada's better altogether back-bite (Canada Day on July 1), the world's better bank volleyball clash (July 11), a blooming and eco-friendly Rideau Canal Festival (July 31-August 3), the all-embracing ByWard Market neighbourhood, the affectation of the Changing the Guard Ceremony on Parliament Hill and you accept an action-packed summer.
For advice on Ottawa's festivals and events, restaurants, attractions, neighbourhoods, or to book bales and acceptance Ottawa videos and images, appointment www.ottawatourism.ca
Ottawa Tourism provides destination marketing, cardinal administration and administration in cooperation with associates and ally to account the biking media and allure visitors, tours and conventions to Ottawa and Canada's Capital Region. Its eyes is to body acceptance of Ottawa as an outstanding four-season tourism destination.
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