| Summer festivals are the Canadian way of | | | | Festival and the Giggleshots-International |
| celebrating the season and truly enjoying the | | | | Comedy Short Film Festival in Toronto is the |
| best of the glorious sunshine and all round | | | | largest of its kind in the world and |
| good cheer. Across Canada, summer festivals | | | | everything you've heard about it is true. |
| add an air of festivity with a wide range of | | | | This major event is now all set to be staged |
| entertainments and exciting events. | | | | in the UK. |
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| The Fringe Festival represents the spirit of | | | | The Canada Dance Festival in Ottawa began in |
| summer festivals in Canada. This is where | | | | 1987 and is growing stronger by the year. It |
| anyone can perform and get away with | | | | is now the primary showcase for professional |
| appreciation. These perform or perish events | | | | dancers to strut their stuff. Get ready to |
| grant the performers one whole minute to win | | | | witness an awesome range of performances that |
| the audience or retreat. Events include | | | | will have you entranced. The Toronto |
| dance, music, comedy shows, drama, musicals, | | | | International Tango Festival is another venue |
| theatre and more. Audience can use the | | | | where dancers from all over the world come to |
| festival guide to help decide what to watch | | | | stage their passion for tango. |
| from the literally hundreds on show. Fringe | | | | |
| Festivals can be found in cities including | | | | Folk Festivals are held as part of summer |
| Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Victoria, | | | | festivals in Canada in Ottawa, Calgary, |
| Ottawa, London and many more. | | | | Winnipeg, and Edmonton among other places. |
| | | | All sorts of music from all over the world |
| Canada's summer festivals celebrate music | | | | including Celtic, aboriginal, country, swing, |
| like none other. The Cisco Systems Bluesfest | | | | and anything else you can think of are |
| in Ottawa, Ontario is a perfect example. | | | | performed with gusto, and uninterrupted for |
| Anything from Cuban music to jam bands can be | | | | four days. |
| expected at this extremely exhilarating music | | | | |
| fest. To add to the melee there are the side | | | | No celebration can be complete without wine |
| shows and the overall festival atmosphere. | | | | and beer. Canada's summer festivals celebrate |
| | | | this in style at the Great Canadian Beer |
| Here's one for the funny bone. Canada's | | | | Festival in Victoria, BC. Contrary to |
| summer festival celebration sets great store | | | | conclusions one may jump to, this is not a |
| by comedy shows. The Funnyfest Comedy | | | | drink all you can fest but rather an upmarket |
| Festival in Calgary, Alberta is where the | | | | venture where the quality of the beer has to |
| good humor spreads good vibes all around. | | | | be irreproachable as does the integrity of |
| Hilarious comedy shows, stand up comics that | | | | the brewer. It's more a celebration of the |
| make you double over, and plenty of laughing | | | | craft of beer brewing and its artistic |
| matter is on for about 16 nights | | | | aspect. The Niagara Wine Festival is a magnet |
| incorporating over a hundred performers. It's | | | | that draws visitors in their thousands to the |
| a punch line a minute attack that will have | | | | area. It runs in a series including the |
| you ROFL. | | | | Ice-wine Festival, the New Vintage Festival, |
| | | | and finally the Niagara Wine Festival. |
| Montreal of course has the Just for Laughs | | | | |