| |
Please Choose a Section:
Festival Overview
 This year's festival is being hosted at the Copps Coliseum and Hamilton Place
Theatre, Hamilton, ON on November 28th to 29th, 2009
The Festival, the “signature event” for Canadian Aboriginal peoples will be staged in
Hamilton over four days. Organizers are confident that attendance will exceed past years
with more than 40,000 visitors taking in the festival.
Visitors to the festival over the past fifteen years have included Canadians from across
the country, numerous American visitors and many from various off shore countries.
The festival has literally something for everyone... the Canadian Aboriginal Music
Awards, Education Day, amateur Lacrosse Skills Competition, music and performing arts
venues, traditional foods, excellent shopping and information at more than 250 booths
and the centerpiece of the festival – Canada’s largest Pow Wow.
The Pow Wow attracts over 1,000 dancers from every corner of North America.
The Pow Wow starts with a Grand Entry when all dancers dance into the dance circle in
full regalia to the beat of the drums. The motion, colour and sound of the Grand Entry is
spectacular and for many visitors, emotional. In addition to the dancers, veterans, both
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, Elders, Aboriginal members of the armed forces and
various police organizations and others also participate in the Grand Entries. Theme of
the Pow Wow will be “Saluting Our Warriors”, past and present.
Visitors are advised to arrive early to take in the Main Stage Performances, which
features traditional performances, by some of North America’s outstanding artists.
Grand Entries are scheduled for Saturday, 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday at
12:00 noon. The Main Stage performances start an hour before the Grand Entry.
Back to top
About the Copps Coliseum
101 York Boulevard,
Hamilton, Ontario L8R 3L4
As one of North America's most outstanding venues, Copps Coliseum is a marvel of planning flexibility.
The facility is climate controlled year round for comfort and is designed to accommodate a wide variety of events from entertainment, sports and trade shows to conventions, filming and more. It is directly accessible from the Hamilton Convention Centre and Hamilton Place.
A total of 117,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space is available. Retractable seating allows 87,000 sq. ft. on one level by combining 26,00 sq. ft. Arena Surface and the 61,000 sq. ft. Exhibition Hall. An additional 30,000 sq. ft. is offered on the Concourse level.
A street level ramp provides direct vehicle access to The Arena and Exhibition Hall Level. Move-in and move-out times are greatly reduced as there are four loading bays available. Media facilities (including a TV studio), dressing locker rooms and a First Aid room are also located on this level. Full catering services are available.
Visit the official Copps Coliseum website
Click here to view
a map of Copps Coliseum
Back to top
|
|
