{"id":1100,"date":"2014-05-17T09:47:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T09:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.7.128\/wpmigrate\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2014-05-17T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T09:47:16","slug":"10-victoria-day-events-festivals-across-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/10-victoria-day-events-festivals-across-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Victoria Day Events &amp; Festivals Across Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Got plans for the Victoria Day or May &#8220;2-4&#8221; long weekend? &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tripatlas.com\/new<\/a> has put together a 10 fun events and festivals taking place across Canada during Victoria Day weekend.&nbsp; From Ottawa to Montreal, Toronto to Calgary and Victoria &#8211; find out about these great events for children, families and adults!<\/p>\n<p>Explore more of Canada&#8217;s best attractions and destinations: <a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/articles\/449\/10_Amazing_Dream_Weekend_Getaways_in_Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Amazing Dream Getaways in Canada<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/articles\/519\/10_Incredible_Spa_Getaways_and_Destinations_in_Canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Incredible Spa Getaways and Destinations in Canada<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>10 Victoria Day Event &amp; Festivals Across Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/articles\/victoriadayparade.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Victoria Day Parade\" title=\"Victoria Day Parade\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" align=\"right\" \/>If you&#8217;re thinking about a quick weekend getaway, read on for some great travel deals for the Victoria Day weekend!&nbsp; Be sure to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/tripbuilder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tripatlas.com\/new&#8217;s Trip Builder<\/a> to connect with over 104,000 travel agents and companies ready to offer you their best deals on your trip &#8211; save on hotels, all-inclusive vacations, car rentals, flights and more with tripatlas.com\/new&#8217;s Trip Builder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria Day Parade in Victoria, BC<\/strong> &#8211; What better place to celebrate Victoria Day than in Victoria, British Columbia?&nbsp; The Victoria Day Parade takes place in Downtown Victoria on May 18th.&nbsp; With over 120,000 spectators watching marching bands, floats and clowns, the parade is fun and entertainment for the whole family.&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourismvictoria.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tourismvictoria.com<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa, ON and Gatineau, QC<\/strong> &#8211; Besides Winterlude and Canada Day, the Tulip Festival in Ottawa and Gatineau is the largest event that takes place in the nation&#8217;s capital and the surrounding area.&nbsp; The festival goes from May 1-18 this year and features 3 million tulips along a 15km Tulip Route.&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tulipfestival.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tulipfestival.ca<\/a> for more.&nbsp; If you book a 2-night package with Ottawa Tourism, you get the 3rd night half price with participating hotels: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawatourism.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ottawatourism.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/articles\/victoriadaypark.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Juliana Park\" title=\"Juliana Park\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" align=\"left\" \/>Juliana Park Victoria Day Festival in Ottawa, ON<\/strong> &#8211; Takes place from May 8-18 on weekends (Friday to Sunday plus Monday the 18th) for families in Juliana Park.&nbsp; The festival includes a petting zoo, face painting, concessions, band shell entertainment and cultural events.&nbsp; Admission is free!&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriadayfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.victoriadayfestival.com<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hot &amp; Dry Weekend in Montreal, QC<\/strong> &#8211; Is a festival organized by the Bad Boy Club Montreal (BBCM Foundation), from May 14-18 with all-night parties and events featuring DJ&#8217;s from Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Italy.&nbsp; BBCM is a volunteer-based non-profit gay organization giving financial support to groups providing direct care to people living with HIV\/AIDS and to gay + lesbian community groups. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourisme-montreal.org\/What-To-Do\/Events\/hot-and-dry-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tourisme-montreal.org<\/a> for more.<\/p><div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>La Biennale de Montreal in Montreal, QC<\/strong> &#8211; is organized by the Centre international d&#8217;art contemporain de Montr&eacute;al (CIAC) and highlights contemporary Canadian art from established and emerging artists all over the world. Exhibits, conferences, workshops, musical performances and visual art exhibits take place daily beginning May 1-31, 2009 from noon to 7pm.&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biennalemontreal.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.biennalemontreal.org<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heritage Park Historic Village &amp; Victoria Day Tea in Calgary, AB<\/strong> &#8211; For those living or travelling to Calgary, Heritage Park Historic Village is celebrating their opening weekend with horse-drawn wagon rides and fun, educational activities teaching about the pioneers who settled in Western Canada. Admission is $20 for adults and $15 for children (ages 3-17).&nbsp; At the same time, Heritage Park&#8217;s Wainwright Hotel is offering a relaxing Afternoon Tea to celebrate Victoria Day on Monday the 18th for $15.95\/person.&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagepark.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.heritagepark.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tripatlas.com\/new\/images\/articles\/victoriadaycontact.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Toronto Photography Festival\" title=\"Toronto Photography Festival\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"381\" align=\"right\" \/>Toronto Photography Festival in Toronto, ON<\/strong> &#8211; Visit Toronto during the Victoria Day long weekend in May and check out Contact 2009, Toronto&#8217;s Photography Festival happening from May 1-31.&nbsp; The festival celebrates over 1000 local, national and international artists in over 220 venues across the Great Toronto Area.&nbsp; This year&#8217;s festival theme celebrates photography and art when used as a tool for political and social change.&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contactphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.contactphoto.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fireworks on the beach at Ashbridge&#8217;s Bay in Toronto, ON<\/strong> &#8211; Experience Victoria Day as a local and head down to Ashbridge&#8217;s Bay on Monday the 18th.&nbsp; Bring a blanket and spread out on the beach to watch the fireworks show light up the bay.&nbsp; Great deals for a Toronto Weekend Getaway are also available, starting at $99\/night for a 2-night weekend.&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reservations.torontotourism.com\/weekendgetaways.asp?WT.mc_id=T1060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Weekend Getaways<\/a> for more.<br \/><strong><br \/>Vancouver International Children&#8217;s Festival 2009 in Vancouver, BC<\/strong> is taking place from May 11-18.&nbsp; This world-renowned festival of performing arts for children has been educating, entertaining and inspiring audiences since 1978.&nbsp; From music to theatre, storytelling, puppetry, roving entertainers, circus arts and a free outdoor stage featuring some of Canada&#8217;s best children&#8217;s entertainers &#8211; it&#8217;s fun for everyone!&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensfestival.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.childrensfestival.ca<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>72nd Victoria Highland Games &amp; Celtic Festival, BC<\/strong> is a two-day event going from May 16-18 in Topaz Park includes a wide range of Scottish and Celtic activities and heavy competition between Team Canada and Team USA.&nbsp; For $8\/person, visitors will be entertained by an Address to Haggis (a la Rabbie Burns) twice a day, country dancing, bagpiping, haggis hurling, sheepdog herding, fiddling, historical demonstrations, Scottish and Celtic concessions, a beer garden, a pancake breakfast and lots of events for kids.&nbsp; Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriahighlandgames.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.victoriahighlandgames.com<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"3a64bb57635b757d04b12bcf0c14b9a3\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n          <p><a id=\"link-15\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" id=\"img-15\" src=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\r\n            <script>\r\n            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n              if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n                var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);\r\n                document.getElementById(\"link-\"+myObj.id).setAttribute('href',myObj.url);\r\n                document.getElementById(\"img-\"+myObj.id).setAttribute('src','https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/\/uploads\/'+myObj.image);\r\n              }\r\n            };\r\n            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/\/api\/Ads\/15\", true);\r\n            xmlhttp.send();\r\n            <\/script>\r\n        \r\n        <style>\r\n        *{box-sizing:border-box}.top-container{display: grid;grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;}.column{float:left;width:100%;padding: 0 7.5px 15px 7.5px;}.row{margin:0 -5px}.row:after{content:\"\";display:table;clear:both}@media screen and (max-width: 600px){.top-container{display: block;grid-template-columns: unset;}.column{width:100%;display:block;margin-bottom:20px}}.card{text-align:center;}.card_image img{width:100%}.card_body{padding:15px}.card_title{font-size: 14px;line-height: 19px;text-decoration: none;text-align:left;color: #333;}.card-heading{text-align: left;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}\r\n        <\/style>\r\n        <div class=\"row todays-top\">\r\n            <h3 class=\"card-heading\"> Recent Articles: <\/h3><div class=\"top-container\" id=\"todays-top\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <script>\r\n            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n            if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n            var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText); \r\n            myObj.forEach(function(item) {\r\n            document.getElementById('todays-top').innerHTML += '<div class=\"column\"><div class=\"card\"><div class=\"card_image\"><a href=\"'+item.url+'\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"'+item.image+'\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"card_body\"><a href=\"'+item.url+'\"><h3 class=\"card_title\">'+item.title+'<\/h3><\/a><a href=\"'+item.url+'\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>';\r\n            });\r\n            }\r\n            };\r\n            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/api\/Drprem_blogs\", true);\r\n            xmlhttp.send();\r\n            <\/script>\r\n        \r\n        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.videoWrapper{position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0}.videoWrapper iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"videoWrapper\" id=\"video_7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvar xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                document.getElementById(\"video_\"+myObj.id).innerHTML = myObj.embed_video_code;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            }\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            };\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.open(\"GET\", \"https:\/\/fetch.drprem.com\/api\/Videos\/7\", true);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            xmlhttp.send();\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 fun events and festivals taking place across Canada during Victoria Day weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}