01 | March 2023
There are so many reasons to volunteer and get involved with your local community we thought we would talk to our Volunteer Services Team and compile a list of some of their top reasons to volunteer. So without further ado we present five reasons to volunteer with the festival!
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01 | March 2023
Whether you're paddling on the water, playing at Canada's largest playground or enjoying the free concerts, you're going to be building up an appetite.This year the festival has a delicious assortment of delectable foods in store with more being announced all the time. So make sure to come out ...
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14 | February 2023
2023 REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Planning for the 2023 Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is well underway and will be taking place on the first weekend of summer, June 22-25, on the Rideau River in the natural setting of Mooney’s Bay.
The 2023 regatta is a premier race on the North American ...
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28 | October 2022
2023 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPENS NOVEMBER 1, 12PM EST
The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival has announced that the 2023 edition will take place June 22-25 on the Rideau River in the beautiful setting of Mooney’s Bay Park.
The 2023 edition is a Dragon Boat Canada Race Series Event and ...
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15 | June 2022
How do you make a festival full of fantastic racing, artists and food even better? For the 2022 edition of the festival we partnered with local micro brewery Beyond The Pale and Side Hustle Sodas to do just that. From Beyond The Pale's delicious lineup of beers to the introduction of Side Hustl ...
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03 | June 2022
The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is thrilled to announce an exciting partnership with locally owned and independently operated Ottawa micro-brewery Beyond The Pale that will see them become the “official beer” of the festival.
The festival returns to in-person competition with fantas ...
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24 | May 2022
All festival long, you will get the chance to find one-of-a-kind art offerings on the festival site at Mooney's Bay Park! The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival has partnered with local francophone multi-disciplinary artist CoBlou to encourage you to explore the natural setting of the fes ...
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24 | May 2022
Come to Mooneys Bay to witness all the fun both big and small when you watch the races and take in the grandeur of a miniature festival from LEGO artist Matthew Ready. The mini-festival will be on display June 24-26 in Paddlers Paradise on the beach.
Before the pandemic Matt Ready had been a p ...
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24 | May 2022
Local artist Debbie Ratcliffe joins us from BEING Stuidos with "Disco Dancing Dragon". Debbie's wonderful dragon is also being featured on the 2022 Volunteer Shirts.
ARTIST BIO
We want a new vision. We want to amp it up. Colours of the world. Hear our roar. We are the queens and kings. Come an ...
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24 | May 2022
Singer-songwriter Steve Neville is a cancer survivor and Métis musician. He resides with his family in Guelph, Ontario on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation of the Anishinabeek Peoples. Born in Ottawa, he belongs to the historic Georgian Bay Métis and Envi ...
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