Native Harvest Festival & Traditional Powwow - September 14, 15, & 16, 2012
Celebrate a weekend of First Nations Culture - Music, Art, Pow Wow Dances and Drums. Friday evening has an outdoor concert featuring First Nations artists to kick off the weekend. Saturday and Sunday experience aboriginal dancing, First Nations Craft and food vendors, cultural workshops, children`s activities, demonstrations and more.
Accessible on-site parking only. Off-site parking and free shuttle bus service every half hour to the Museum is offered Saturday and Sunday at the following locations:
Emily Carr Public School, 44 Hawthorne Road, London, ONSt. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic School, 170 Hawthorne Road, London, ON
Public transit riders can also take a shuttle to the Museum from Masonville Mall (northwest corner, behind London transit bus stop)
Schedule of Events:
Friday, September 14, 2012 Traditional Dancers,
Singers, Drummers and Storytellers
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Opening Outdoor Concert – performers soon to be announced
Saturday,
September 15 & Sunday, September 16, 2012
10:00am – 4:30pm
Artist Demonstrations
Hand Drum, Medicine Wheel, beading & Mandela making workshops
Soapstone Demonstrations
Corn Bread Making Demonstrations
Cultural Food & Craft Vendors
“7th Generation” Youth Festival
with children & youth activities, including Totem
Pole Yoga, Tribal Face Painting,
Graffiti/Spoken Word/Hip Hop Dance Workshop, and much more
Upper Canada Woodland Allies Historical Reenactors
Flint Knapping demonstrations
London Potter’s Guild Pit Firing
Children’s craft activities and dig site
Tour the Museum’s gallery and special exhibits
Visit the Museum’s Quill Box Gift Shop
For a detailed program, including schedule of events, click here. You may also check out our new dedicated powwow website
