Festivals

OVERVIEW

Terrace boasts a number of community-based outdoor events and festivals in parks and public spaces throughout the city and surrounding area. Our core event is the annual Riverboat Days, a ten day festival that features over 100 individual activities including a parade, outdoor concerts, salmon bbq, etc Other festivals include: Salmon Art Festival, Valhalla Music Festival, SkeenaWild Film Festival, etc. Many of our events are free to attend and can be enjoyed by all ages and offer something for everyone’s taste.

RiverBoat Days

Starting the August long weekend, Riverboat Days is the largest community festival in northwest British Columbia, highlighting the culture and heritage of the area. Riverboat Days offers huge variety, from interpretive walks, to sports tournaments, to live music. The 2018 program delivered more than 50 events over 10 days.

Longstanding crowd-gatherers such as the Legion Parade, the Fireworks over Ferry Island, Beach Blast Volleyball and Concerts in the Park never fail to please. Concerts features the best music from around the northwest, held outdoors in the centerpiece of Riverboat Days, George Little Park.

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Saint-Jean Baptiste Day

Held annually on June 24, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day is a national holiday that’s celebrated in Quebec where it's known as la Saint-Jean or la Fête nationale du Québec (“the National holiday of Quebec” in English). Many Canadian Francophone communities outside of Quebec also celebrate Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.

Held at Hertiage Park, come view live entertainment, food provided by Beyond Burgers, poutine eating contest, bouncy castle & games for the whole family!

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Pacific northwest

music festival

The Pacific Northwest Music Festival has been a major annual event in Terrace for the last 52 years. It is a competitive festival affiliated with Music Fest Canada.

The Festival society is a non-profit community based organization, and is non-political, non-sectarian, and non-religious. The society and festival are run entirely by volunteers.

Although it is a competitive event, the main focus of the festival is as a learning and growth experience for the participants, rather than a formal competition.

To assist in this highly qualified individuals are brought in as adjudicators for each discipline. They critique and evaluate each individual performance and provide guidance on improvement, in addition to scoring for the competition side.

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Valhalla Fest

ValhallaFest is a community, brought together by the love of electronic music, art, dance and love. It takes place over the weekend of the summer solstice in Terrace, BC. Rocking the most powerful beats in the North, we are creating a new music scene that is welcoming to any who wish to enter our gates.

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SkeenaWild Film Festival

SWFF celebrates nine sensational years of sharing original short films, features, youth films, and photographs submitted by Northern B.C. residents and people from around the world. Culminating an incredible melting pot of stories, visions and perspectives that shines a light on the wonder of the Skeena Watershed.

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Skeena Salmon Art Fest

We celebrate Salmon through public art, including murals, sculptures, carvings, banners, and more. We will also host the Skeena Salmon Art Show at the Terrace Art Gallery in August. This open and juried exhibit of regional artists celebrates our beloved salmon.

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