Mattawa Voyageur Days
July 24th - July 27th 2008
Top 100 Ontario Festivals
Mattawa Voyageur Days
listed in The "Top 100
Ontario Festivals "

Make Mattawa your summer destination from Thursday July 24 to Sunday July 27, 2008 as we host the Mattawa Voyageur Days festival! This year’s festival includes a variety of new activities planned for everyone’s enjoyment in addition to our traditional crowd pleasing events.

Music line-up for 2008...****Wristbands - SOLD OUT!!**** click for Media Release

Thursday... Evening With the Stars

Friday... Angie Nussey; Aaron Lines and Michelle Wright

Saturday... The Stampeders; Jerry Doucette; The Headpins; Lee Aaron; Sweet (with Steve Priest); and Lou Gramm (Lead singer of Foreigner)

Sunday... Pat Travers; Mark Farner (Formerly of Grand Funk Railroad); followed by amazing Choreographed Fireworks!


There will be 500 night passes available one hour prior to concert time on the night
ONLY for Thursday, Friday and Sunday (NOT SATURDAY) for $25 per night.

 

In addition to great music, Mattawa Voyageur Days is pleased to include WORLD'S FINEST SHOWS - CONKLIN MIDWAY (in Ste Anne's Schoolyard) will be apart of our festival for the first time! Also included are events such as: The “Dam Tour”, Helicopter Rides & Tours, Mattawa River Canoe Race, Andre Champagne Memorial Lumberjack Competition, Trulee Odd Show - Street Performers, Muskoka Wildlife Show, Outreach Shows, True North Chevrolet Golf Tournament, Fun In the Sun Youth Day, Monster Bingo, Music on Main St., Crafters on Main St., Voyageur Marketplace, Food Vendors, Rock Climb Wall, Blacksmith's Show, Artisan Fair & Nature's Harmony and much, much more.  The festival’s events rise to a climax Sunday evening after dark with a choreographed fireworks show at the historic Explorer’s Point Park - and plenty more! Media Release..

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News Release...
Mattawa Voyageur Days voted in "Top 100 Ontario Festivals"
by Gerry Therrien from The Mattawa Recorder
 
Festivals and Events Ontario have listed Mattawa Voyageur Days in the Top 100 Ontario Festivals which include the likes of the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto Film Festival, Mississauga Waterfront Festival, Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa, Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Niagara Grape and Wine Festival, Octoberfest Kitchener Waterloo, Collingwood Music Festival and The Northern Lights Festival Boreal in Sudbury and ninety other festivals and events from across Ontario. Full story...

Distance to Mattawa..
Travel Time..
Toronto - 415 kms
4½ hrs
Ottawa - 295 kms
3 hrs
North Bay - 64 kms
¾hrs
Sudbury - 186 kms
2¼ hr
Sault St. Marie - 500 kms
5½hrs
Wristbands NOW ON SALE!
$25 In Advance
$30 Regular (after July 18th)
FREE - children under 10
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Mattawa Voyageur Days (Mattawa Information Centre - map it) 401 Pine St. PO Box 719, Mattawa, Ontario, P0H 1V0

 
Mattawa Voyageur Days
"A Part of Mattawa Voyageur Country”

  For more information call Mattawa Information Centre
 (705 744-0222 or 1-800-267-4222) or Contact Us
Services donated to the Mattawa Voyageur Days by Smile Information Services (SIS) for more information please contact Linda McConomy
Explorer's Point