The 3rd annual Canadiana Festival will bring Canadian culture to downtown Kalamazoo this Saturday, Sep 20. In an interview with Cara Lieurance, founder/organizer Channon Mondoux says the website has seen nearly 1,000 advance ticket registrations. While admission is free, tickets are required and available at canadianafest.fun.
The festival opens at 3:30 p.m. with a parade beginning at 4 p.m., led by the Kalamazoo Pipe Band performing Canadian-Scottish music. The six-hour celebration continues until 10 p.m. at the Arcadia Festival site downtown.
Musical performances span diverse Canadian genres, from indigenous music to folk and rock. Woodland Stream, led by Ojibwe member Owyn Zapata of the Nottawaseppi Huron band of the Potawatomi, will perform alongside indigenous artists MoniFaith and Deanna Bush, who will open the festival with traditional welcome songs…