Liberation party to kick off festivities
The Ottawa Citizen
By Tony Lofaro
The Canadian Tulip Festival unveiled its new lineup Tuesday, offering 1945-style nostalgia with a Liberation Street Party and the return of some favourites, including a revived Festival Passport.
The theme this year is Liberation and a highlight is the Liberation Street Party, which kicks off May 7 on Sparks Street, recreating the events of May 7, 1945, when news arrived that Europe had been liberated by Allied forces. There will be bands and street cafés from Elgin to Bank Street, including Cabaret Libre, which will showcase 1940′s-era cabaret and swing music.
The festival runs from May 7 to 24.
The International Pavilion returns to Major’s Hill Park after a one-year stay at Lansdowne Park and will feature a beer garden hosted by Beau’s Brewery of Vankleek Hill, as well as the cuisine and culture of 23 countries.
Celebridée, the much vaunted speaker series, returns to the Mirror Tent at Major’s Hill Park and some of the announced speakers so far include Jeremy Rifkin, author of Empathic Civilization, Andrew Cohen, president of the Dominion Institute, and Ottawa lawyer Ron Caza.
Under its Capital Sounds banner, the festival is bringing music back to Major’s Hill Park with Ottawa bands The JiveWires and John Carroll and The FiftyMen. There will also be a P.E.I. Kitchen Party with chef Michael Smith, featuring six local restaurants offering samples of seafood.
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[N.B. Chantal Gagnon has advised that, in September of 2009 the Dominion Institute and the Historica Foundation of Canada merged to create the Historica-Dominion Institute, and that Andrew Cohen's proper title is President, Historica-Dominion Institute.]