Victoria, B.C. will host the 2014 Aboriginal Cultural Festival

From June 19 to June 21, Victoria, B.C. will host the 2014 Aboriginal Cultural Festival, highlighting and celebrating the region’s rich Indigenous culture through storytelling, artisans, dance, song and food. The three-day festival will take place on both the outdoor grounds and the second floor mezzanine of the Royal BC Museum and around Victoria’s Inner Harbour.

    The festival will feature main stage performances, including three-time world champion hoop dancer Alex Wells; an artisan area where people may watch demonstrations, meet the artists and also learn about the new Authentic Aboriginal program that helps consumers identify products designed, created and sold by local Aboriginal artists; a children’s storytelling area; food vendors.

    “For thousands of years, Victoria’s Inner Harbour has been the gathering place of our people and we invite the community to join us in celebrating our traditional and modern culture,” said Chief Andy Thomas of Esquimalt Nation.

“While our nations are small in numbers, we are rich in song, language, stories, food and dance,” said Chief Ron Sam of Songhees Nation.