Huron Multicultural Festival
Friday, June 28 & Saturday, June 29, Courthouse Park, Goderich
The Huron Multicultural Festival is expanding to two days in 2024 with an exciting event taking place in Courthouse Park in Goderich on Friday, June 28 and we are very pleased to announce that this event is now FREE thanks to the contributions of our valued sponsors. Join us for a party in the Square as we welcome JUNO Award-winning Digging Roots with opener Drives the Common Man! This is a licensed, 19+ event that requires a ticket to enter the event – please book your FREE tickets online.
Then all are welcome to join us Saturday, June 29, for the traditional free outdoor festival that celebrates the customs and traditions of Canada’s diverse populations. The festival includes a stage show of music and dance from around the world, a global food court and marketplace, children’s activities, and licensed beer garden.
Le Festival multiculturel du comté Huron revient au Parc Courthouse à Goderich le vendredi/samedi 28/29 juin. Tous et toutes sont invités à participer à ce festival gratuit en plein air qui reconnaît et célèbre les coutumes et les traditions des diverses populations du Canada. Le festival comprend a concert, et musique et danse du monde entier, une global aire de restauration et un marché internationaux, des activités pour enfants, et un jardin de bière licensed.
Friday, June 28, gates open at 6 p.m.
Digging Roots and Drives the Common Man
We are very pleased to welcome Juno Award-winning group Digging Roots and Drives the Common Man to this year’s Festival to kick off the Canada Day weekend with a party in Courthouse Park! While the music starts at 8 p.m., gates open at 6 p.m. for you to enjoy dinner from a number of local food trucks (Bobby’s Tandoori, Howling Moon Aboriginal Catering, Wicked Witches of West Street, and Local Rolla) and a drink from the Cowbell Brewing Co. beer garden! This is a licensed, FREE 19+ event.
Digging Roots
Winner of the 2023 Canadian JUNO Award for Contemporary Indigenous Group of the Year, Digging Roots breathe life into songs from their land, Turtle Island, to raise their voices in solidarity with a global chorus of Indigenous artists, activists and change-makers.
For over a decade, Digging Roots have traveled the world with a joyful message of resistance, celebrating Anishinaabe and Onkwehón:we traditions of round dance and interconnectedness. As Roots Music Canada says, the band is “…badass, empowering and hopeful all at the same time.”
Drives the common man
Saturday, June 29, 12-6 p.m.
Huron Multicultural Festival’s vibrant celebration of diversity and culture continues in Courthouse Park on Saturday, June 29 from 12-6 p.m. Visitors of all ages will enjoy an array of free activities, a stage show of music and dance from around the world, a global food court and marketplace, children’s activities, and licensed beer garden.
**Watch for updates as they become available.
Performers
Watch for full schedule coming soon!
- The Ukwehuwe Connection
- Nyai Rondha
- CalúJules – Flamenco Plus
- Cracovia Polish Folk Dance Ensemble
- T.DotBatu
- Levant Dabke
- Drums et al
- Alina Shyshkivska, gymnast
- Conexión Latina
Food Vendors
- Bobby’s Tandoori House
- Pabla’s Street Food of India
- Exeter Thai
- Howling Moon Aboriginal Catering
- The Curry Corner
- Prassado Brazil
- White Carnation
- Khawla’s Kitchen
- Marquez Churros
- Filipino Cultural Group
- Indonesian Cultural Group
- Pakistani Cultural Group
- Wicked Witches of West Street
Artisan and Cultural Tents
- Imported by Poncho
- Creative Henna
- Ukraine cultural tent
- Pakistan cultural tent
- Indonesia cultural tent
- Phillipines cultural tent