In Ottawa, every year winterlude is held - a winter festival that attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists to the city. Winterlude is a real winter holiday. The whole city becomes an exhibition platform for ice sculptures, skating rinks for figure skating, and ice hockey. Numerous snow slides are created. On Lake Doe - the main ice rink, thousands of people can gather at the same time. Another famous Canadian holiday is the Calgary Stampede cowboy festival in Calgary. For 10 days in the city there are rodeo competitions. In addition to them, visitors of the holiday can go to exciting wagon races in the style of the Wild West, and also visit the agricultural fair. In the framework of the festival, there are dances of Indian tribes, attractions are set, and a parade is held.
FrancoFolie de Montreal is the largest francophone festival in the world. It takes place in the middle of June and gathers musicians performing in different styles - rock, chanson, pop, country, folk, punk, and hip-hop. Over the course of two weeks, more than 250 performances are given in Montreal. Another famous music festival takes place in Quebec in July in the open air. The program of the festival consists of three concert venues in different places of the city: for pop stars, for ethnic music and for different genres. The largest film festival in the country is the Toronto festival. It is one of the largest in the world. Stars of American and European cinema gather in Toronto in September to receive a prestigious award.
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