January 18, 2002
Salluit to host summer music festival
The 24th Eastern Arctic
music festival will be held in the Hudson Strait community of Salluit next summer,
from July 24 to Aug. 2.
The popular event is held
every two years in Nunavik. In 2000, Inukjuak hosted the festival.
Salluits seven-member
steering committee has decided the 2002 edition of the music festival will last
for 10 days.
Festivities will include
performances by artists from Nunavik, Nunavut, Labrador, Greenland and southern
Canada as well as other musicians. One of the festivals main events will
be the arrival of Peterhead boats, arriving as tall ships, to kick off the opening
ceremonies.
Organizers expect up to
1,500 guests at the festival, which will more than double the communitys
size.
More information about
the music festival is available from Noah Koperqualuk at (819) 255-8954.
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