From Niagara This Week: The Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights marked the start of its 37th season with a day of interactive festivities at Queen Victoria Park Saturday. There was live entertainment, food trucks and a variety of interactive displays including illuminated teeter totters.
From Niagara This Week: It was another successful season for the Winter Festival of Lights, with increased visitor traffic and donations. The 90-day festival, which ran Nov. 3 to Jan. 31, saw 89,350 vehicles and 464 tour buses go through Dufferin Islands, up from the roughly 76,000 vehicles and 400 buses the previous season.
From blogTO: Canada’s largest lights festival is celebrating its 35th anniversary in Niagara Falls this year – and organizers say it’ll be their “brightest season yet.” More than a million people from around the world come each year to see more than two million lights displayed throughout Niagara Falls during the city’s annual Winter Festival…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Winter Festival of Lights turns 35 this year, but for organizers the challenge is making it feel born again every year. So expect more new wrinkles, displays and events when the two-month festival kicks off Nov. 18, says executive director Tina Myers. “The ideas are flowing,” she said after…
From Narcity.com: Three enchanting places, two million lights and one legendary waterfall. That’s what’s involved in Niagara Falls’ annual Winter Festival of Lights, the most dazzling holiday tradition in Ontario. Spearheaded by the Ontario Power Generation, the event is Canada’s largest illumination festival, attraction over 1.5 million visitors and 750 motor coaches each year. Beautiful…
Over the last week or so I’ve noticed more lights and displays coming out, in preparation for the OPG Winter Festival of Lights.
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights has received a top award by the International Festivals & Events Association. The local event was awarded the IFEA pinnacle award for best festival mobile application during the association’s annual convention in Arizona.
From Niagara This Week: Organizers of the Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights say extra funding from the city will allow for the festival to expand its programming for the 2017-18 event. On May 9, city politicians approved a request for $300,000 in additional funding so organizers could expand programming to mark a number…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A record number of people checked out the Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights last season.
The City of Niagara Falls sent out a newsletter recently that highlighted the fact that a few Niagara Falls events were in the list of top 100 events in 2017 in Ontario. Niagara Falls Canada Day Celebration (Niagara Falls) Jun 30 – Jul 2 Niagara Falls Santa Claus Parade (Niagara Falls) Nov 18 *OPG Winter…