From Niagara Falls Review: There’ll be a prehistoric addition to this year’s Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights. Among the new additions to the 34th edition of the festival will be a 10-foot-tall 3D woolly mammoth as part of the Canadian wildlife displays at Dufferin Islands… The expanded eight-kilometre illumination route runs along the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: This past season provided a “perfect recipe” for the Winter Festival of Lights to “really shine,” says program director Tina Myers. “Fabulous” weather, a favourable U.S. currency exchange and the investment of $2 million into lighting, infrastructure and new technology ensured the festival “kicked butt” in 2015-16, she said. The…
From Niagara This Week: Four new homes have earned a place on the Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Light’s Sparkle Lighting Awards list of top residential light displays in the city. The awards are an annual competition that recognizes the best residential and commercial property holiday light displays in Niagara Falls. Participants are judged…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It could be the unseasonably mild temperatures or it could be the added attractions. Whatever the reason, organizers are pleased that residents and visitors alike are embracing the 33rd annual Ontario Power Generation WInter Festival of Lights. “People are noticing quite a difference this year in terms of the quality…
From a MarketWired press release: Few things evoke the holidays as powerfully as a good lights display. And the Winter Festival of Lights at Niagara Falls is about as spectacular as they come. Boasting more than 3 million lights and 125 animated displays, this annual event, now in its 33rd year, will attract thousands of…
From Niagara This Week: While the 32nd annual Ontario Power Generation Winter Festival of Lights last year was regarded as a transitional year for the event, this year’s promises to build on that and establish a more modern festival. Lasers, 3D illuminations and projection lighting are the new signatures, including a new “Spirit of Niagara”…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Visits to this past season’s Winter Festival of Lights were up 17%, says program director Tina Myers. Despite the 32nd annual festival being three weeks shorter than past years, organizers noticed more vehicles going in and out of Dufferin Islands, which is one of the event’s focal points. “It went…
“Winter Festival of Lights program director Tina Myers says visitation to this past season’s Winter Festival of Lights was up 17%.” “It went really well, especially since this was the first year of a multi-year transition,” said Myers. Niagara Falls Review Article
From the Niagara Falls Review: You’re going to hear a lot of Niagara Falls composer Nathan Chamberland at the upcoming Winter Festival of Lights. Over and over again. An eight and a half minute score Chamberland wrote will be matched with the light displays at Dufferin Islands, giving the park a musical component to go…
From the Niagara Falls Review: When it was first announced in 2009, Rink at the Brink was described as the “most significant event” the Winter Festival of Lights had ever undertaken. The festival’s acting chairman Jim Diodati (not yet Niagara Falls Mayor) said the 60-by-120 foot outdoor rink would offer a “more dramatic” setting than…