Furtado, Hedley, Dragonette to help ring in New Year in Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: The west coast is coming to Niagara for New Year’s Eve. Canadian songstress Nelly Furtado and Vancouver rockers Hedley will ring in New Year’s Eve in Niagara Falls, the Niagara Parks Commission announced Monday night. The lineup for the Dec. 31 free, outdoor concert in Queen Victoria Park also includes…

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Fallsview Casino celebrates Chinese New Year

From CANOE Travel: When he gets back to Australia, Daniel Whin will be able to tell all his friends about how the Chinese celebrate the new year. He was sitting in the restaurant at the Fallsview Casino on Thursday afternoon when he heard some loud drums and decided to see what all the excitement was…

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Niagara Falls (NY) Rocks 2011 New Year’s Celebration

From WGRZ Channel 2 in Buffalo (includes video): Old Falls Street was packed with thousands of patrons for the 2nd annual Hard Rock Cafe New Year’s Eve Guitar Drop Friday night. The event was headlined by a live performance from Smashmouth and also included food, drinks and fireworks.

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Sea of New Year’s Eve revellers floods Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review (includes video): A great big sea of New Year’s Eve revellers flooded Niagara Falls where a lineup of popular entertainers and unusually warm weather led to a bigger-than-normal crowd for the annual concert in Queen Victoria Park. Barenaked Ladies, Great Big Sea and rapper Kardinal Offishall ushered in 2011 from…

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CAA Winter Niagara Festival of Lights & Winter Events Illuminate Niagara Falls

From a press release seen on Hospitality Net: Niagara Falls welcomes the winter season with Canada’s largest illumination festival, the CAA Winter Niagara Festival of Lights. Running until January 31, 2011, the Niagara festival captures the magic of the holiday season turning Niagara Falls into a winter wonderland with over three million sparkling lights along…

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ET CANADA ROCKS OUT AND RINGS IN 2011 WITH 2nd ANNUAL ‘NEW YEAR’S EVE AT NIAGARA FALLS’ BROADCAST

They’ve finally got some “big” (or bigger than previous years) names coming to the Niagara Falls New Year’s Eve concert. From a CNW Newswire press release: Global Television and Entertainment Tonight Canada celebrate 2011 with ‘New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls,’ a nationally televised New Year’s Eve bash for the entire nation. On Friday, December…

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PARTY IN THE PARK

From the Niagara Falls Review (includes pictures and videos): When you put a rock band named after a mythical river next to one of the world’s legendary rivers, it’s a recipe for a soggy experience. But thousands ot New Year’s Eve revellers rang in 2010 with the powerful rock band Styx, named after the mythological…

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