Northern & First Nations Events Calendar
Festivals, pow-wows, traditional gatherings and cultural celebrations across the North
Alianait Arts Festival Iqaluit
The midnight sun arts celebration in Iqaluit under 24-hour Arctic daylight. Circumpolar musicians, Greenlandic and Nunavik storytellers, Arctic circus acrobats, and contemporary Inuit theatrical performances.
Innu Nikamu Festival
One of North America's premier alcohol-free Indigenous music festivals. Traditional Innu songs, sacred teueikan drums, and renowned First Nations performers on the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Aqpik Jam Music Festival
Nunavik's signature summer festival celebrating the cloudberry (aqpik) harvest. Free concerts from top Arctic Inuit artists, traditional Northern games, cloudberry dessert contests and river canoe races.