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The festival is held every August since 2003[1], and is jointly organised by The Calgary Fireworks Festival Society and the International Avenue Arts and Culture Centre.
GlobalFest is comprised of "One World Festival" and an international fireworks competition.
One World Festival
One World Festival features cultural pavilions throughout Calgary (although the primary venue is the International Avenue area in Forest Lawn) that celebrate the city's ethnic diversity. The pavilions often include ethnic food, displays and entertainment. International Avenue is a Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) in Calgary, Alberta. ...
Cultural pavillions spread throughout the greater Forest Lawn district include venues with themes from Africa, Hispanic America, Middle East, Caribbean, Francophone world, India, Italy, Mexico, Scotland and Vietnam.
The small scale GlobalFest Film Festival is included, with movies centered on cultural diversity. Screenings take place at the John Dutton Theatre and at the Calgary Library.
International fireworks competition The international fireworks competition is held at Elliston Park in southeast Calgary. Each night of the competition a different nation's team is presented. Teams are invited by the organizers. Pyrotechnic displays take place over Elliston Lake and are timed to music; some competitors employ fireworks that bounce off the water. The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 A fireworks event (also called a fireworks display or fireworks show) is a spectacular display of the effects produced by firework devices on various occasions. ...
Before a national team competes with a fireworks display, live performances showcasing the culture of that country are held at the Centennial World Stage.
History The roots of the festival started in 1994, when the newly established Calgary Fireworks Festival Society started looking for a safe firwork launch site[1]. It wasn't untill 2001 when they discovered the Elliston Park and lake. At the same time, the International Avenue Arts and Culture Centre was making plans for a multicultural festival in Forest Lawn. The two non-profit societies presented plans for a joint festival at Calgary's International Avenue Business Revitalisation Zone (a city department), and the festival took off in 2003, with an audience of almost 100,000, including city residents and tourists. Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. ...
The site chosen for the firworks dispaly, Elliston Lake, is the second largest lake in Calgary (after Glenmore Reservoir), and was created close to a landfill site in 1978[2]. Owned by the city of Calgary since 1960, the area has been used for agriculture for ten more years, and 1994 saw the opening of the Elliston park. Plans to expand the park by reclaiming land from the nearby landfill would bring the total area to 410 acres, making it the city's second largest park (after Nose Hill), and would increase the appeal of this city district. The Glenmore Reservoir is a large manmade reservoir on the Elbow River in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. ...
References - ^ a b GlobalFest - About GlobalFest
- ^ FFWD article - Global Fest may prove to be a boon for east Calgary’s Elliston Park
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