Many provinces in Canada are spending more than 20 million dollars on tourism this year, which will help fund nearly 330 festivals and events throughout the provinces, including in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara.Published on : Friday, March 9, 2018
Many provinces in Canada are spending more than 20 million dollars on tourism this year, which will help fund nearly 330 festivals and events throughout the provinces, including in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara.
Collective Arts is all about beer art and music, and so investing in such festivals is important for attracting more tourists.
The first ever Liquid Art Festival will bring 50 different brewers from around the world in Hamilton. As part of the province’s celebrate Ontario program, the Liquid Art Festival was granted $50,000.
Overall, the grants will help fund 328 festivals across Ontario.
With the funding, the Shaw festival in Niagara on the Lake will pay for actor Stephen Fry’s performance, and extend their season into Christmas.
In Burlington, the Sound of Music will get $231,000. Supercrawl on James Street North will get $275,000.
The much smaller festival of friends will receive nearly $50,000 in funding.
As for the Liquid Art Festival, organizers assess that it will cost over a half a million dollars to put the event on, so the funding will surely help.
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