Exploits Valley Salmon Festival

Exploits Valley Salmon Festival

The Exploits Valley Salmon Festival is an annual cultural festival in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador. The festival began in as a three-day regional celebration in honor of the Atlantic Salmon migration. To enhance environmental awareness and focus attention on one of nature's most spectacular phenomena the weekend of "Fun and Fish While the Salmon Run" was developed.

Now the Exploits Valley Salmon Festival, a major international festival, brings many visitors from all over the world to the community of Grand Falls-Windsor. From 1991 to 1998, the festival was selected by American Bus Association as one of North America's Top 100 Events.

The festival has the popular events such as the Salmon Dinner, "Newfie Night", which highlights traditional food and music of the province, and the "Splash Concert". The "Splash Concert" is a day long concert held at Centennial Field.

The concerts have featured world class entertainment such as Waylon Jennings, The Rankin Family, the Irish Descendants and Great Big Sea. Grand Falls-Windsor has also held several other concerts such as Bon Jovi in 1995 and the Canada Day Beach Boys Concert in 1990.

The 2008 Salmon Festival Concert line-up was announced May 28, 2008, on the official website. The 2008 Salmon Festival will run from July 17, 2008 until July 21, 2008.

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Past acts of the Exploits Valley Salmon Festival Splash Concert are:

* 1989 - Tommy Hunter, Donna & LeRoy, Anna McGoldrick Barry Canning
* 1990 - Terry Kelly, Barry Canning
* 1991 - Trooper, Rogues Gallery
* 1992 - BTO, Crash Test Dummies, Jeff Dyer Band, Irish Descendants
* 1993 - Alannah Myles, Waylon Jennings
* 1994 - The Rankin Family, Burton Cummings, Irish Descendants, Debbie Jordon, Great Big Sea
* 1995 - Blue Rodeo, The Stampeders, Irish Descendants, Ray Lyall, Debbie Jordon, Maximum 80
* 1996 - Doobie Brothers, Burton Cummings, I Mother Earth, Bass is Base, Spirit of the West
* 1997 - Amanda Marshall, Kim Stockwood, Pamela Morgan, Billy & the Bruisers, Signal Hill
* 1998 - Great Big Sea, The Rankins, Chantal Kreviazuk, Philosopher Kings, Wide Mouth Mason, Sideline, Celtic Connection
* 1999 - Crash Test Dummies, Sky, Matthew Good Band, Johnny Favorite Swing Orchestra, Bucket Truck, Signal Hill, Versatile
* 2000 - Blue Rodeo, Damhnait Doyle, Nazareth, I Mother Earth, The Fables
* 2001 - Nelly Furtado, The Tea Party, The Moffatts, Tom Cochrane, Barnacle, Crush, Rod Jackson, Timber
* 2002 - Our Lady Peace, David Usher, The Fables, Colin James, Dr. Hook, Barry Canning, Timber
* 2003 - Great Big Sea, Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, Sam Roberts, Swollen Members, Bif Naked, Timber, Gear Box
* 2004 - Bryan Adams, Colin James, Crush, Shaye, Gob, Simple Plan, Barry Canning
* 2005 - The Tragically Hip, Finger Eleven, David Wilcox, Brothers in Stereo, Rod Jackson, The Novaks
* 2006 - Live, Billy Talent, Kim Mitchell, The Trews, Theory of a Deadman, Lou Gramm (former lead singer for Foreigner), The Fables
* 2007 - Good Charlotte, Alexisonfire, Classified, Bachman and Cummings, Hey Rosetta!, Fuse
* 2008 - Blue Rodeo, Finger Eleven, Hedley, Crash Parallel, Metric, Trailer Park Boys, Papa String


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