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The 2023 edition of the Tulip Festival will take place at Commissioners park from May 10th to 20th 2024.
FUN FACTS
- The Canadian Tulip Festival attracts some 600,000 visitors making it the largest tulip festival in the world.
- The Canadian Tulip Festival is also a celebration of the return of spring. It features over a million tulips of 50 different varieties.
- 1953 marks the first Canadian Tulip Festival after a suggestion of late photographer Malak Karsh who was considered the founder of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Malak Karsh now has a tulip bed dedicated to him near the Canadian Museum of History.
- Every year, the Netherlands continue to give 20,000 bulbs to Ottawa.
- The largest site of the Tulip Festival is in Commissioners Park, on the banks of Dows Lake, which has over 300,000 tulips!
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ACTIVITIES
This year’s edition of the Canadian Tulip Festival will take place at Commissioners Park from 10 AM to 10 PM.
Activities include:
- Tulip Legacy Walking Tour: Daily from 10am to 6pm. Professionally guided tours through Commissioners Park. Get in-depth historical and horticultural information during this 45 minute tour. Cost is 10$ per person and children under the age of 12 are free.
- Mini-Markets: Daily from 10am to 8pm. Enjoy a taste of the ByWard and Parkdale Markets without leaving the Tulip Festival grounds
- Tulips at Night: Daily from 8-10pm. Lit beds and our Blacklight boardwalk bring tulips to life at night. See them like the pollinators do.
- Movies & Tulips: Daily at 2pm and 7pm (weather permitting). Come and watch a movie in the park. Audience members are encouraged to bring food and blanket. To see the movie lineup, click here.
- “Operation Manna” Show: A FREE 10-minute show starting daily at 9pm, weather permitting.
For more information or detailed programming, the Canadian Tulip Festival official website or the Canadian Tulip Festival Facebook page.