Dragon Boat Racing Calendar

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United States of America

Arizona

5th ANNUAL SRP DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

 March 29/30, 2008 - Tempe Town Lake

 Website: Festival Home Page

California

Lotus Festival Dragon Boat Races

^{July 12 – 13, 2008 –} Echo Park Lake, Los Angeles, California

All applications along with payment must be postmarked by Friday, June 20, 2008

Call: (323) 258-2155

Website: Lotus Festival Dragon Boat Races

The 2008 ViewSonic Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

^{July 25 – 27, 2008 –} Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California

Email: drchen@lbdragonboat.com

Website: 2008 Long Beech Dragon Boat Festival

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival

^{October 4 – 5, 2008 –}  Treasure Island, San Francisco

Email: feedback@cdba.org

Website: Kaiser Permanente Dragon Boat Festival

Colorado

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival

^{July 26 – 27, 2008 (10a.m. – 7p.m.) –} Sloan’s Lake Park, Denver,

Email: info@cdbf.org

Website: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival

Connecticut

Riverfront Dragon Boat Race

September ____, 2008, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Website: www.riverfront.org

District of Columbia

Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival

^{May 17-18, 2008 (Saturday - Sunday) –} Thompson’s Boathouse Center Georgetown/Kennedy Center Waterfront 2900 Virginia Avenue, Washington DC

Website: Dragon Boating

Florida

Challenge at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke III

^{May 3rd, 2008 –} Tampa Bay

Website: Tampa Bay

The 5^th Annual Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

^{May 31st, 2008 (Saturday) –} 777 Brickell Ave, Miami, (Brickell Ave S.E. 8^th Street)

Racing: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Open to public: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m.

Website: Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Iowa

The Festival of the Valley

^{August 22 – 24, 2008 –} Badger Lake, Kennedy Park, Fort Dodge,

Call: Barb Michaels 515-955-1959

Email: bjmichaels@frontiernet.net

Website: Fort Dodge Dragon Boat

Nevada

Lake Las Vegas Dragon Boat Festival

^{Coming Soon –} Lake Las Vegas 

Call: 1-888-679-4222

Website: Facility Marketing Group

New Jersey

NJ Dragon Boat Club 2008 Race Series

Daredevil Challenge

^{October 5 –} Lake Parsippany, Parsippany, NJ, New Jersey

 Email: nfo@njdragonboat.org

Website: NJ Dragon Boat

New York

Peekskill celebration/Riverfront Green Park

^{August 4, 2008 –} Westchester Lake, Westchester

Email: hrtw@bestweb.net

Website: River Town of Westchester

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival In New York

^{August 2 – 3, 2008 (Saturday) –} Flushing Meadows Park, Whitestone,

Call: 718.767.1776                 

Website: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival In New York

^{April 19, 2008 (Sat - Sun) –}  Ross's Landing at the waterfront, Tennessee River,

Call: 1.877.580.RACE (7223)            

 Website: It's the ride of your life!

North Carolina

Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival

^{June 7th 2008 (Saturday) –} Ramsey Creek Park, Cornelius l-77, Exit 28 North Carolina

11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Email: Lina Waty at linawaty@yahoo.com

Website: Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival

Massachusetts

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival of Boston

^{June 8th 2008 (Sunday) –} Boston

Email: dragonboat@BostonChildrensMuseum.org

Website: Boston Dragon Boat Festival

Minnesota

The Great Midwest Dragon Boat Festival

^{July 12 – 13, 2008 –} Lake Phalen and Phalen Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Website: Dragon Festival - Lake Phalen and Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota

The 5^th Annual North Shore Dragon Boat Festival

^{July 24 – 27, 2008 –} North Shore

Call: 218-387-2372

Email: info@northshoredragonboat.com

Website: North Shore Dragon Boat Festival

3^rd Annual Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival

August 1 – 2, 2008 – Bemidji,

Call: (218) 444-3541 or (800) 458-2223                    

Email: info@bemidjidragonboat.com

Website: Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival

Oregon

Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race

June 7^th – 8^th , 2008 (Saturday - Sunday) – Portland, Oregon

Website: Portland Kaohsiung Sister City Association

Salem World Beat Festival

June 28 – 29, 2008 – Salem Riverfront Park, Oregon

Email: ayla_love@hotmail.com (Race Director)

Website: Salem World Beat Festival

Portland Dragon Boat Race

September 6 – 7, 2008 –  Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland ,

Call: 971-222-6604

Email: darrellhames@yahoo.com

Website: Portland Dragon Boat Race

Pennsylvania 

Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival

September 20, 2008 –  South Side Riverfront Park, Pittsburgh

Call: 724-348-4836

Email: akrava1@verizon.net

 Website: Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival

Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival

October 4, 2008 (Saturday) –  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Email: PhilaDBFestival@aol.com

Website: Philadelphia Dragon Boat Festival

Rhode Island

The 9th Annual Rhode Island Dragon Boat Race

September 6, 2008 –  aka School Street Pier, on the Seekonk River, in Pawtucket,

Email: gordon@tourblackstone.com

Website: Taiwan Day Festival

South Carolina

Inaugural Charleston Dragon Boat Festival

May 3, 2008 –  Brittle bank Park, Ashley River

Call: 1.877.580.RACE (7223)            

 Website: Charleston Dragon Boat Races

Tennessee

Chattanooga Dragon Boat Festival

April 19, 2008 - 8:30AM-5PM June 28, 2008 –  Ross Landing at the waterfront

Website: http://chatt.racedragonboats.com/

Knoxville Dragon Boat Festival

June 28, 2008 –  Concord Park, Tennessee River

Call: 1.877.580.RACE (7223)            

Website: It's the ride of your life!

Texas

Pink Fiesta Day

March 28, 2008 Casa Ole welcomes you to come join them for Pink Fiesta Day to honor Pink Phuree! Don't forget to wear pink!!
Information: 11120 Northwest Freeway (290@34th) / 713-957-5089

8th Annual Dragon Boat Festival

May 3rd, 2008 – Allen’s Landing, Downtown Houston,

Website: Texas Dragon Boat Association

5th Annual Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta

Saturday & Sunday, October 18-19, 2008 - Pasadena Lake, Clear Lake Park (east of NASA on Nasa Rd 1)

Website: Texas Dragon Boat Association

Second Annual DFW Dragon Boat, Kite, and Lantern Festival

  May 18, 2008, 9-5PM - LAKE CAROLYN, IRVING, TX

Website: DFW Dragon Boat, Kite and Lantern Festival

Washington

Kent Cornucopia Days

July 12, 2008 –  Lake Meridian - Kent, 14800 S.E. 272 Street,

Email: stacie1028@gmail.com

Call: 206-459-6620

Website: Kent Cornucopia Dragon Boat Race

Fifth Annual Dragon Boat Barrel Racing

Coming Soon –  Tacoma & Seattle, Washington

Website: Fourth Annual Dragon Boat

Dragons on the Foss Dragon Boat Festival

September 13, 2008 – Tacoma & Seattle, Washington

Website: Fourth Annual Dragon Boat

The Festival of the Valley

July 10 – 13, 2008 – Kent Lions, Kent, Washington

Website: Dragon Boat Races

Wisconsin

The Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival

August 23, 2008 –  Barkers Island, Superior, Wisconsin

Call: 866-336-1107

Email: clincoln@chartermi.net     

Website: Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival

Oshkosh Community Dragon Boat Race

September 20, 2008 –  Leach Amphitheater and Riverside Park, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Email: dragonlady@uwosh.edu

Website: Oshkosh Dragon Boat

The Great Midwest Dragon Boat Festival

^{July 11 – 12, 2008 –} Racine Downtown, Racine West and Founders Rotary, Wisconsin

Website: The Great Midwest Dragon Boat Festival

Canada

Alberta

Birch Mountain Resources Calgary Dragon Boat Race Festival

Coming Soon. . . .

Email: brian.pincott@calgary.ca

Website: Alberta Dragon Boat Race

Calgary Dragon Boat Racing Festival

Coming Soon. . .

Email: brian.pincott@calgary.ca

British Columbia

Richmond Dragon Boat festival

March 19, 2008

Website: GO Rowing & Paddling

20^th Anniversary of the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival

June 21 – 22, 2008 –  Vancouver, British Columbia

Call: (604) 688-2382

Email: info@lethbridgedragonfest.ca

Website: ADBF

Save on Food Dragon Boat Festival

July 11 – 13, 2008 –  Maffeo-Sutton Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Call: (416) 595-0313 Ext. 22

Email: raceinfo@nanaimodragonboat.com

Website: Nanaimo Dragon Boat Race

Annual Greater Vernon Dragon Boat Race & Festival

July 25 – 27, 2008 –  Kalamalka, Lake Beach, Coldstream (Vernon), British Columbia

Call: (604) 657-7505

Website: Greater Vernon Dragon Boat Race

Victoria Dragon Boat Festival

August 15 - 17, 2008 –  Coming Soon. . .

Website: Victoria Dragon Boat Festival

Lethbridge Dragon Boat Festival

July 4 – 6, 2008 – Coming Soon. . .

Call: (403)380-4112

Email: info@lethbridgedragonfest.ca

Website: Lethbridge Rotary Dragon Festival

 Ontario

Sault North Rotary Dragon Boat Festival

June 14 – 27, 2008 (Saturday) –  Sault North Rotary, Ontario

Call: 941-9098

Website: Sault North Rotary

Cambridge River fest & Dragon Boat Races

June 7, 2008 –  Riverbluffs Park, Cambridge, Ontario

Call: (519) 740-4681 Ext. 7499

Website: Cambridge Dragon Boat Race

Kingston Dragon Boat Festival

June 14, 2008 (Saturday) –  Fluhrer Park, Kingston, Ontario

Website: Kingston Dragon Boat Race

Summer with a Splash!

June 14, 2008 (Saturday) – Welland, Ontario

Call: 905 735 0490

Email: info@wellanddragonboatfestival.com

Website: Welland Dragon Boat Race

Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival

June 20 – 22, 2008 – Minto Place, Ottawa, Ontario

Call: (613) 238-7711

Website: Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival

The Original Dragon Boat Race Festival

June 21 – 22, 2008 –  Toronto Centre Island, Toronto, Ontario

Call: (416) 595-0313 Ext. 22

Email: race@dragonboats.com

Website: Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival

9^th Annual St. Catharines Dragon Boat Festival

July 26, 2008 –  Henley Island, St. Catharines, Ontario

Call: 905-984-8880 ext. 400

Email: info@stcatharinesdragonboat.org

Website: http://www.stcatharinesdragonboat.org/

The 16^th Annual London Dragon Boat Festival

August 16, 2008 –  Fanshawe Conservation Area, London, Ontario

Email: raceinfo@dragonboatlondon.ca

Website: Annual London Dragon Boat Festival

SaskPower Regina Dragon Boat Festival

August 22 – 23, 2008 –  Wascana Park, Regina, Saskatchewan, Ontario

Call: (306) 525-BOAT (or 525-2628)

Website: Regina Dragon Boat Festival

Quebec

Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival

August 26 – 27, 2008 –  Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec

Call: (514) 866-7001
Email: info@montrealdragonboat.com

 Website: http://www.montrealdragonboat.com/