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Inter-Country Dragon Boat Race

United States of America

Arizona

7th ANNUAL AZ DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

North Side of Tempe Town Lake

March 27th & 28th, 2010 8AM-5PM

For registration, and vendor form visit AZDBA

California

The 2010 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

July 31- August 01, 2010 - Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California

In addition to hosting one of the largest dragon boat competitions in California,

there will be Chinese traditional art demonstrations,

Chinese Acrobats, traditional dance, hip hop, music and martial arts performances.

Website: 2010 Long Beech Dragon Boat Festival

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival

http://www.sfdragonboat.com/
Los Angeles Lotus Festival Dragon Boat Race July 14-15, 2009 - Echo Park Lake

Contact: Bob Gin or Kimmie at ladragonboat@yahoo.com or 323-265-2830
Website: http://www.lotusfestival.org/ - website not yet updated, Please call

California Dragon Boat Association 2009 Races

Date: April 18th
Location: Lake Merced, San Francisco

2009 CDBA Dragon Boat Regatta
Date: May 9th
Location: Paragon Point, Redwood City

2009 CDBA Dragon Boat Sprint Race
Date: July 12th
Location: Quarry Lakes, Fremont

2009 SF International Dragon Boat Festival
Date: Sept 26-27th
Location: Treasure Island, San Francisco

2009 CDBA College Cup Championship
Date: November 8th
Location: Lake Merced, San Francisco

Colorado

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival

July 25-26, 2009 - Sloan�s Lake Park, Denver, CO

Email: info@cdbf.org

Website: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival

Connecticut

9th Annual Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival

August 15-16, 2009 - Mortensen Riverfront Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 

Website: www.riverfront.org

District of Columbia

Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival

May 16-17, 2009 - Thompson�s Boathouse Center Georgetown, Kennedy Center Waterfront

Website: Dragon Boating

Florida

7th Annual Dragon Boat Festival - Rotary Club Tavares

6th Annual Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races

Website: Tampa Bay   or 2009 Race page

Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

April 25-26, 2009 - Miami Marine Stadium

Website: Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

South Florida Dragon Boat Festival in Miami

October 17-18, 2009 - Haulover Park, Miami Beach

Website: South Florida Dragon Boat Race

Iowa

13th Annual Badger Lake Bash

August 14-15, 2009 - Badger Lake, Kennedy Park, Fort Dodge

Call: Barb Michaels 515-955-1959

Email: bjmichaels@frontiernet.net

Website: Fort Dodge Dragon Boat

Massachusetts

30th Anniversary 2009 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival of Boston

June 6-7, 2009 - Charles River

Email: dragonboat@BostonChildrensMuseum.org

Website: Boston Dragon Boat Festival

Minnesota

3^rd Annual Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival

July 28 - August 1, 2009 - Lake Bemidji

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

Email: info@bemidjidragonboat.com

Website: Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival

Nevada

Lake Las Vegas Dragon Boat Festival - Watch for Updates

Lake Las Vegas 

Call: 1-888-679-4222

Website: Facility Marketing Group

New Jersey

NJ Dragon Boat Club 

New York

THE HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK
Saturday August 7th and Sunday August 8th 2010
FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK | FREE ADMISSION | RAIN OR SHINE

Peekskill celebration/Riverfront Green Park - watch for updates

Westchester Lake, Westchester

Email: hrtw@bestweb.net

Website: River Town of Westchester

North Carolina

Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival

May 15, 2010 - Ramsey Creek Park, Cornelius l-77, Exit 28 North Carolina

11 a.m. � 5:00 p.m.

Email: Lina Waty at linawaty@yahoo.com

Oregon

Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race

June 12-13, 2010 -  Portland

Website: Portland Kaohsiung Sister City Association

Salem World Beat Festival

June 26 � 27, 2009 � Salem Riverfront Park, Oregon

Email: ayla_love@hotmail.com (Race Director)

Website: Salem World Beat Festival

Portland Dragon Boat Race

Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland

Call: 971-222-6604

Email: darrellhames@yahoo.com

Website: Portland Dragon Boat Race

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival

July 3, 2010 �  South Side Riverfront Park, Pittsburgh

Call: 724-348-4836

Email: akrava1@verizon.net

  Website: Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival

Philadelphia International Dragon Boat

October 2, 2010 �  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Email: PhilaDBFestival@aol.com

Website: Philadelphia Dragon Boat Festival

4th Annual Independence Dragon Boat Regatta

June 5, 2010 -Schuykill River Race Course, Philadelphia, PA

Email: 
support@phillydragonboat.com
Site:   
www.independencedragonboat.com

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Dragon Boat Race

August 28, 2010 �  Stay tuned for more details

Email: gordon@tourblackstone.com

Website: Taiwan Day Festival

South Carolina

3rd Annual Charleston Dragon Boat Festival

Brittle bank Park, Ashley River

May 8, 2010

Call: 1.877.580.RACE (7223)            

Website: Charleston Dragon Boat Races

Tennessee

Chattanooga Dragon Boat Festival

July 23-25, 2010 -   Ross Landing at the waterfront

Knoxville Dragon Boat Festival

June 26, 2010 �  Cove at Concord Park, Tennessee River

Call: 1.877.580.RACE (7223)    

Knoxville and Chattanooga info both at    http://racedragonboats.com

Texas

9th Annual Texas Dragon Boat Festival

May 1, 2010; 8:30AM - 4:30 AM 

Allen's Landing, Downtown Houston
Information: 11120 Northwest Freeway (290@34th) / 713-957-5089

Second Annual DFW Dragon Boat, Kite, and Lantern Festival

May 16, 2009 - Lake Carolyn, Irving ,TX

Website: DFW Dragon Boat, Kite and Lantern Festival

Washington

International Dragon Boat Festival Day

The event is entirely operated by volunteers and funded through donations. Admission is free and open to the public.

August 7, 2010 (tentative) - Thea's Park, 405 Dock Street, Tacoma 

Email: Chanda S. Sovan, chanda.sovan@aadba.org

July 10, 2010 �  Lake Meridian - Kent, 14800 S.E. 272 Street,

Call: 206-459-6620

Website: Kent Cornucopia Dragon Boat Race

Rainier Dragon Boat Festival

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Tacoma , Washington

Dragons on the Foss Dragon Boat Festival

Website: Maritime Fest 2009

Benefit for Team Survivor Northwest, a non-profit supporting women in their cancer recovery

September 4th, 2010
Stan Sayres Memorial Park
Seattle, Washington

Wisconsin

The Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival

Barkers Island, Superior, Wisconsin

August 27- 28, 2009 - Superior Bay

Festival Information Phone: 218-260-9850

Contact:  http://www.lakesuperiordragons.com/contact/

Website: Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival<

Oshkosh Community Dragon Boat Race

Sept. 25, 2010

Leach Amphitheater and Riverside Park, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The Great Midwest Dragon Boat Festival

July 9-10, 2010 - Racine Downtown, Racine West and Founders Rotary, Wisconsin

Website: The Great Midwest Dragon Boat Festival

Canada

Banff National Park Dragon Boat Festival

Aug 14-15, 2010

Lake Minnewanka

Email: specialevents@banfflakelouise.com

Telephone:: 403-762-0284

Website: www.banfflakelouise.com/dragonboat

Lethbridge Rotary Dragon Boat Festival

June 25 - June 27, 2010

5:00 PM

Henderson Lake

Lethbridge, Alberta

Website:www.lethbridgedragonfest.ca/

3^rd Annual Leduc Dragon Boat Festival

July 17 -18, 2010

Leduc, Alberta, Canada

Website: www.leducdragonboat.com/

Calgary Dragon Boat Racing Festival

Grand Vernon Dragon Boat Race and Festival 

British Columbia

The Greater Vernon Dragon Boat Race & Festival

July 23-25, 2010

Kalamalka Lake Beach, Coldstream (Vernon), BC

(403) 874-6807

Website: http://www.vernondragonboat.com/

Alcan Dragon Boat Race Festival

June 19-20, 2010

British Columbia
Concord Pacific Place, Science World and Creekside Park, BC

604-688-2382

Website: http://dragonboatbc.ca/

2010 Canadian National Dragon Boat Championships and National Team Trials

July 2 - July 4, 2010

8:00 AM

Rainbow Park

Whistler, BC

Website: www.dragonboat.ca

10th Annual Penticton Dragon Boat Festival

September 10-12, 2010

Penticton Paddling Centre
Skaha Lake Park, Penticton, BC, Canada

1 866 658 6333 (toll free)

info@gorowandpaddle.org

Website:Pentiction Dragon Boat Festival

2nd Annual Okanagan Super Sprints
July 3, 2010
Penticton Paddling Centre
Skaha Lake Park, Penticton, BC, Canada

10th Annual Gorge Fest Dragon Boat Regatta
August 7, 2010
Gorge Rowing and Paddling Centre
Victoria, BC, Canada

6th Annual Gorge Super Sprints (Dragon Boat)
May 22, 2010
Gorge Rowing & Paddling Centre
2940 Jutland Road, Victoria, BC

Nanaimo Paddlefest & Pledge Drive
June 26, 2010
Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Maffeo-Sutton Park, Nanaimo

Call: (416) 595-0313 Ext. 22

Email: raceinfo@nanaimodragonboat.com

Website: Nanaimo Dragon Boat Race

Victoria Dragon Boat Festival

August 13th - 15th, 2010

Gorge Waterway, Victoria, BC.

Call: 250.380.4669

 Website:http://www.victoriadragonboat.com/

11^th Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival

September 17, 18, 19 2010

Kelowna, BC

Website:http://www.kelownadragonboatfestival.com/

Manitoba

The 2010 Canadian Cancer Society
Manitoba Dragon Boat Festival

September 10th, 11th, & 12th, 2010
The Forks National Historic Site of Canada

(204) 982-1830

Website: 2010 Dragon Boat Race Manitoba

Nova Scotia

Charlotte Dragon Boat Festival

May 15, 2010

Ramsey Creek Park, Cornelius, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lina Waty lina.waty@yahoo.com 704 427  0267

Website: http://www.charlottedragonboat.com/

Manulife Dragon Boat Festival

9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

July 10, 2010

Lake Banook in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,

Website: http://www.dragonboat.halifax.ns.ca/

Ontario

Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival

June 18 - June 20, 2010

8:00 AM

Mooney's Bay Park

Ottawa, Ontario

Call: (613) 238-7711

Website:http://www.dragonboat.net/

The Dragon Flies Dragon Boat Festival

June 19, 2010

 Port Perry, Ontario

 festival@thedragonflies.org

www.thedragonflies.org

National Dragon Boat Club Toronto Cup

PM August 14, 2010

7:00 AM - 5:00

Marilyn Bell Park - Western Beaches Watercourse

Toronto, Ontario

416.532.6979

http://www.nationaldragonboat.com/

Cambridge River fest & Dragon Boat Races

June 5, 2010 �  Riverbluffs Park, Cambridge, Ontario

Call: (519) 740-4681 Ext. 7499

Website: Cambridge Dragon Boat Race

Kingston Dragon Boat Festival

June 24, 2010�  Kingston, Ontario

Website: Kingston Dragon Boat Race

7th Annual Mississauga Dragon Boat Festival

June 13, 2010

Mississauga, Ontario,

 mccfundraising@mississaugacanoeclub.ca

Website:http://www.mississaugacanoeclub.ca/

Sault North Rotary Dragon Boat Festival

12-Jun-2010

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

saultnorthrotary@shaw.ca

Dragon Boat Hotline 705-946-7903

Welland Dragon Boat Festival

June 11-12, 2010 - Welland, Ontario

Call: 905 735 0490

Email: info@wellanddragonboatfestival.com

Website: Welland Dragon Boat Race

The 8th Annual Milton Charity Dragon Boat Event

May 29 2010

Kelso Park, Milton Ontario

http://www.dragon-boats.com/milton/

SaskPower Regina Dragon Boat Festival

Sep.3& 4, 2010

Wascana Park, Regina, Saskatchewan, Ontario

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

Website: Regina Dragon Boat Festival

The 14th annual Pickering Dragon Boat Festival

June 5-6, 2010 

Bruce Handscomb Park, Frenchman�s Bay, Ontario

Website:  http://www.pdbc.ca/

livelydragonclub@gmail.com

Annual OPS Canada Day Regatta

July 1, 2010

Tim.MacFarlane@Ontario.ca

Website: http://opsdbc.homestead.com/index.html

22^nd Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival

June 19 - June 20, 2010

8:00 AM

Toronto Centre Island

Toronto, Ontario

Website:http://dragonboats.com/

3rd Annual Whistler Dragon Boat Festival

July 3 - 4, 2010

Vancouver B.C. Canada

Website: http://whistlerdragonboat.com/

International Dragon Boat Festival 2010

June 11-13, 2010
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Website:http://survivorsabreast.com/international-dragon-boat-festival-2010

 Sudbury Dragon Boat Festival

July 17, 2010

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Bell Park

Ramsey Lake

Sudbury, Ontario

Quebec

Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival

July July 23- 25, 2010

Olympic Basin, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec

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

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

Saskatchewan

Saskatoon Dragon Boat Festival

July 23rd & 24th 2010 - Rotary Park, Saskatoon

Website: 2010 Dragon Boat Race Saskatoon