Upcoming Events
August 2019
Prior to the official start of the Festival, we gather the captains of all of the teams together near the grandstand for an informational meeting. This is a required meeting for Team Captains...attendance is mandatory.
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Watch as all of the teams participating in the schedule parade onto the Festival grounds sporting their colors and team enthusiasm.
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Laura Velvet and the Bookhouse Boys feature a unique blend of fresh, young vocal talent and versatile, experienced musicians. Through performances that are as much time travel as music events, Laura Velvet wows audiences with sultry tunes from torch singers of the 1960s as well as danceable hits of quintessential Motown girl groups. https://www.facebook.com/lauravelvetduluth/videos/471579929911176/ Lisa Holman, a recent Music and French graduate from the University of Minnesota, plays the part of 1960's Torch Singer Laura Velvet with sizzle and style.…
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Brought to you by the City of Superior, we are happy to announce that fireworks have returned to the Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival!
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Enjoy a hearty breakfast on the ground of Barker's Festival Park adjacent to our Beer Garden (beats orange juice!) Offered every year by the Superior Optimists Club
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Each year the Superior Kiwanis Club has hosted the children’s activity tent at the Dragon Boat Festival. This is a great event on Barker’s Island. We typically ask sponsors to help us purchase the supplies so that we can offer craft activities to children free of charge. This has been very popular with the children at the event.
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Races start at 9 a.m. and will progress throughout the day, until we have our medal heats in the late afternoon.
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An annual ceremony to commemorate those who have fallen to cancer.
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Upon conclusion of our wild and wonderful day of dragon boat racing, we are happy to award trophies and medals to teams and paddlers who have earned them.
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