Held over three days at our centralized location Hershey Centre and other facilities throughout the City of Mississauga, the BMO Bank of Montreal Carassauga Festival boasts over 250,000 visits.  Festival goers can tour the world and experience the best in world cuisine and culture.

Hours: Friday Opening Ceremony 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Friday 7:30 pm – Midnight
Saturday 1:00 pm – Midnight
Sunday 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The price of one passport entitles entry to all pavilions and our
NEW Kids Zone over the entire 3 days of the festival.
Children 12 and under are FREE.

Passports can be purchased at Square One Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal, at the Square One Older Adult Center. All Community Centers and Libraries in Mississauga as well as all Royal Banks locations in Mississauga
or visit www.carassauga.com for a list of Pavilion location and participating Passport outlets.  Passports can also be purchased through the Carassauga office by using your Visa or MasterCard and online on the website.
Festival Hotline: 905.615.3010

Transportation: Ride free on Mississauga Transit and Carassauga shuttle buses during Festival hours with a BMO Bank of Montreal Carassauga PASSPORT.

PAVILIONS AT HERSHEY CENTRE (There will be 29 countries showcased at the Hershey Centre located in the Community Rinks building, Hershey Centre Main bowl, Sport Zone and outdoor area)  
 
Africa:  Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Kenya.

Guyana,
India,
Indonesia,
Iraq,
Italy,
Malaysia/Singapore,
Pakistan,
Philippines,
Thailand,
Turkey

PAVILIONS IN OTHER LOCATIONS
There will be 39 countries showcased in 16 Pavilions in other facilities throughout Mississauga.
China,
Germany,

Greece,

Hawaii,

Lebanon/Syria,
Lithuania,
Macedonia,
Malta,
Poland,
Portugal,
Serbia,
Ukraine,
Vietnam

Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Salvador, Venezuela, Uruguay

 

Caribbean: Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, St. Vincent, Cuba, St. Kitts, Antique, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Grenada

Go to www.carassauga.com for a list of pavilion locations and participating passport outlets.

If you haven’t experienced the BMO Bank of Montreal Carassauga Festival of Cultures before, make 2010 (Friday, May 28 – Sunday, May 30) the year for the whole family to “tour around the world.”

Carassauga is an incorporated non-profit volunteer community organization, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2010. It operated for the first time in 1986 with 10 pavilions. The festival was developed in response to a challenge put out by Mayor Hazel McCallion to all ethno cultural groups at a meeting for her calling in the old City Hall in the fall of 1985. The festival has evolved to become an important annual event for Mississauga and surrounding areas with its popularity steadily increasing in recent years. Carassauga Festival ranks today as Mississauga’s largest cultural festival. It is the largest indoor festival, and the second longest running community festival. It is the largest multi-cultural Festival in Ontario and has been voted by Festivals & Events Ontario as one of the Top 100 Festivals in Ontario.

For contact information:
Linda Keen-Lausberg    
Vice chair Marketing    
Carassauga Festival 2010   
Phone:  905-615-3010    
keenlausberg@rogers.com
   

Linda Siutra
Executive Director
Carassauga Festival 2010
linda.siutra@carassauga.com
Phone:  905-615-3010