Mission Visitor Guide 2018
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
MISSION FOLK<br />
MUSIC FESTIVAL<br />
We’re pleased to welcome audiences to the 31st<br />
Annual <strong>Mission</strong> Folk Music Festival taking<br />
place July, 20, 21, 22, <strong>2018</strong> in the beautiful<br />
Fraser River Heritage Park. Be sure to check<br />
out the unique collection of local, national, and<br />
international artists for a weekend of quality<br />
music and entertainment. The Festival begins<br />
with the Friday night Community Celebration<br />
and continues through Saturday and Sunday<br />
featuring concerts, workshops, dances, children<br />
and family programming, Artisan Market,<br />
Food trucks, and weekend camping.<br />
Dust off your dancing shoes for the square<br />
dance, bring your voice for the festival choir,<br />
and tune up your instruments for the jam sessions<br />
and workshops available free to attendees.<br />
Ticket information can be found at<br />
missionfolkmusicfestival.ca.<br />
CLARKE<br />
THEATRE<br />
The Clarke Theatre opened in 1997 to<br />
great fanfare and it is still the heart of<br />
the arts in <strong>Mission</strong>. Known as much for<br />
some incredible national artists such as<br />
Burton Cummings and Gord Downy as<br />
it is for local talent and emerging dance<br />
choreographers.<br />
A 702 seat facility, owned and operated<br />
by the <strong>Mission</strong> Public School District, the<br />
theatre has also been the training ground for<br />
young artists such as <strong>Mission</strong>’s own Carly Rae<br />
Jepsen who first hit the stage at the age of ten.<br />
The school community has uses the facility for<br />
seasonal concerts and dance presentations as<br />
well as for their annual musicals.<br />
Not content to simply function as a theatre,<br />
the entire Heritage Park Centre has become a<br />
meeting place for all things cultural such as the<br />
Ukrainian Festival, Diwali Celebrations and<br />
numerous community events. The cafeteria and<br />
lobby areas double as gathering places for the<br />
<strong>Mission</strong> Winter Farmer’s Market, the <strong>Mission</strong><br />
Arts Council Christmas Craft Show and the<br />
<strong>Mission</strong> Coffee House series.<br />
The Clarke Theatre attracts audience<br />
members from throughout the valley and has<br />
earned a reputation for presenting the best that<br />
Canada has to offer.<br />
Clarke Theatre<br />
33700 Prentis Avenue, <strong>Mission</strong>, B.C.<br />
604.820.3961 • clarketheatre.ca<br />
18 MISSION VISITOR GUIDE <strong>2018</strong>
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