Back To Batoche Festival Set To Begin

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 14:41

Tents are going up at Batoche.

The historic site is abuzz with activity right now as organizers prepare for the annual festival.

The grand entry isn’t slated to begin until Friday morning.

However events and entertainment begin tomorrow .

Claire Belanger-Parker is the manager of Back to Batoche.

She says they have been overrun with offers for entertainment:

“You know it’s four days long this year. And the biggest challenge we had is every entertainer was here to fill the 9 days of entertainment last year, they wanted to be back, and we couldn’t fit everyone in. But we are going to do a call for entertainers for 2012 this year”

She says there are a few electrical camp-sites left but they’re going fast.

The festival runs until Sunday.