Press Office

Welcome to the Canada Day London 2008 online press room.

Please use the menu on the right hand side to choose options.  Miranda Johnson and Rachel Shimell provide the event’s Press and Media support.  To contact them email mirandajohnson@btinternet.com or rachel.shimell@ntlworld.com.  They will also be on site during Canada Day London.

For all non-press enquiries please email Jadis Tillery on tillery.jadis@ctc-cct.ca.

Canada Day London 2008 programme includes (at time of going to press):

30 June from 8pm (bars etc open 6pm) – Canada Rocks Trafalgar Square

• A night of Canadian Music
• Headline performer singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards with Hard rock band The Trews
• Nuevo Flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook
• Celtic-rooted sibling band The McDades

1st July – Canada Day – from 11am

• Official opening ceremony
• 12noon onwards – Hockey Tournament with teams competing through the day for the Trafalgar Cup
• Chill-out Pavilion, hosted by Alberta, home of the Canadian Rockies, with oxygen bar and massages
• A Taste of Ontario – culinary delights
• Canadian Pavilion – sample Canada’s stunning provinces
• Québec, with partners Tourism Montréal and the Just for Laughs Festival – a day of laughter and fun with Canadian comedians performing live throughout the day in the Québec Fun Pavilion
• Evening musical entertainment from jazz pianist Michael Kasehammer, roots performer John Wort Hannam, folk roots Americana musician Kim Beggs, Jesse Cook and country band Twilight Hotel