Toronto – The Indigenous Arts Festival returns to the Fort York National Historic Site this weekend. The festival is a free, community-focused event in celebration of traditional and contemporary Indigenous music and dance, along with artisan and culinary experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples living across Turtle Island and Indigenous communities around the world.
On Saturday, June 17, at Fort York National Historic Site, 250 Fort York Blvd., Indigenous Arts Festival 2023, City of Toronto Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park) and the founding partner Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation raised the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation flag. On Sunday, June 18, the Indigenous Arts Festival, live concert stage, opens with ceremonial words by the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation cultural representatives Elder Garry Sault and Valarie King were held.