New event at Summer In The Park

An event new to North Bay will take place during this years Summer In The Park.

It’s called the North Bay Drum and Dance festival.

Meg Ramore of the North Bay and District Multi Cultural Centre says it will be held on both the Saturday and Sunday of the weekend.

She says there will be a dozen out of town world renowned performers mostly African and local Indigenous performers as well.

She says there were be 15-20 performers in all with half being local.

Ramore says they’ve partnered with Canafric Theatre.

There are also workshops for people to take part in and everything is free.

For more go to northbaydrumanddancefestival.ca or the Summer In The Park website.