Submissions:

Early Deadline : Monday May 19
Final Deadline : Monday May 26

Attention all students! SPEAK UP! Film & Video Fest is now accepting film submissions for their 2008 festival. Now is your chance to show the world your talent in filmmaking and all original music! This is your time to collaborate and network with friends, local musicians, aspiring actors and more. Start rolling your cameras, edit and have a soundtrack! SPEAK UP! 2008 is offering you a chance to enter your films and become recognized in your community.

For more information, click here.

• Art/photography,craft displays in shops & businesses
• Artists painting in the streets
• Live music in and around town on patios, etc.
• Book/poetry readings
• More activities are in the planning stages so visit this site often for all our updates

Over three fun filled days, visitors will have the unique opportunity to span the globe without leaving the city!

A Carassauga Festival Passport gets you unlimited access to cultural pavilions all festival weekend long!

Each cultural pavilion provides a unique blend of music, fashion, and food with a focus on celebrating the city's cultural diversity. Carassauga's mission is to organize a city-wide multicultural festival to promote understanding, respect and co-operation among all Canadians of different heritage. Pavilions feature a wide variety of activities depicting many cultures are showcased in arenas, community centres and private halls throughout the City. Each pavilion showcases heritage through cultural music, food, art, fashion, dance and more with over 3,000 volunteers participating and a record 200,000+ people attended the festival in 2007.

Friday May 23, 2008 7:30 pm – 12:00 am
Saturday May 24, 2008 3:00 pm – 12:00 am
Sunday May 25, 2008 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Pavilions include: Africa, Egypt, Jamaica, Serbia, Armenia, Greece, Lithuania, Scotland, Azerbaijan, Guyana,Macedonia, Caribbean, Hawaii, Philippines, China, India, Poland, Croatia, International, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy and Scotland. Visit the Carassauga website at www.carassauga.com for updates on the 2008 festival & pavilions.

PASSPORTS
Carassauga passports are $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door. Children 12 and under are free, when accompanied by an adult passport holder. A passport entitles the visitor to unlimited entry to all pavilions during festival hours. Passports will be sold at various locations; for more information please contact the Carassauga office (905) 615-3010.

RIDE FOR FREE
Present your passport to a Mississauga Transit driver during festival hours and travel free both on regularly scheduled Mississauga Transit bus routes, plus on any of Carassauga's shuttle bus routes. The shuttle bus routes visit each pavilion every 30 minutes and all intersect at the Hershey Centre! Children 12 years of age and under, accompanied by an adult, also ride free.

WRISTBAND POLICY IN EFFECT
Carassauga passports are not transferable. Each visitor attending Carassauga will have a wristband attached to their wrist and their passport will be clipped when they attend their first pavilion this year. To gain admission to subsequent pavilions, festival goers are required to both wear their wristband and present their passport each time. If a person removes their wristband, they must purchase another "at door" passport at a purchase price of $10 and have a new wristband attached in order to attend more pavilions. Carassauga volunteers thank everyone for their cooperation with this new procedure.

This year's theme will be in celebration of Streetsville's 150th birthday. Special souvenirs to mark the occasion will be available.

Streetsville's 35th Bread and Honey Festival is held in Streetsville Memorial Park, a natural amphitheatre site of 30 acres on the Credit River. This year the festival will take place from June 6 - 8, and as usual, expect the tongue-tantalizing sensations of the locally made bread from the local flourmills in Streetsville, the Reid Milling and ADM Milling flourmills. Of course, to go with the local bread, local honey is also used. Various forms of music will be featured on the main stage Saturday and Sunday from 60's to rock and Jazz, Pop and Country. There will be events and features for children like the petting zoo located on the fairgrounds, including a rubber duck race through the Credit River, food concession stands and various rides. The Bread and Honey Festival begins with the Lions Carnival at 4 pm on Friday with the Mammoth Parade taking place at 10 am sharp on Saturday June 7th. The festival, a non-profit, volunteer-run event, ends at 6 pm on Sunday.

The Award Winning Mississauga Waterfront Festival takes place June 13, 14 & 15, 2008 in Port Credit, Memorial Park.

This annual festival is known for "Celebrating the Best in Great Canadian Music" and that's what you'll hear at this year's festival!

Friday night features singer songwriter, Matthew Good coming off his sold-out North American tour. On Saturday from Vancouver, Canada's most popular blues rocker Colin James will hit the main stage. The incredible Suzie McNeill will perform on Sunday followed by Mississauga's own world-renowned guitarist Rik Emmett and his hot band! All of these exciting performers are at the height of their careers with hits topping the charts across Canada and Internationally! Some great new Canadian talent will also be featured including newly signed, Crash Parallel & the The Sadies, Juno nominee Johnny Max and Australian newcomer Marta!

Kids won't know what to do first in the Family Fun Village! On the Children's Stage, MC Patty the Clown will keep everybody excited! They can interact with Splash' N Boots™ and Miss Spider™ and the Sunny Patch Kids, and have fun with popular Treehouse TV Friends, Toopy & Binoo™! Moms, Dads & kids will learn how to keep fit with Dance n Play with Silke and sing along with tributes to Hannah Montanna and High School Musical. They'll see a live Reptilia Show and thrill to a Meet & Greet with every child's friend, Dora The Explorer™ and the popular Max from Treehouse TV's Max N Ruby™.

Two wonderful contests will be co-sponsored by The Mississauga News! Don't miss the excitement of finding out what talented singer the celebrity judges will choose to be our fifth annual Mississauga Future Star! Prizes include a $2,000.00 cash prize sponsored by Aielli, a Canadian Music Week showcase and chance to record at Metalworks Studios. In the Great Canadian Dad Contest the winner will take home a number of fabulous prizes including a family barbeque, lawnmower and power tools from Home Depot.

Learn about the city's pioneer past with historical re-enactments, dancers and singers from Heritage Mississauga. Experience vibrant regalia, thundering drums and traditional storytelling as the Ojibway storyteller and Gonrah Desgohwah White Pine Dancers, Mississauga of the New Credit and members of the Métis Nation bring the teachings of the First Nations People through Educational, Interactive And Entertaining Performances on our First Nations /Heritage Stage.

There's lots to do & see with the family at the Home Depot Kid's Workshop, YTV'S Weird On Wheels, Purina Pro Plan Dog Stars featuring the McCann Dogs, Skyriders Trampoline Show, Pizza Nova's Kid's Pizza Workshop, Rock Climbing Wall, Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Funland Carnival, and Pirate Ship. Marvel at extreme water sports including the SWYWYS Jet-Ski Stunt Show, Summer Water-ski Show and Rowing Skills Challenge and see exciting Flatland Riders in the arena.

Advance Weekend Pass
$13 For Adults $8 For Seniors 65+ /Children 12 And Under

Available by visiting the official web site and at Various Shoppers Drug Marts
$15 For Adults And $10 For Seniors 65+ /Children 12 And Under At The Gate Children 2 and Under Are Free

For Further Information Call the Festival Hotline at: 905-891-0002

Clarkson 1808 Party in the Village. 10 a.m. to dusk. Join the party as Clarkson Village turns 200!

• Horse and buggy rides
• Children's entertainment
• Historic demonstrations
• Live music
• and much more!

PLUS SPECIAL EVENTS ALL YEAR LONG!

• Monthly Historic Walking Tours
• Sponsored by the Friends of the Museums of Mississauga
• Illustrated Lecture Series
• Featuring local historians at Lorne Park Library
• And more!

Cost: Free

October 4
Clown Street Festival

In honour of Streetsville's 150th Anniversary Clowns Canada will visit the Village illustrating their face painting, magic, and general silliness. A street full of clowns!!