37 Years of the World at Your Doorstep!

Wednesday July 7th to Saturday July 10th marks the 37th annual presentation of The Brantford International Villages Festival. 36 years of bringing you world class memories. The 2009 festival features 14 villages for you to enjoy.

Festival passports will be available at Brantford Tourism on Wayne Gretzky Parkway starting June 15th.

They are also available at:

2009 Participating Villages

• British Village, Brant Naval Veteran’s Assoc., 54 Wadsworth Street
• German Village, Sonnenhof Hall, 194 Henry Street
• Guyanese Village, Royal Canadian Legion, 21 Oak Street
• Hungarian Village, Hungarian Hall, 104 Albion Street
• India Village
• Italian Village, St. John’s College, 80 Paris Road
• Latin America, Royal Canadian Legion, Dunsdon Branch, 9 Toll Gate Road
• Muslim Village, Muslim Association of Brantford, 192 Greenwich Street
• New York, New York, Bellview Community Hall, 55 Tom Street
• Philippine Village, Sydenham Street Church, 120 Sydenham Street
• Polish Polonaise, Polish Hall, 154 Pearl Street
• Polish Warszawa, Polish Alliance Hall, 126 Albion Street
• Scottish Village, Brantford Air Force Club, 144 Grey Street
• Ukraina Village, Ukrainian Catholic Church, 100 Terrace Hill Street

Each location/hall is where the various ethnic communities of Brantford are ready to entertain you. Your four-day $7 passport or $5 one day pass gives you access to all 14 villages.  Free transportation between Villages enables you to sample and explore the diversified cultures of our community. You will enjoy continuous cultural entertainment including music, dancing, unique cuisine and beverages plus cultural displays of costumes and history.

Passports may be purchased at each of the Village locations during the Festival or the Brantford Visitor & Convention Bureau, Wayne Gretzky Parkway, (at highway 403) beside Lynden Park Mall, commencing June 15th, 2009.

The 37th edition of the Brantford International Villages Festival. 

Most villages open from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday.  Check your Passport for each Villages operating hours.