Also NEW: CNE Gaming Garage, East Coast Kitchen Party, Nightly Laser Illusion Experience, Trampoline Show and Star-Studded Concert Series featuring Burton Cummings & Band, Kiefer Sutherland, Sam Roberts Band, The Sheepdogs, Brett Kissel, A Tribe Called Red and more!
– August 18 to September 4 –
Move over TORONTO sign, there’s a new selfie-destination waiting at this year’s Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). In addition to the popular Instagram-worthy photos in front of the Princes’ Gates, the Ferris Wheel at night and aerial views from the Sky Ride, comes a new soon-to-be selfie hotspot. An 8-ft tall CNE sign with a Canadian maple leaf (to commemorate Canada’s 150th) will be illuminated on the west end of the Exhibition grounds near the Princess Margaret Fountain — just one of the many new features and attractions with a True North theme for the 2017 season of The Ex.
Highlights include a specially commissioned Unity Pole designed by Ojibway artist Kris Nahrgang to celebrate Canada’s indigenous heritage, a new panoramic origami exhibit of the Canadian landscape and landmarks, a Canadian-themed Aerial Acrobatics and Ice-Skating show starring Elvis Stojko, the President’s Choice SuperDogs CanaDogs Show and a spectacular CNE Aquarama waterfront show.
Other CNE features include a new and nightly Laser Illusion Experience that will wow audiences of all ages with a combination of cutting edge technology, illusions and electronic music; a “kick up your heels” East Coast Kitchen Party with plenty of live entertainment and traditions including kissing the cod; revisit the “magic of the mustang” during the Mustang Roundup, lining Princes’ Boulevard with a bevy of vintage Ford Mustangs; the CNE Innovation Garage presented by Furturpreneur which is back to showcase the latest in consumer technology; more new ideas will be pitched at the Emerging Innovators Pitch Competition; and an all-new CNE Gaming.
