North American Dragon Boat Race Festivals

The official sites for Dragon Boat meets and races and news items written by Dragon Boat News or submitted to us.

April 4, 2009: 2nd annual Reaux for Miles Dragon Boat Regatta, Lafayette, Louisiana part of the Acadiana Games series of events

April 18, 2009: Chattanooga (TN) Dragon Boat Festival (second annual)
Dragon Boat Racing Training Camps, New Race Announced Chattanooga Jumps to Top of 2008 Race Calendar
2008 Chattanooga Dragon Boat Festival Raises $111K for Children's Hospital
Tri-Cities 2007 Dragon Boal Festival Raises $100K for Children's Hospital

April 25-26, 2009: Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Miami Marine Stadium at Virginia Key
2007 Races, Miami Brings Home the Dragon Boat Gold

May 2, 2009: Houston Dragon Boat Festival Allen's Landing, downtown Houston - This site of the Texas Dragon Boat Federation also announces other Gulf Coast Dragon Boat events.

May 2, 2009: Charleston (SC) Dragon Boat Festival, Brittlebank Park

Likely in May, date not yet announced: Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races

May 16, 2009: Lure of the Dragons, Lake Lure, NC, annual dragon boat race and festival

May 16-17, 2009: Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival, Thompson Boat House
News:
National Capitol Area Youth Program Announced
DC 2008 Dragon Boat Festival, Great Festival Turnout
2008 DC Festival Rescheduled (5/20)
2008 DC Festival Postponed (5/14)
2008 Washington Festival Fully Booked on Earliest Date Ever
DC 2007 Festival a Great Success

June 6, 2009: 3rd Annual Independence Dragon Boat Regatta of Philadelphia. The regatta benefits the Vietnam Veterans of America. The regatta hosts 500 meter races for men, wmoen, mixed teams and BCS.

June 6, 2009: 3rd Annual Gateway Dragon Boat Festival at Creve Coeur Lake in St. Louis County, Missouri

June 6-7, 2009: Boston Dragon Boat Festival

June 13, 2009: Kingston (Ontario) Dragon Boat Festival

June 19-21, 2009: Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival

June 20-21, 2009: Rio Tinto ALCAN Dragon Boat Festival of Vancouver
Local Teams Win Big in 2007 Alcan Dragon Boat Festival

June 20-21, 2009: 21st Telus Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival
Telus Toronto 2007 Dragon Boat Festival Kicks off Summer

June 27, 2009: Knoxville Dragon Boat Races, 7th annual.
Dragon Boat Race Organizer Buys BuK Boats
Second Harvest Repeats as Knoxville Champions

July 25-26, 2009: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Record Crowds Attend 2007 Colorado Dragon Boal Festival

July 25-26, 2009: Greater Vernon Dragon Boat Festival, Alberta

July 25-26, 2009: Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival, at Olympic Basin Park

August 1-2, 2009: ViewSonic Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

August 1-2, 2009: Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival

August 8-9, 2009: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York
2008 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, Biggest Ever!

August 14-16, 2009: Victoria Dragon Boat Festival

August 15-16, 2009: Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival, Hartford, CT
Hartford Goes Big, Adds $20K Purse

August 29, 2009: Rhode Island Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival, Pawtucket, RI

No 2009 date announced: Dragon Boat Races at the Kippona Festival, Harrisburg, PA. Sponsored by the Chinese Cultural and Arts Institute

Likely late August 2009, date not yet finalized: 2nd annualBanff National Park Dragon Boat Festival, Alberta

No 2009 date announced, likely early September: Kelowna (BC) Dragon Boat Festival

No 2009 date announced, likely early October: San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente

No 2009 date announced, likely early October: South Florida Dragon Boat Festival, Haulover Beach Park Marina, Miami

October 17, 2009: First Annual Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival at Walt Disney World Resort
First Orlando Dragon Boat Festival Announced

October 17-18 2009: 6th Annual Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta - Brrok's Lake, Sugarland, Texas.


Washington DC Race photo

Here is a photo from the 2005 festival in Washington.

red dragon boat on the anacostia
An unknown red dragon boat.

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