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 5, 2008: 2nd annual Reaux for Miles Dragon Boat Regatta, Lafayette, Louisiana part of the Acadiana Games series of events

April 19, 2008: Chattanooga (TN) Dragon Boat Festival (second annual)
Chattanooga Jumps to Top of 2008 Race Calendar
2008 Chattanooga Dragon Boat Festival Raises $111K for Children's Hospital

May 3, 2008: 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 3, 2008: Charleston (SC) Dragon Boat Festival (first annual)

May 3, 2008: Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (Brickell Key)
2007 Races, Miami Brings Home the Dragon Boat Gold

May 3, 2008: Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races (fifth annual)

May 10, 2008: Lure of the Dragons, Lake Lure, NC, first annual dragon boat race and festival

May 17-18, 2008: Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival
News:
2008 Washington Festival Fully Booked on Earliest Date Ever
DC 2007 Festival a Great Success

June 7, 2008: 2nd Annual Independence Dragon Boat Regatta of Philadelphia. The regatta benefits the Vietnam Veterans of America

June 7, 2008: Second Annual Gateway Dragon Boat Festival at Creve Coeur Lake in St. Louis County, Missouri

June 8, 2008: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival of Boston

June 14, 2008: Kingston (Ontario) Dragon Boat Festival

June 20-22, 2008: Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival

June 21-22, 2008: ALCAN Dragon Boat Festival of Vancouver
Local Teams Win Big in 2007 Alcan Dragon Boat Festival

June 21-22, 2008: Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival
Telus Toronto 2007 Dragon Boat Festival Kicks off Summer

June 28, 2008: Knoxville Dragon Boat Races
Dragon Boat Race Organizer Buys BuK Boats
Second Harvest Repeats as Knoxville Champions

July 25-27, 2008: ViewSonic Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

July 26-27, 2008: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Record Crowds Attend 2007 Colorado Dragon Boal Festival

July 26-27, 2008: Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival

August 2-3, 2008: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York

August 3, 2008: Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival

August 8-10, 2008: Calgary Dragon Boat Festival

August 15-17, 2008: Victoria Dragon Boat Festival

September 6, 2008: Rhode Island Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival

Likely September 2008, date not yet announced: Kelowna (BC) Dragon Boat Festival

September 13, 2008: Tri-Cities (Tennessee) Dragon Boat Races
Tri-Cities 2007 Dragon Boal Festival Raises $100K for Children's Hospital

October 4-5 2008: San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente

October 18, 2008: First Annual Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival at Walt Disney World Resort

Likely October 2008, date not yet announced: 5th Annual Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta - held near Houston


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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