North American Dragon Boat Races, Tournaments & Festivals
The official sites for Dragon Boat meets and races and news items written by Dragon Boat News or submitted to us. Segregated by month, they show the date of the next event where possible.
March
March 27-28, 2010: 7th annual (Arizona) Dragon Boat Festival, Tempe Town Lake Marina, Tempe, Arizona
April
2010 date not yet announced: Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Miami Marine Stadium at Virginia Key
2007 Races, Miami Brings Home the Dragon Boat Gold
May
\May 1, 2010: 7th Annual Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races
May 1, 2010: 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 8, 2010: Lure of the Dragons, Lake Lure, NC, annual dragon boat race and festival
May 8, 2010: Battle in the Bay Dragon Boat Festival, Sombrero Beach, Marathon, Florida Keys
May 8, 2010: 3rd annualCharleston Dragon Boat Festival, Brittlebank Park, Charleston, SC
May 29-30, 2010: 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
June 5, 2010: 4th Annual Independence Dragon Boat Regatta of Philadelphia. The regatta benefits the Vietnam Veterans of America. The regatta hosts 500 meter races for men, women, mixed teams and BCS.
2010 date not yet announced: 4th Annual Gateway Dragon Boat Festival at Creve Coeur Lake in St. Louis County, Missouri
June 13, 2010: Boston Dragon Boat Festival
June 18-20, 2010: Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
June 19-20, 2010: Rio Tinto ALCAN Dragon Boat Festival of Vancouver
Local Teams Win Big in 2007 Alcan Dragon Boat Festival
June 19-20, 2010: 22nd Telus Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival
Telus Toronto 2007 Dragon Boat Festival Kicks off Summer
June 26, 2010: Knoxville Dragon Boat Races, 7th annual.
Dragon Boat Race Organizer Buys BuK Boats
Second Harvest Repeats as Knoxville Champions
July
July 3, 2010: Waterloo Regional Dragon Boat Festival, Waterloo, Ontario
July 23-25, 2010: Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival, at Olympic Basin Park
July 23-25, 2010: Greater Vernon Dragon Boat Festival, Alberta
July 24-25, 2010: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Record Crowds Attend 2007 Colorado Dragon Boal Festival
July 24, 2010: Kingston (Ontario) Dragon Boat Festival
July 24, 2010: Chattanooga (TN) Dragon Boat Festival (national championships)
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
July 31 - August 1, 2010: ViewSonic Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival
August
August 7-8, 2010: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York
2008 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, Biggest Ever!
August 8, 2010: Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival
August 13-15, 2010: Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival
August 21-22, 2010: Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival, Hartford, CT
Hartford Goes Big, Adds $20K Purse
August 28, 2010: Rhode Island Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival, Pawtucket, RI
August 14-15, 2010: Banff National Park Dragon Boat Festival, Alberta
2010 date not yet announced: Dragon Boat Races at the Kippona Festival, Harrisburg, PA. Sponsored by the Chinese Cultural and Arts Institute
September
September 11, 2010: Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Lanier Olympic Venue
September 25-26, 2010: San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente
2010 date not yet announced: Kelowna (BC) Dragon Boat Festival
October
2010 date not yet announced: South Florida Dragon Boat Festival, Haulover Beach Park Marina, Miami
2010 date not yet announced: First Annual Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival at Walt Disney World Resort
First Orlando Dragon Boat Festival Announced
2010 date not yet announced: 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.

An unknown red dragon boat.
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