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 31-April 1, 2012: 9th annual (Arizona) Dragon Boat Festival, Tempe Town Lake Marina, Tempe, Arizona

April

April 28, 2012: 9th Annual International Dragon Boat Races, Tampa, FL

2007 Races, Miami Brings Home the Dragon Boat Gold

May

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Not yet announced - last year May 7, 2011: 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 5, 2012: 5th annual Charleston Dragon Boat Festival, Brittlebank Park, Charleston, SC

May 12, 2012: Battle in the Bay Dragon Boat Festival, Sombrero Beach, Marathon, Florida Keys

May 19, 2012: Chattanooga (TN) Dragon Boat Festival
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

May 19-20, 2012: 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 2, 2012: 6th 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.
Photo gallery with approximately 2,500 pictures of the 2010 Philadelphia regatta

June 9, 2012: 5th Annual Lure of the Dragons, Lake Lure, NC, annual dragon boat race and festival

June 9-10, 2012: Boston Dragon Boat Festival

June 15-17, 2012: Rio Tinto ALCAN Dragon Boat Festival of Vancouver
Local Teams Win Big in 2007 Alcan Dragon Boat Festival

June 22-24, 2012: Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival

June 23-24, 2012: 24th Annual Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival
Telus Toronto 2007 Dragon Boat Festival Kicks off Summer

June 23, 2012: Knoxville Dragon Boat Races, 7th annual.
Dragon Boat Race Organizer Buys BuK Boats
Second Harvest Repeats as Knoxville Champions

July

(2012 not yet announced) July 22-24, 2011: Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival, at Olympic Basin Park

(2012 not yet announced) July 23, 2011: Kingston (Ontario) Dragon Boat Festival

July 21-22, 2012: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Record Crowds Attend 2007 Colorado Dragon Boal Festival

July 29, 2012: Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

August

August 4-5, 2012: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York Flushing Meadows
2008 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, Biggest Ever!

August 5, 2012: Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival Waterfront Park, Burlington, Vermont

August 17-19, 2012: Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival, Victoria Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC

August 11, 2012: Banff National Park Dragon Boat Festival, Alberta

August 11, 2012: 5th Annual Gateway Dragon Boat Festival at Creve Coeur Lake in St. Louis County, Missouri

August 17-19, 2012: Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival, Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, Edmonton, Alberta

August 18-19, 2011: Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival, Hartford, CT
Hartford Goes Big, Adds $20K Purse

September

(2012 not yet announced) September 10, 2011: Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Lanier Olympic Venue

September 8-9, 2012: Portland (Oregon) Dragon Boat Race at Tom McCall Waterfront Park

(2012 not yet announced) September 11, 2011: Rhode Island Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival, Pawtucket, RI

September 15-16, 2011: San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival at Treasure Island, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente

(2012 not yet announced) September 24, 2011: South Florida Dragon Boat Festival, Haulover Beach Park Marina, Miami

September 24, 2012: Memphis Dragon Boat Races Mud Island River Park

October

October 6, 2012: Philadelphia International Dragon Boat Festival, St. Joe's Boathouse on Kelly Drive, S.

October 20, 2012: Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World Resort
First Orlando Dragon Boat Festival Announced

(2012 not yet announced) October 22-23, 2011: 8th Annual Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta - Brook'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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