The Richmond World Festival has been named the Most Outstanding Event in Canada by the country’s leading industry experts.
The honour was awarded at the 19th annual Canadian Event Industry Award Gala on March 31 in North York, Ontario.
The Canadian Event Industry Awards recognizes and celebrates the best achievements for event design, technology, marketing and production. It is the highest honour Canadian event professionals can achieve. Nominees were selected from hundreds of submitted entries in all disciplines of the event industry and judged by a panel of industry experts from across Canada.
Other nominees in the Most Outstanding category included landmark events from Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.
The 2015 Richmond World Festival, produced by the City of Richmond and John Donnelly and Associates, attracted more than 25,000 people in its first year.
The city’s newest signature event featured five performance stages with 50 musical performances, 36 food trucks, 50 exhibitors and numerous sport demonstrations.
Planning is already underway for the 2016 Richmond World Festival being held on Saturday, Sept. 3.
