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Yukon Arts Centre

Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2010
Website: yukonartscentre.com
The Yukon Arts Centre hosts a variety of exhibitions, theatre performances and art education programs throughout the year. Find a complete listing on the website.

Phone: (867) 667-8575

Available Light Film Festival

Feb 10-14, 2010
Location: Yukon Arts Centre
Website: http://yukonfilmsociety.com
Canada's premiere feature film festival North of 60 is an intimate, carefully selected festival of Canadian and International feature-length fiction and documentary films taking place in Whitehorse. The 8th annual Available Light Film Festival will feature 25 screenings, guest filmmakers and workshops over 5 days and is presented by the Yukon Film Society and Yukon Energy Corporation.

Phone: (867) 393-3456

Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race

Feb 15-20, 2010
Website: yukonquest.com
Experience the thrill of the 27th annual Yukon Quest. Celebrate the epic finish of the 1,000 mile journey at the finish line and at QuestFest, a week-long festival of events and activities for visitors and race fans.

Phone: (867) 668-4711

Frostbite Music Festival

Feb 19-21, 2010
Website: frostbitefest.ca
This event hosts a multitude of emerging and established Canadian and Yukon musical acts, and features concerts, dances, workshops, a kids’ festival and a youth stage.

Phone: (867) 668-4921

Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival

Feb 25-28, 2010
Website: yukonrendezvous.com
Our 46th annual winter festival featuring family and children’s activities including traditional events – flour packing contest, chainsaw chuck, international air show, one dog pull, Swede saw and log split, axe throwing and more.

Phone: (867) 667-2148

Burning Away the Winter Blues

Mar 20, 2010 | 8:30 PM-11:30 PM
Location: Meet at Rotary Park in downtown Whitehorse
Website: burningawaythewinterblues.com
A community event staged by Yukon Educational Theatre to mark the Spring Equinox. This annual ritual is a way to help Yukoners celebrate the end of the winter and renew their spirits in time for spring.

Join the torch-lit procession, led by a giant effigy of the Winter Blues, along the banks of the Yukon River to Robert Service Campground.

Phone: (867) 633-4844

Annual City of Whitehorse Triathlon

Jun 6, 2010
Location: Canada Games Centre
Website: whitehorse.ca/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A5849227-F6AB-4707-9575-C1E0C22716D9}
Including Olympic Distance (swim 1,500m, bike 40 km, run 10 km) and Sprint Distance (swim 500m, bike 20 km and run 5 km).

Phone: (867) 668-8325

National Aboriginal Day

Jun 21, 2010
Website: yfnta.org
Whitehorse First Nations host a day of cultural celebrations.

Phone: (867) 667-3937

Solstice and Saint Jean Baptiste Celebrations

Jun 25-27, 2010
Website: afy.yk.ca/culturel
Come celebrate an evening of music under the midnight sun. We open the stage to different cultures and languages representing the diversity and vitality of the Yukon.

Phone: (867) 668-2663 ext. 232

24 Hours of Light Mountain Bike Event

Jun 26-27, 2010
Website: 24hoursoflight.ca
Solo cyclists and teams of all ages race on the forested trails around Mt. McIntyre. The winner – the team that does the most laps in the time allotted. Sunday awards presentation to racers with the best lap times and teams with the most spirit.

Phone: (867) 668-7559

The Yukon River Quest Canoe and Kayak Race

Jun 30 - Jul 4, 2010
Location: Race Start: Main Street and 1st Ave., Whitehorse
Website: yukonriverquest.com
Every summer, paddlers are challenged in a world-class wilderness event – a race to the midnight sun.

Phone: (867) 333-5628

Celebrate Canada

Jul 1, 2010 | 12:00 PM-10:00 PM
Location: Shipyards Park in Whitehorse
Canada Day celebrations.
Visitors welcome.

Softball Yukon Dustball Tournament

Jul 8-11, 2010
Location: Pepsi softball centre on Range Road
Website: softballyukon.com
Held annually at the Pepsi softball centre in Whitehorse.

Phone: (867) 667-4487

Canada's Parks Day festivities throughout the Yukon

Jul 17, 2010 | 12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Location: S.S. Klondike National Historic Site in Whitehorse
Guided walks, tours and talks at various national, territorial and municipal parks and historic sites.
Check with local community Visitor Centres for activities.

Yukon 1000 Canoe and Kayak Race

Jul 19-31, 2010
Location: Race Start: downtown Whitehorse
Website: yukon1000.com
The Yukon 1000 is 1000 miles long making it the longest race of it's kind in the world. The race route takes in some of the wildest and most remote paddling conceivable. The course starts in Whitehorse and goes North from there.

Phone: (867) 668-4630

Yukon River Trail Marathon

Aug 1, 2010
Website: yukonmarathon.com
Run on scenic trails in the Yukon River valley. Events include marathon, half-marathon and a four-person relay.

Phone: (867) 668-7592

Klondike Trail of '98 International Road Relay

Sep 10-11, 2010
Website: sportyukon.com
Teams of up to 10 runners compete in this exhilarating overnight relay through the scenic Coast Mountains. Starts in Skagway, Alaska, follows the Klondike Highway past the Southern Lakes region to Whitehorse and finishes along the Yukon River in Whitehorse.

Phone: (867) 393-8330

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