CBC is throwing open its doors and inviting Canadians to come on in and celebrate Culture Days 2024. This weekend, Canada's national public broadcaster will join in the country's signature annual cultural event - and celebrate its 75th anniversary bringing the art of broadcasting to Canadians - with special events and unique, once-in-a-lifetime programming.
"For 75 years, our role as the national public broadcaster has been to bring Canadians together," said Kirstine Stewart, CBC's Executive Vice President of English Services. "I can think of no better way to do that than to hold a national open house to celebrate Culture Days 2024 - and everyone is invited. Come and see your CBC!"
The national celebrations officially get underway in Vancouver, with a special kick-off event on Friday, September 30 headlined by country music sensation Johnny Reid, and culminating that night with a live concert broadcast hosted by CBC Q host Jian Ghomeshi. Featuring top Canadian acts like Stars, The Midway State and The New Pornographers, the concert will air across the country on CBC TV as Midnight Music: A Concert for Culture Days.
Bookending the national celebration is a suite of special programs and local events that will engage and entertain Canadians across the country. On Thursday, September 29 , regional CBC stations will highlight this national, interactive celebration of our vibrant culture with special Culture Days 2024 broadcasts. The special 30-minute programs will reveal the cultural secrets of communities across Canada - from Vancouver to Winnipeg to Newfoundland and Labrador, visiting peoples like the Woodland Cree, and getting to know the six Alberta communities vying for the coveted title of "Cultureville 2024."
Then, on October 1, CBC stations across Canada will host Open House events - a unique opportunity presented in celebration of CBC's 75 years as Canada's public broadcaster. In 32 cities, CBC/Radio-Canada will open its doors to give Canadians a glimpse from the other side of the camera, and behind the scenes on the sets of their favourite programs. This national open house is the high point of the CBC's 75th anniversary celebrations, which have been going strong since late August. Festivities will continue through November 2, the day the public broadcaster was established in 1936. Families can take advantage of a wide range of rare experiences, like appearing on camera, recording radio messages, going inside a satellite truck or learning how to produce a news story from start to finish.
CBC/Radio-Canada will be hosting Open House activities in the following locations:
Calgary, Alberta; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Edmonton, Alberta; Fredericton, New Brunswick; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Iqaluit, Nunavut; Kelowna, British Columbia; Matane, Quebec; Moncton, New Brunswick; Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; Prince George, British Columbia; Quebec City, Quebec; Regina, Saskatchewan; Rimouski, Quebec; Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec; Saguenay, Quebec; Saint John, New Brunswick; Sept-Îles, Quebec; Sherbrooke, Quebec; St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador; Sudbury, Ontario; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Thunder Bay, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Trois-Rivières, Quebec; Vancouver, British Columbia; Victoria, British Columbia; Whitehorse, Yukon; Windsor, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
