Summer Festival (TV series)

*Summer Festival*
Summer Festival
Genre	Current affairs, entertainment
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	30 June –; 5 September 1980

Summer Festival is a Canadian current affairs and entertainment television series which aired on CBC Television in 1980.

Premise

This series featured various events throughout Canada such as a lobster festival in Prince Edward Island or Edmonton's Klondike Days. Various series hosts were assigned for each Canadian region. On Monday episodes, Geoff Gray-Cobb of British Columbia provided astrology advice.^[1]

Summer Festival replaced The Bob McLean Show between June and September 1980. Executive producer for the series was Nigel Napier-Andrews, whom was also a producer on The Bob McLean Show.

Regional hosts

Edmonton: Jo Green
Halifax: Beth Harrington
Charlottetown: Amanda Hancox
St. John's, Newfoundland: Shirley Newhook
Toronto: Riki Turofsky
Windsor, Ontario: Marilyn MacKay
Winnipeg: Arvel Gray
Vancouver: Debra Kaye

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast weekdays at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) from 30 June to 5 September 1980.

References

^ Corcelli, John (November 2005). "Summer Festival". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

Allan, Blaine (1996). "Summer Festival". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[CCF-1] Corcelli, John (November 2005). "Summer Festival". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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