Dynamic Change Rocks the
2013 Norseman Festival

The 2013 Norseman Festival continues the trajectory of change established over the last several years. It takes the “Rocks the Runway” concept of an airport concert introduced three years ago and includes it as the opener to the Norseman Festival itself.  It creates a Norseman Festival which takes place at 2 main venues, on two different weekends, and allows for both wheeled and float equipped aircraft to be centre stage.

“Rocks the Runway” will begin a Norseman Festival week which starts on Saturday, July 20th and closes with two days of great activities at the beach on Friday and Saturday, July 26th & 27th.

Rocks the Runway will be expanded by adding a static display, historically significant exhibits, and a fly-in for wheeled aircraft. Organizers are working on additional attractions as well. It all takes place at the Red Lake Airport on July 20th.

Norseman Festival Rocks the Beach the following weekend. A large screen movie, fireworks, a BBQ, lakeside vendors, games in abundance, a float plane fly in, camping, a fly past, a pancake breakfast, aircraft rides, 5 live bands and 3 solo/duo music acts are being organized. All at Kinsmen Beach on Friday July 26th & Saturday July 27.

Licenced events and entertainers at different locations, a Mixed Slo Pitch tourney and other events are in the planning stages. Nobody knows yet everything you may see and do at the Norseman Festival this year.

About the Norseman Floatplane Festival
The Norseman Floatplane Festival is the time each year when Red Lake welcomes visitors from around the world to help the community celebrate Canada’s iconic bush plane. There’s lots of fun for any aviation lover - and lots of entertainment, activities and experiences for the whole family. Join us!

The Noorduyn Norseman is the focal point, of course. It’s a tough, single engine, high winged piece of Canadian history that you can still see, hear, touch and ride in. Since the first model took off in Cartierville, Quebec in 1935 it has been gathering fans from around the world. Get up close and comfortable with one during the festival - and see a lot of Canada’s other famous bush planes at the same time.

If you have any adventure in your soul, you’ll enjoy Red Lake. It’s a cluster of gold mining towns created on and near the shores of a long lake whose name springs from the oral history of its original First Nation inhabitants. They and successive groups of European immigrants have contributed to making this an interesting modern community with a colourful history. You won’t learn about it all in a weekend, or a week - but you should have fun trying.
 

Additional Information:

The hardy NORSEMAN coughs, shudders and prepares to break free of the gray wooden dock that holds it. And another day of adventure begins in a northern Canadian town. (read more)

Robert H. Noorduyn, Honourary Chairman of the Norseman Festival, and son of Noorduyn Norseman designer R.B.C. Noorduyn, passed away on August 28, 2008. A plaque was erected at the Norseman Heritage Park was dedicated in his honour during the 2009 Festival.  (read more)

Videos of 2012 Norseman Floatplane Festival:
Published by Tourismredlake.ca. Videos by Lydia Riddell
Norseman Fly-by
Flight in Norseman with music by Rodney Brown
From the Festival

Shot in Red Lake, Ontario. Directed by Harriet Carlson. Shot by Mikey Williams and Simon Harju. Sound by Caleb Hawkins and Rodney Dwira. Music by Mark Sandberg. Stills and help from LeRoy Stevens III. Screened at the Bay Street Film Festival, Indie Can FF, Winnipeg International FF, Lakehead Outdoor FF, CTV Videomakers Competition during Cinefest Sudbury (Community Pulse Award), and Canada International FF (Best In Canada). Starring: Hugh Carlson (Harriet’s father).  (view video)

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