Friendship Festival

The Friendship Festival was an annual celebration of the bond between Canada and the United States.

This event was held in Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York, which are connected by the Peace Bridge.

The festival also marked the nearly 200 year state of official peace between the two neighbors since the end of the War of 1812.

[1] The festival featured several free events including car shows, concerts with local and big name bands, a midway with rides, vendors, beer gardens, complimentary breakfast each morning, and exotic animal displays.

In 2012, in lieu of a big name band, Fort Erie's Festival opted to put on a concert series throughout the entire festival, featuring 27 bands from the Niagara and Buffalo areas.

A black background. In the foreground, a man in a white suit with black lapels and black pocket flap, wearing a white top-hat and glasses with a thick circular frame plays an electric violin which is nestled under his left cheek. His face is covered by a layer of surgical bandages, with only a portion of his forehead exposed and a slit at the mouth. A yellow wire hangs from the top of the violin at his left shoulder.
Nash the Slash performing at the 2008 Friendship Festival in Fort Erie