We had a truly wonderful and successful time at the 16th Annual Harvest Moon Festival on September 20, 2025! From 11 AM to 5 PM, our community came together to celebrate cultural diversity through music, movement, and dance, alongside a lively street market filled with talented local vendors.

🌟 Performance Lineup
We are so grateful to all the incredible performers who shared their culture and talents with us:

• 11:10 – Opening Prayer with Elder Erroll Kinistino
• 11:20 – The Dog River Band
• 11:45 – Natya Sudha Dance Group
• 12:15 – Prairie Gael School of Irish Dance
• 12:45 – Regina Balaton Hungarian Dancers
• 1:20 – The Canadian Hung Kuen Kung Fu School
• 2:00 – Amelia Friday-Belanger & Children
• 2:30 – Tavria School of Ukrainian Dance
• 3:10 – Glenn Pelletier & Chanel Goodwin
• 3:40 – Lindsay Cottin
• 4:20 – Mother Teresa Middle School Buffalo Boys
• 4:50 – Closing Prayer with Elder Sharon Agecoutay

Inside the festival, we also had the joy of experiencing hands-on felting with Melanie Monique Rose, who guided participants from 12 PM – 4 PM. Joe Maeys from MetaMorph Entertainment for his balloon artistry and Rhonda Donais for sharing her talent through skillful face painting.

🛍️ Street Market & Activities
Our Street Market was bustling with incredible vendors offering handmade crafts, art, and unique creations.

• Balance with Lyn – Lyn handcrafts a variety of eco-conscious foot care products in small batches, using Young Living Essential Oils and natural, plant-based ingredients. Her line includes foot soaks, scrubs, creams, serums, sprays, and seasonal items. All packaged in reusable or recyclable containers to support a holistic, plant-based lifestyle.
• Light of a Lotus -Selling creations of functional and visual art, offering original pieces, prints, posters, ceramics, jewelry, and stickers.
• Modern Magpie – Jewelry and Accessories sells handmade items crafted from thrifted and recycled materials, creating unique and sustainable pieces at a fraction of the cost.
• Bella Merryck Creations – A little bit of everything from resin creations, cloth tote bags, crocheted items, wreaths, painted artwork and more.
• Candace Rosin – “Spirit Dancers” little people made from beads, buttons and gemstones
• Wild Things Handcrafted by Beth – Creating hand sculpted jewelry and figurines from polymer clay for over 30 years. I love creating unique, whimsical items such as dragons, unicorns and much more.
• Log House Thrift – Community not-for-profit organization that provides affordable, high quality goods to its shoppers.

We were also joined by the Thomson Food Collective. In the summer of 2024, neighbours and teachers in Regina’s Heritage community came together with a dream: to uplift and empower their community by ensuring every child at Thomson Community School could start the day with a warm, nourishing meal and a true sense of belonging. From that dream, the Thomson Food Collective was born. At our market, they shared their smiles, information and served up delicious homemade chili.

The Regina Open Door Society (RODS) is a non-profit organization that provides settlement and integration services to refugees and immigrants in Regina. They joined us to raise money through T-shirt and Bunnyhug sales, while raising awareness about their great organization.

And lastly, but certainly not least. Councillor Victoria Flores representing Ward 6 in Regina, joined our Street Market to speak with community members. With a background in the non-profit sector, she has worked with the Regina Food Bank and Regina Open Door Society. Her priorities focus on safe, inclusive neighbourhoods, food security, and strong local infrastructure. We appreciate her commitment to our communities.

The Heritage Concession was busy serving up tasters from local restaurants as well as Saskatchewan classics, thank you to everyone who joined us to share these community flavours. If you enjoyed some of the delicious foods, here is a list of the items and the local establishments you can support by visiting them.

• Wally B’s Jamaican Jerk Restaurant – Sweet Potato Pie
• Ngoc Van – Fresh Rolls
• Oi Bakery – Sweet Buns
• The Bannock House – Bannock
• Munch Catering – Borscht

💛 Gratitude
We would like to sincerely thank all of our performers, vendors, artists, and community partners for making this year’s festival such a success. A special thank you goes to the City of Regina and SaskCulture for their generous support in funding this event.

The Harvest Moon Festival continues to grow year after year, and this 16th edition was a beautiful reminder of the strength, creativity, and diversity that shines within our community. 🌕✨