The George Street Festival ended this morning just in time for the Royal St John's Regatta . This event has been going on since 1816. The Regatta is always scheduled for the first Wednesday in August. Unless the weather is to poor for a Regatta . In that case it occurs the next good weather day.
The Regatta is always held at Quidi Vidi lake.This is small fresh water lake in St John's. St John's is a medium size city in Newfoundland, a province of Canada, on the eastern coast of North America.One of the oldest cities in North America with a great port and view of the Atlantic . The Titanic sank just off the coast and the first radio signal was sent from here.
The weather is a big deal in St John's . Especially for this event. For you see it is also a city holiday . So if the weather is poor then you have to go work. This could be a problem seeing as how the George Street Festival did not end until the sun came up. This festival occurs the week before the Regatta.
George Street is considered to have the most pubs and bars per square foot , even more than Uptown, than any street in North America. It is one giant party street and the pubs do not usually close until daybreak. Now you see why the George Street Festival could be a problem for getting to work on that first Wednesday in August. Everyone hopes for , or drinks to, good weather today.
If you would like to watch some of the festivities try these web pages. www.stjohnsregatta.org and www.ozfm.com . The last web page is a radio station . Click on George St webcams and you will have webcams for the entire area of St John's.
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