This article is a list of major entertainment events held in Greater Moncton.

Infrequent events

Infrequent events of over 5000 people in attendance.

Year Category Sub Category Event Name Attendance Main Venue Notes/See also
1968 Sporting Baseball Canadian Junior Baseball Championships
1974 Sporting Figure Skating Canadian Figure Skating Championships
1977 Sporting Figure Skating Skate Canada International
1978 Sporting Ice Hockey CIS University Cup
1980 Sporting Curling World Men's Curling Championships
1982 Sporting Ice Hockey CIS University Cup
1983 Sporting Ice Hockey CIS University Cup
1984 Religious Catholic Pope John Paul II - Pastoral Visit.[1] 75,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site
1985 Sporting Figure Skating Canadian Figure Skating Championships
1985 Sporting Curling Labatt Brier - The Canadian National Men's Curling Championship
1989 Music Classic rock Beach Boys - Still Cruisin' Tour 20,000 Parlee Beach Provincial Park Beach Boys
1992 Sporting Figure Skating Canadian Figure Skating Championships Moncton Coliseum
1997 Sporting Baseball World Junior Baseball Championship
1998 Music Classic rock Classic Rock Festival 35,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Steppenwolf, Heart
2000 Sporting Curling Canadian Junior Curling Championships Moncton Coliseum
2004 Sporting Baseball Canadian Senior Baseball Championships
2005 Music Classic rock The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang Tour 85,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site
2006 Sporting Ice Hockey Memorial Cup (Canadian Hockey League Championships) Moncton Coliseum
2006 Music Country Music Country Rocks the Hill 45,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson
2007 Sporting Ice Hockey CIS University Cup
2007 Music Country music Soul2Soul II Tour 50,000[2] Magnetic Hill Concert Site
2008 Sporting Ice Hockey CIS University Cup
2008 Music Classic rock The Eagles.[3] - Long Road Out of Eden Tour.[4] 55,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site
2009 Music Classic rock AC/DC.[5] - Black Ice Tour.[6] 70,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site
2010 Sporting Athletics World Junior Championships in Athletics 75,000 Moncton Stadium
2011 Music Classic rock U2.[7] - 360° Tour.[8] 75,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site
2012 Music Rock Nickelback - Here And Now Tour 23,000 Magnetic Hill Concert Site Nickelback, My Darkest Days, Three Days Grace, Arkells, I Mother Earth, Gloryhound
2012 Music Classic rock Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Tour 30,200 Magnetic Hill Concert Site Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, The Trews
2012 Sporting Figure Skating Canadian Figure Skating Championships Moncton Coliseum
2013 Sporting Athletics Canadian Track & Field Championships[9] Moncton Stadium
2014 Sporting Athletics Canadian Track & Field Championships Moncton Stadium

Annual events

Event Name Established Category Sub Category Last Attendance Main Venue Notes
Dieppe Kite International.[10] 2001 Sporting Kite flying Dover Park
The Frye Festival.[11] 2000 Arts Literary 15,000 University of Moncton
HubCap Comedy Festival.[12] 2000 Arts Comedy Various
Touchdown Atlantic[11] 2010 Sporting Football Moncton Stadium
Atlantic Nationals Automotive Extravaganza.[13] 2000 Transportation Automotive Moncton Coliseum
World Wine & Food Expo.[14] 1990 Arts Food & Drink Moncton Coliseum
Shediac Lobster Festival.[15] 1950 Arts Food & Drink Shediac Festival Grounds
Mosaïq Multicultural Festival.[16] 2004 Festival Multicultural 5,000 Moncton City Hall Plaza

See also

References

  1. ^ Moncton Pope Visit, Visit from Pope John Paul II.
  2. ^ Canadian Press (2007-09-04). "Concert in Moncton a success, organizers getting set for next year". The News. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  3. ^ Eagles (band) The Eagles, Moncton.
  4. ^ [Long Road Out of Eden Tour] Long Road Out of Eden Tour, Moncton.
  5. ^ AC/DC , Moncton, New Brunswick.
  6. ^ Black Ice Tour Archived 2013-01-16 at archive.today, Moncton.
  7. ^ [1], Moncton, New Brunswick.
  8. ^ Moncton.
  9. ^ Moncton to host 2013 & 2014 Canadian Track & Field Championships Archived 2011-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Dieppe Kite International Archived 2011-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, Dieppe, New Brunswick.
  11. ^ a b Frye Festival, Moncton.
  12. ^ HubCap Comedy Festival HubCap Comedy Festival, Moncton.
  13. ^ Atlantic Nationals Automotive Extravaganza, Moncton.
  14. ^ World Wine & Food Expo, Moncton.
  15. ^ Shediac Lobster Festival Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine, Shediac, New Brunswick.
  16. ^ Mosaïq Multicultural Festival, Moncton.
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