Snowkings' Winter Festival

10/06/2026

Open for submissions! Go to Snowking.ca to submit your application.
Let’s go ###II ❄️

10/01/2026

Down In Victoria attending this weekend. Snowking.ca with snowpoke representing! He has stickers!
BreakOut West

09/30/2026

Applications are now open for the 2027 NIC international carving symposium, March 3 to 6 up in Yellowknife.
Come and see what some of the best snow in the world can do

if you would like the opportunity to come earlier to work or volunteer at our snow castle, please mention it in your application.

Travel stipends are
$900 per person for International teams
$700 per person for North American/Canadian teams

see you on the ice!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLG8gv41bugtWjrQNJK2122AH4Ntj8KO1pOLL85J1pMcvX1g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=113170777632925050091

09/27/2026

04/15/2026

✨Festival Re-cap✨

Celebrating the Frosty Children’s Theatre rendition of “The Last Tree” written and adapted by Erika Nyssonen. Such a special performance.🌲❄️

“The Last Tree” is a story of the northern spirit of resilience and renewal, reminding us that when someone plants kindness, even the loneliest hearts can bloom.

A physical illustrated copy of the story can be purchased through Northern Quill Publishing. https://www.northernquillpublishing.ca/bookstore/p/the-last-tree

04/13/2026

✨Festival Re-cap ✨

Snapshots from Opening Day of the ###I Snowkings’ Winter Festival - March 1st 2026

Featuring: The YKDFN Drummers, Ryan McCord and Peekaboo Kazoo, Mallory Chipman, & Lester Slade and Akeeshoo Chislett

04/13/2026

✨Festival Re-cap ✨

Mahsi Cho to the Yellowknives Dene Drummers for opening the Festival on that first cold and shining day.

04/08/2026

The one and only Ryan McCord otherwise known as King Joe Snow accompanied by guitarist extraordinaire, Vishwaa Ramakrishnan. Ryan McCord opened the festival with his children’s band Peekaboo Kazoo, got everyone two stepping at the Royal Ball and was the last daytime performer of closing day - bringing us his timeless originals.

04/08/2026

Congratulations to the 2nd and 3rd place Teams of the ###I Snow Carving Symposium - Team Barcelona Forever and Team Snow Spirit!

Second place went to Team Barcelona Forever from Spain, with their tribute piece called “Tom” inspired by Antoine de Saint-Expuery’s novella Le Petit Prince or The Little Prince. The sculpture portrays an older Little Prince named Tom who has grown up in an urban centre in the west while trying not to lose his poetic integrity. The team was captained by Emiliano Lorenzo Vicente, Josu Ruiz and Dario Reina. About their sculpture the team wrote, “Here, we try to show the crows that nest in the bowels of his music, a minimal full moon that serves as a window, the bottle, the cigarette, and the downtown train that always arrives with Tom at the helm.”

Third place went to Team Snow Spirit’s sculpture “Winter Sky/Ciel d’Hiver,” made up of captain Patricia Leguen from Saskatchewan and Zuzana Riha from British Columbia. The sculpture features a snowy owl, surrounded by the northern lights with a lemming in its claws. Some interesting snowy owl facts that accompanied their sculpture include:
-males of the species tend to be pure white while females have extensive flecks of dark brown;
-many snowy owls overwinter in the Arctic;
-the birds’ wingspan can reach six feet; and
-their favourite prey is lemmings, which they swallow whole.

Thank you to Cabin Radio for producing a great article about this years sculptures. Read more here: https://cabinradio.ca/282654/news/arts/in-pictures-yellowknifes-international-snow-carving-symposium/