Museum of Surrey to host annual Indigenous arts, crafts, culture festival in May<\/p>\n
Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, April 1, 2026<\/p>\n
The Museum of Surrey will host its annual Indigenous culture fair in May again.<\/p>\n
The Cloverdale museum is inviting the public to a celebrate \u201cIndigenous creativity, culture, and community\u201d at their annual festival called Cedar, Sage & Sweetgrass.<\/p>\n
Organizers will welcome Indigenous artists and performers from across B.C. on Saturday, May 2. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so happy to be at the Museum of Surrey once again,\u201d Maryanne Landrie, co-founder of Cedar, Sage and Sweetgrass, said in a press release. \u201cThis event is a celebration of Indigenous creativity and culture, with artists sharing our best work with the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
New this year will be a \u201cone\u2011of\u2011a\u2011kind\u201d Indigenous fashion show. The show will feature both both traditional and contemporary designs.<\/p>\n
According to the release, \u201cAlongside the runway, visitors can explore a marketplace of Indigenous vendors offering handcrafted art, fashion, and jewelry from artists across British Columbia.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s market vendors include Sandra Murray, Pat Calihou, Kelly Poitras, Aleasha Poetker, Lynne Barisoff and many more.<\/p>\n
Cedar Sage and Sweetgrass is an Indigenous art collective founded by Landrie and Pat Calihou. Created several years ago, the group seeks to \u201chighlight the talents of Indigenous artists and storytellers\u201d in communities across the province.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach spring we are excited to host Cedar, Sage & Sweetgrass,\u201d said Lynn Saffery, manager of the Cloverdale museum. \u201cThis all-ages event showcases amazing Indigenous artists, designers, and performers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The festival will feature Indigenous music, dance, food, art, and artisan vendors. And festival-goers will also be able to meet the artists and performers.<\/p>\n
In addition to the artisan market, attendees will enjoy live performances.<\/p>\n
The one-day fest will run from 12 \u2013 5 p.m. at the Museum of Surrey.<\/p>\n
The Museum of Surrey is located at 17710 56A Avenue in Cloverdale. Entrance is free.<\/p>\n
To find out more info, contact the museum at 604-592-6956, or via museum@surrey.ca, or visit surrey.ca\/museum.<\/p>\n
For more info on Cedar Sage and Sweetgrass, visit their Facebook page @cedarsageandsweetgrass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Museum of Surrey to host annual Indigenous arts, crafts, culture festival in May Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, April…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-576431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}