Snowking Winter Festival
snowking winter festival annual festival held march yellowknife northwest territory canada since festival held snow castle built snow window pane feature made ice winter castle built yellowknife bay great slave lake castle designed construction supervised snowking anthony foliot design evolves every year castle grown include auditorium cafe courtyard slide parapet turret completed snow castle becomes hub winter art activity yellowknife monthlong festival includes concert art show childrens theatre carver augment castle snow ice sculpture first snowking castle built humble beginning yellowknife woodyard neighbourhood castle little tunnel snowbank augmented block snow cut windformed snow drift snowkings winter festival grown monthlong event based around large castle built snow early year snowking sir shiverin sam built fort snow child near home shore yellowknife bay year castle grew point moved onto ice bay year structure became larger elaborate crew member came went year snowking remained dedicated kingdom funding secured castle could continue operate grow year government canada provided funding festival via building community art heritage program department canadian heritage foliot received northwest territory business development fund operation festival throughout month march castle host film night childrens play weekend live music friday saturday night also host puppet show hockey game winter festival snowking winter festival top ten thing yellowknife