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Canada's Largest Ribfest is the name of an annual ribfest food festival held in Spencer Smith Park by the lake shore in Burlington, Ontario.〔"(Burlington est un bijou à découvrir dans le Centre-Sud )." ''Bonjour Ontario''. May 19, 2010.〕 The Burlington Lakeshore Rotary Club organizes the four-day-long Ribfest to raise money for charity〔"(Festivals and federal funds ). ''National Post''. May 11, 2010〕 during the Labour Day weekend. ==History== The Burlington Lakeshore Rotary Club held the first Ribfest in 1995, then simply called the Ribfest. By 2001, the festival had expanded to include ribs from 12 traveling rib teams.〔"(A finger-lickin' Ribfest ; Ribbing teams from U.S. and Canada compete on Ontario's summer festival circuit )". ''Toronto Star''. Toronto, Ontario. Sep 5, 2001〕 The 2004 festival anticipated about 150,000 people eating 36 tonnes of ribs. It was called the Maple Leaf Pork Rotary Ribfest that year.〔Burman, John "(Burlington expects 150,000 to chow down at RibFest )." ''The Spectator'' - Hamilton, Ont. Aug 31, 2004.〕 In early 2009, the Burlington Ribfest rebranded itself as "Canada’s Largest Ribfest"—with its logo redesigned by Little Green Tree.〔(Burlington Ribfest Identity Redevelopment )〕 In September, 175,000 people and 18 rib teams attended the 14th annual Canada’s Largest Ribfest, consuming 150,000 lbs of ribs over the weekend.〔''(Canadian stimulus package funding gigantic ribfest?! )''. Weightymatters.ca May 18, 2010〕〔Fricker, Peter. "(Federal funding program has soft spot for rodeos )." ''Vancouver Sun''. May 25, 2010〕 An estimated $320,000 was raised for local charities. In 2010, the Canadian Federal government provided C$98,610 in funding for the Ribfest as part of a C$100 million Marquee Tourism Events Program fund.〔〔"(Contributions et bénéficiaires (2010) )." Industrie Canada.〕〔Chouinard, Marie-Andrée. "(Financement des festivals - La boîte à surprises )." ''Le Devoir''. 15 May 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada's Largest Ribfest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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