Archive for August, 2015

Street Performances

Shows are Thursday to Monday 1:30, 2:10, 3:30, 4:10, 5:30, 6:10, 7:30, & 8:10 pm ; NO SHOWS Tuesday & Wednesday

Street Performers – a wide range of versatile, professional performing artists who provide engaging, memorable entertainment, whether serving as featured stage entertainers or gathering their own audiences in festival settings – any place you’ll find an assemblage of people or heavy ‘walk-by’ traffic. Variety shows are largely interactive and comedic, and showcase the talent and skill of many colorful and exciting circus disciplines – magic, unicycling, chain saw juggling, clowns, rola bola, escape acts, rope walking – to name only a very few!

Death Defying Thrill Acts

Shows are Thursday to Monday 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 & 8:00 pm; NO SHOWS Tuesday & Wednesday

The Wheel of Fate
Daily Showtimes: 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm; showcased 10 storeys above the Imperial Hotel 5851 Victoria Avenue

NEW FOR 2015: Sky Scraping Sway Pole
Daily Showtime: 4 pm; showcased 70 feet above the Ripley’s Moving Theater rooftop 4960 Clifton Hill

The Motorcycle Highwire Acrobat Act
Daily Showtime: 8 pm; showcased between the Tussaud’s billboard sign and Day s Inn 5657 Victoria Avenue, a 330 foot span; starting at 30 feet high and raising to approximately 100 feet high.

Daredevil Characters

Character Photo Op – Thursday to Monday – 1:30, 2:10, 3:30, 4:10, 5:30, 6:10, 7:30 pm, & 8:10 pm; NO SHOWS Tuesday & Wednesday.

Visit all the Street Performances throughout the Thrill Zone and get your FREE photo op with all the different Daredevil Characters. Share them on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, & Instagram.

The 2015 fireworks happen over Niagara Falls on Fridays and Sundays during the summer at 10:00 PM.

They also occur on select holidays as follows:

  • Victoria Day (May 18, 2015)
  • Memorial Day (May 25, 2015)
  • Canada Day (July 1, 2015)
  • Independence Day (July 4, 2015)
  • Civic Holiday (August 3, 2015)0
  • Labour Day (September 7, 2015)

PLEASE NOTE: Fireworks schedule is subject to change. As always, fireworks performances are weather permitting and may be canceled due to poor weather conditions like high winds or rain.

Winter Fireworks Schedule

In the winter, fireworks over the Niagara Falls are more limited but still do occur on select days at 9:00 PM. You can view fireworks shows ongoing as part of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights Opening Ceremonies, on some Friday evenings in November and December and on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Eve. The Winter Fireworks schedule and exact times and dates will be confirmed later in the year ; check back for up-to-date information.