2020 Festival of Trees presented by Syncrude

Festival of Trees is back for its 31st season and everything is different!

This year’s Festival of Trees will be a 15 day Winter Wonderland designed for families, friends, couples, and co-workers to wander through and bid electronically on silent auction items, and enjoy photo booths and raffles. The Festival of Trees Gala will be a virtual event – beamed into your home with interactive festivities.

These major changes will help us to ensure social distancing and health guidelines are maintained while still retaining the special elements associated with Festival of Trees.

• New Location – North Terminal Fort McMurray International Airport
• Trees will be displayed in a Winter Wonderland setting with silent auction items
• Winter Wonderland will run much longer (Nov. 14 – 28^th) to allow as many guests through as possible in small numbers at a time
• Winter Wonderland will be a ticketed venue – guests will pre-book and pay for timeslots
• All silent auction items including trees will be available through online bidding to maintain a low contact environment
• The Festival of Trees Gala Tree Auction will be a Live Virtual Online Event
• To make the Live Online Gala interactive and successful, we will limit the number of Live Auction trees to a maximum of 15 pre-selected trees. These trees will be auctioned off at the Virtual Online Gala on Saturday Nov. 21st.  Prior to the Virtual Online Gala, these trees will be in the silent auction. During the live auction, bidding on these pre-selected trees will start at the value generated by the silent auction. Cut off to bid through silent auction on these 15 trees is November 20th at 9:00 pm.
• All trees will be part of the silent auction which runs from November 14-28^th; however as noted above, the 15 live auction trees will be awarded based on the live auction bid results.
• Sponsor logos will be displayed in Winter Wonderland for 15 weeks of Festival of Trees
• Sponsor logos will be in social media and throughout October-December
  

Sponsorship is Now Available!

We are counting on your support to make Festival of Trees special for our community. Please review the sponsor package by clicking on the photo below and call Cindy to discuss your support.