Sponsored by Cold Garden Brewery’s Ranch Water, this jam-packed episode is your gloriously weird Canadian travel guide. From racing in hollowed-out pumpkins to sipping whiskey with a severed toe, Dropbear and Panda dig into the most bonkers festivals coast-to-coast.

In This Episode:

  • International Hair Freezing Contest (Whitehorse, YT) – Where frosty follicles become fine art

  • Wienerfest (London, ON) – A dachshund-themed day of races, costumes, and total canine chaos

  • Spock Days (Vulcan, AB) – Star Trek nerdvana with pancakes and parades

  • Penticton Elvis Festival (Penticton, BC) – The King’s spirit lives on, officially endorsed by the Elvis Foundation

  • Nanaimo Bathtub Races (Nanaimo, BC) – Souped-up tubs take on a 58 km ocean race

  • Yukon Rendezvous (Whitehorse, YT) – Chainsaw chucking, beard growing, and feminist leg hair pride

  • Lumby Outhouse Races (Lumby, BC) – Decorated latrines on skis. Golden plunger prize included

  • Banff Slush Cup (Banff, AB) – Banana hammocks, pond skimming, and cold slush chaos

  • The Canadian Death Race (Grande Cache, AB) – 125 km of mountain madness and bears

  • Carnaval de Québec (Québec City, QC) – Snow palaces, Bonhomme, and Caribou (the drink)

  • Calgary Cat Festival & Market (Calgary, AB) – Featuring Panda and her poetry book “An Ode to Myself”

  • Sourtoe Cocktail (Dawson City, YT) – Whiskey garnished with a real human toe

  • Pumpkin Regatta (Shelburne, NS) – Hollow out a pumpkin, paddle it like a kayak

  • La Poutine Week (nationwide) – Fries, curds, gravy, and every wild topping imaginable

  • Snowking’s Winter Festival (Yellowknife, NT) – Full-blown castle made of snow with concerts, DJs, and comedy

  • Akadi Lumina (Bouctouche, NB) – A psychedelic, heartwarming night walk telling Acadian stories

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