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===Festivals=== {{See also|Category:Festivals in Prince Edward Island}} [[File:TaraOramCavendish2010.png|thumb|The [[Cavendish Beach Music Festival]] is an annual music festival held in mid-July.]] There is an annual arts festival, the [[Charlottetown Festival]], hosted at the [[Confederation Centre of the Arts]] as well as the [[Island Fringe Festival]] that takes place around Charlottetown.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Island Fringe Festival |url=http://www.islandfringe.com/about |website=Island Fringe Festival |access-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202034506/http://www.islandfringe.com/about |url-status=live}}</ref> An annual jazz festival, the P.E.I. Jazz and Blues Festival.<ref name="P.E.I. Jazz">{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzandblues.ca/ |title=P.E.I. Jazz and Blues Festival |access-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820043715/http://www.jazzandblues.ca/ |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a week-long series of concerts taking place at several venues including Murphy's Community Centre, outdoor stages, and churches in Charlottetown. The moving of its date to mid-August caused in 2011 a serious loss in funding from Ottawa's regional development agency ACOA.<ref name="ACOA">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/jazz-festival-loses-acoa-funding-1.1095060 |title=Jazz festival loses ACOA funding |publisher=cbc.ca |work=CBC news |date=August 9, 2011 |access-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810112848/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/08/09/pei-jazz-festival-acoa-funding-584.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The musician's line up in 2011 included [[Oliver Jones (pianist)|Oliver Jones]], [[Sophie Milman]], [[Matt Dusk]], [[Jack de Keyzer]], [[Jack Semple]], [[Meaghan Smith]] and [[Jimmy Bowskill]].{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} There is also [[Canada Rocks]], and the [[Cavendish Beach Music Festival]]. With agriculture and fishery playing a large role in the economy, P.E.I. has been marketed as a food tourism destination.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-to-become-canada-s-food-island-1.2994344 |title=P.E.I. to become 'Canada's Food Island' |newspaper=CBC News |access-date=December 11, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220210024/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/p-e-i-to-become-canada-s-food-island-1.2994344 |url-status=live}}</ref> Several food festivals have become popular such as the Fall Flavours festival and the Shellfish Festival.
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