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March 2023 by Roy & Gloria Rodriguez
I've been going to this powwow for years, but due to Pandemic & health problems in family had not come since 2019. I didn't see any dancers or vendors I knew. For what it was it was extremely over priced. There was no senior discount and definitely no elder respect. In the past when I came & I'm disabled, I walk with a cane and in the past multiple volunteers would offer to drive me closer to the Powwow. I could clearly tell this was not the same organization that put on Thunder on the Beach. It's sad. It did not feel like it was run by Native People. There was a bigger turnout at the Melbourne Rhythm Festival, after a hurricane and it was free. I was so excited to share my culture with my friend, but this was disappointing. I'm glad I took her to Rhythm Festival.
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March 2023 by Ethan Reed
Going to thunder on the beach was by far one of the worst experience I've ever had in my life.. first and foremost there site portrays the teachings and lifestyle of America's indigenous people of Florida , upon arrival me and my family . Myself, son ,wife ,mother dressed in official native garb more then 30 people askes to take pictures with me and our family. as we we're shopping amongst the vendors I had 4 very militant men approach me and insist I have to leave the grounds because of the headdress that I had worn as I started negotiating with the very hostile men about how this head dress has been handed down from generation to generation and didn't under stand why they were attacking me over it 6 more armed guards continued to forcibly remove me from the grounds... Long story short this "powwow" so they call it is just a bunch of people that could care less about our native people and want nothing more then the money in our pockets. Me and my family will never return and spend a dollar here... IT DOESNT HELP OUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE!!! the only natives they have were from South America or Idaho tribes?.. where are our beautiful Seminole or Cherokee natives? This place is phony don't waste a dollar whenever they come back in town
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March 2023 by Prudy Buehl
Come out and support and Dance with us. Different tribes are represented!! Drumming,singing, food and beautiful hand made walking sticks, dream catchers, jewelry, rocks and so much more
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March 2023 by paul tanner
2023 at IR Fairgrounds held lots of potential but the master of ceremonies was simply terrible. Low energy, distracted and mumbling most of the time. Time to let someone else take the reigns.
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April 2022 by Colleen Thibaut
So much smaller than pre-covid, but still good ... Hoping it'll grow back soon ..go every year
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December 2018 by Courtney Jones
I hope to see the upcoming year to be even better than the last!
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February 2017 by Robert Robinson
Nice to see keeping of history
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February 2015 by Maya C.
This powwow is usually a good one but due to some scheduling conflicts it wasn't the same. The powwow is usually held under the Agriculture Pavilion but a Dog Show was being held there at the same time so it was moved out onto the grassy field. The dance arena was also made smaller and there was not as many vendors this year either. My friends were the Head Man and Head Lady dancers so I decided to come down and support them. There were 3 Native American drums this year, two from here in Florida and one from North Carolina. They travelled a long way to get out of the cold and snow. I can't blame them for that. While some of the songs that were being sung were not familiar to me, I did my best to keep up with the beat (Yes, I do dance at powwows). I The only major downside to this powwow was who they chose to be Emcee. He said a lot of things deemed "too political" for a powwow setting where we are supposed to be sharing the culture and not putting down other countries, or stating to vets that it's "their fault" we have our freedom. Poor choice of words. I'm sure that this event will be better next year once these things get straightened out.
