Ontario's Country Events
2013 May 24-25-26
Hello everyone, welcome to our Cottage Country Report for the last weekend of May…
While we aren’t up to mid-summer activity volumes yet, rural Ontario has lots of options for cottagers and day trippers this weekend…
Terroir, an annual wine event in Picton, takes place Saturday afternoon…
The Port of Bath Marine Heritage Festival will bring sailing ship activity to the waters between Picton and Bath over the weekend…
The O’Hara Mill Homestead opening day in Centre Hastings is Sunday…
The annual Kite Day is Sunday at Ferris Provincial Park near Campbellford…
It’s Apple Blossom Time Festival weekend in Colborne…
The Warkworth Lilac Festival opens this weekend.
The annual Lindsay Lilac Festival is this weekend at Logie Street Park….
There’ll be some street fun in Lindsay Sunday with the Lindsay Charity Road Hockey event ….
Stampede days at the Lindsay Fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday featuring the All About Horses Show and the Rawhide Rodeo…
The Harvey Community Policing Committee has a fishing derby near Buckhorn on Saturday morning…
The Dandelion Festival at Kemptville runs into Sunday…
The 9th Annual Barrie Waterfront Festival takes place this weekend…
For aviators the Rideau Lakes Flying Club spring Breakfast Fly-in takes place Saturday near Westport…
The Christie Antique Show is on at Flamborough on Saturday…
Heritage sites in Brockville and Orillia will be open Saturday and Sunday as part of the Doors Open Ontario program…
Heritage sites in Kincardine will be open Saturday …
This is the first of two weekends for the Huron Fringe Birding Festival at McGregor Point Park near Port Elgin….
If you’d like to get closer to or learn more about your food sources, the Wellington Rural Romp is happening on Saturday… Some of the same rural roads may have more bicycles than usual on Sunday with the annual Food Cycle Ride taking place.
The New Hamburg Mennonite relief Sale is a Friday Saturday event while the Quilt and Fibre Art festival in around the Waterloo region concludes on Saturday…
The Forest Spring Fling happens on Friday…
Look for bikers in the Listowel area with the Forbidden Ride Motorcycle weekend taking place…
An early season motorcycle and car Poker Run will make for busy highways and some dollars for local causes in Hanover on Saturday…
South Bruce will be busy with bikers with the Wiarton to Cape Croker Ride on Sunday…
The Ride for Minden is a Saturday event on highway 35…
Watch out for cyclists in the Huntsville area with the Annual Spin the lakes Tour on Saturday…
There’s a British Car Show at Blue Mountain on Saturday…
The Apple Blossom Festival at Neustadt takes place on Saturday…
At Beeton, the Honey and Garden Festival happens on Saturday…
The Grand Valley Lions Duck Race floats on Saturday…
The Midland and District Railroad Club is having its Annual Train show at the Sports and Recreation Centre Saturday and Sunday…
The annual Fish Kincardine Derby wraps up on Sunday….
Back for 2013 is the Bobcaygeon Chamber of Commerce Canada/U.S. Walleye tournament running Friday to Sunday…
Two of the early summer fairs are on this weekend… The Gloucester and Schomberg Fairs…
and, while you’re on the road to cottage or event keep an eye open for newly re-opened farmers markets or farmers stalls and add some Ontario grown produce to your diet…
We hope you enjoyed reading the on-line version of the Cottage Country Report …
For more localized reports when you are on the road, the Cottage Country Reports are heard in the Quinte area on 800 CJBQ, in Peterborough on FM 90.5, in Lindsay on BOB-FM 91.9 , around Stouffville on CIWS, in Waterloo on FM 98.5 CKWR, in the Hanover area on 91.3 FM Bluewater Radio, in the Erin region on CHES 88 point 1 FM, in the Fergus area on The Grand at 92.9 CICW.
Have a great weekend and be careful out there…
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