Check out the 100 Top Festivals and Events Listing
Aug. 3-4-5-6, 2012
Frog Hunting on a hot day…
Hello everyone, welcome to the Cottage Country Report on line …
The busiest long weekend of the year is here and as usual there’s lots to do…
On the events list….
The Friends of Murphys Point Provincial Park near Perth have a multi-faceted heritage day on Saturday…
The Village of Lanark is celebrating its 150th Anniversary…
The Glengarry Highland Games are a Friday Saturday happening…
Merrickville’s Canalfest is a Saturday to Monday affair…
The 49th annual Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree is running into Sunday…
The Bancroft Art and Craft Guild is having its 31st annual summer show Saturday and Sunday at Millenium Park in Bancroft…
The Deep River Summerfest runs all weekend…
History weekend featuring the War of 1812 is being held at Presquile Provincial Park Saturday and Sunday…
The Flinton Bluegrass Jamboree is Friday through Sunday…
The Blue Skies Music Festival is happening Saturday and Sunday at Clarendon Station…
The Canadian Guitar Festival at Loughborough lake runs Friday to Sunday…
The Consecon Community Day with Soap Box Derby takes place on Saturday afternoon…
The Tweed Stampede and Jamboree is on at Trudeau Park through Monday…
The Tour de Forest Studio Tour is on Saturday and Sunday in and around Haliburton…
Dorset has an Arts and Crafts Show in the Parkette on Sunday…
The Colours of Canada Quilt Show is at Minden Friday and Saturday…
In and around Wilberforce in Highlands East the “Brush with the Highlands” Plein Air painting festival and show and sale is taking place Friday through Sunday …
The annual Campbellford BIA Waterfront Festival is on Saturday…
CO Blitz is happening Sunday at Combermere…
The 84rd Annual Lake Scugog Regatta is happening Friday to Sunday at Caesarea…
This is the weekend for the Annual United Way and Coboconk and District Lions Club Duck Derby …ducks in the water on Sunday…
The Gooderham Horseshoe Day Tournament is on Saturday…
At Mactier, the Big Weekend Festival runs Friday to Monday…
The Port Sydney Annual Regatta is on Saturday…
It’s Kempenfest weekend in Barrie right through the weekend…
The Huntsville Jazz Festival runs into Saturday…
In Orillia, the Rotary – Lions Annual Funfest is on all weekend…
Piratefest is happening Saturday and Sunday at Gravenhurst…
The 45th Bruce Peninsula Art Show is on at the high school in Lions Head through Monday…
Paisley has BeefFest running at Rotary Park Friday to Sunday…
At Collingwood, the Village Beach Party is on all weekend…
Vintage Tractors will be pulling Saturday evening in Ridgetown during the East Kent Vintage Equipment Show….
The Kincardine Summer Music Festival opens this weekend…
Milton’s Country Heritage Park has their Pirate Festival Saturday to Monday…
Tub Daze is on at Port Burwell through Sunday….
The Fish Festival and Old Boys and Girls Reunion at Wheatley is this weekend…
Hootenanny Hay Days at Mount Forest are Saturday to Monday…
The Annual Fiddlers Jamboree at Lucknow takes place Sunday…
The 150th Emancipation Celebration Festival happens in Owen Sound runs until Sunday…
Emancipation Days at Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Dresden is happening Saturday…
It’s Durham Homecoming Weekend…
The Simcoe Rotary Friendship Festival is this weekend…
The Haweater Weekend is happening on Manitoulin Island…
In the fairs department…
The Napanee Fair is on through Monday…as is the Eganville Fair…
There’s also an all weekend fair at Lombardy…
Ridgetown Fair is on Saturday and Sunday…
The car show calendar has events at Fenelon Falls, Killaloe, Brockville, Orangeville, Paisley, Benmiller, Durham, and Simcoe…
With all of those things and more to encourage people to travel we suggest lots of caution when on the road, keeping an eye on people slowing down for yard sales, to read road or event signage, or avoid cyclists or pedestrians… Leave yourself plenty of time to reach your destination…
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 on 100.9 CANOE FM “THE VOICE OF HALIBURTON COUNTY”, in Waterloo on FM 98.5 CKWR, in Hanover area on 91.3 FM Bluewater Radio, in the Quinte area on 800 CJBQ, in the Erin region on CHES 88 point 1 FM, in Peterborough on FM 90.5, in Stouffville on 102.7 Whistleradio, and in Lindsay on BOB-FM 91.9.
Have a great weekend and be careful out there…
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