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Aug. 24-25-26, 2012
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Hello everyone, welcome to the Cottage Country Report …
Well, our late summer weekend events list has a good mix of agricultural and traditional events to choose from…
Among them,
It’s Aloha Tweed with the The Tweed Elvis Festival running all weekend…
The Kirkfield Lions are putting on the 1st Annual Kirkfield Invasion Saturday and Sunday…
The Lakefield Fairgrounds feature an Antique Show all weekend….
The 5th Annual Haliburton Garlic Fest is on in Carnarvon on Saturday…
The Canadian Wakeboard Open is taking place through Sunday in Peterborough …
The Rideau Lakes Artist’s Association is staging its 18th Annual Show and Sale at Westport all weekend…
Among this years 1812 Commemorative activities, the Attack on Gananoque is a feature there this weekend…
The Merrickville Artisan’s Show is running Saturday and Sunday…
The Annual Carden Old Tyme Fiddle Contest is happening on Sunday…
The Silver Lake Powow takes place this weekend…
The Barrie Dragon Boat Festival is a Friday – Saturday event…
The Bracebridge Antique Sale runs Friday to Sunday…
The Muskoka Beer Festival is on in Bracebridge on Saturday…
Aromas and Blends, another beverage celebration, happens Saturday at Gravenhurst…
Reggae Muskoka happens this weekend in Barrie…
The Eaglewood Folk Festival at Pefferlaw is this weekend…
The Chippewas of Rama First Nation Pow Wow is on this weekend…
The Three Fires Homecoming Pow Wow is happening at Hagersville…
The Grand River Truck and Tractor Pull at Elora is on Saturday…
Riverfest is a Saturday musical event in Elora…
Milton’s Country Heritage Park is featuring a Corn Harvest Festival on Saturday…
There’s rodeo action at Dresden Friday and Saturday…
Ingersoll’s Harvest Festival runs until Sunday…
Zurich’s Annual Bean Festival is a Saturday event…
Watermelon Fest happens in Straffordville on Saturday…
The Tecumseh Cornfest continues into Sunday…
There’s a Bluegrass Jam at Port Rowan Saturday and Sunday…
There’s a Mass Band Gathering Festival at Kincardine on saturday….
The 2nd Annual Wasaga Beach Blues music festival is on this weekend…
For country fans Lucknow’s Music in the Fields event runs Friday and Saturday…
The Lions Head Rotary Country Music Festival is on Saturday…
The Monarch Butterfly Festival at Tobermory starts on Saturday…
The Waterloo County Steam Threshers have a Friday-Saturday event in Wallenstein…
The Cedar Run Rodeo is on near Collingwood this weekend…
The Walters Falls Art Show runs Friday to Sunday…
The 18th annual Georgian Bay Antique Snowmobile Show, Shine and Swap is on Saturday at Hepworth…
The Flesherton Fling is on Saturday…
It’s opening weekend for the Salmon Spectacular fishing events around Owen Sound…
The Big Sound Boat Show at Parry Sound happens on Saturday…
This is Tugfest Weekend in Midland…
Westfield Heritage Village at Rockton features Music of the British Isles on Sunday afternoon…
In the fairs department, there are events Oxford, Woodstock, Coe Hill, Cobden, Markdale, Palmerston, Parham, Riceville, Shannonville, Teeswater, Shedden, St. Marys, Trout Creek, Blackstock, Emsdale, Maberly, and Rosseau…
On the car show calendar the communities with events include Parry Sound, Griffith, Zurich, Alma, Madoc, Osgoode, Perth, Teeswater, Zurich, There’s an Antique and Classic Car Show at the Wellington County Museum Sunday afternoon..
There are various art and museum exhibits that will close soon so if you’ve had one in mind and haven’t been yet maybe it’s time….
And, do keep in mind the safety practices of summer, particularly in and on the water…
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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