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Canine Watersports Make a Splash on Canada Day in Prescott
2025-06-28 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-06-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-30 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-01 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Prescott Pop Ups, 191 Water Street, East, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Canine Watersports Canada Dock Jumping is back this Canada Day long Weekend from June 28th to July 1st in Prescott
It is being held at RiverWalk Park at Prescott Pop-ups.
Everything gets underway on Saturday with the first jump at 11:00 am, jump two at 1:00 pm, Toss at 3:00 pm and jump three at 5:00 pm.
Sunday starts at 11:00 am with jump 4, then jump 5 at 1:00 pm, followed by grab at 3:00 pm. Monday is a non-competition Fun Day from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The last day, Tuesday, Canada Day gets underway at 11:00 am with jump 6, followed by Lure at 1:00 pm and the finals at 3:00 pm.
For the uninitiated, the sport of dock jumping (sometimes called “dock diving”) is a relatively new attraction, with the first recorded events in 1997.
For more information, please visit: https://www.caninewatersportscanada.com/

17th annual 1000 Islands Regatta & Festival
2025-06-29 09:00 - 17:00
The 17th annual 1000 Islands Regatta & Festival is being held June 27th, 28th & 29th along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in Brockville.
The event will feature two days of Hydroplane racing, live music, as well as a Kids zone, vendors and food vendors in Downtown Brockville.
Everything gets underway on Friday at 5:00 pm when the gates open. Friday’s musical lineup is Twin Turbos, then the Road Apples, a Tragically Hip tribute band, taking the stage, finishing up with Honeymoon Suite.
Saturday night’s music lineup is Dirty Little Alibi, Eastbound of Bytown and Shania Twin.
On both Saturday & Sunday, the gates open at 9:00 am with the hydroplane races being held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day.
The classes racing this weekend will include Novice, JSS (Jersey Speed Skiff), 2.5L, F2500, H350, Pro Hydro and Grand Prix.
For tickets and more information on this weekend’s regatta, please visit: https://www.1000-islandsregatta.com/

1000 Islands Family Ribfest & Music Festival in Gananoque
2025-06-29 10:00 - 23:00 | Lou Jeffries Community Centre, 600 King St E, Gananoque
The annual 1000 Islands Family Ribfest hosted by both the Rotary and Lions Clubs of Gananoque is being held June 27th to 29th, at the Lou Jeffries Recreation Centre.
The Rotary and Lions Clubs of Gananoque give 100 percent of the proceeds back to the community. They support charities, families and students and lead projects that positively change Gananoque and the 1000 Islands area.
The smallest community to host Ribfest in Canada welcomes over 19,000 visitors every year.
For more information: https://www.1000islandsfamilyribfest.ca/

Prescott Beer Fest
2025-07-05 13:00 - 21:00 | Prescott Pop Ups, 191 Water Street, East, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Prescott Beer Fest – Saturday, July 5 | 1 PM to 9 PM
Hosted by @prescottbevfest
Prescott Pop-Ups | 191 Water Street East
Raise a glass at the 1st ever Prescott Beer Fest — a full-day waterfront celebration of craft beer, local flavour, and community spirit in the heart of the Fort Town!
Gate Fee: $20 per adult (no exceptions)
Includes a souvenir tasting glass (for the first 500 visitors)
Two tasting coupons for use at any kiosk
$5 from every ticket goes to support the South Grenville Food Bank
Minors are free and welcome to enjoy the Family Fun Zone!
Sip and sample from a curated lineup of regional brewers, distillers, and vineyards (vendor list coming soon!), and pair your drink with incredible local eats while enjoying an all-day music lineup.
🎶 Live Music Lineup:
1:00 PM – CC’s Open Mic
3:00 PM – Terry Hofmann
4:00 PM – Danny Molson
5:00 PM – Soul To Squeeze Duo
6:00 PM – Jimy Martin
7:00 PM – The Loose Canons
With a riverside view, artisan vendors, live entertainment, and family activities, Prescott Beer Fest is more than a beer festival — it’s a new summer tradition for the whole region.
Located at the Prescott Pop-Ups, just east of Edward Street beside Downtown Prescott’s RiverWalk District. Free parking is available on site.
Follow this page for the full vendor list and event updates!

161st Lansdowne Fair
2025-07-17 15:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-18 15:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-19 08:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-20 08:00 - 16:00 | Lansdowne Fair Grounds, 1186 Prince Street, Lansdowne
The 161st Lansdowne Fair begins this Thursday, July 17th and runs until Sunday, July 20th, at the Lansdowne Fairgrounds.
The fun-filled country fair with lots to see and do, with live music on Thursday night with Country Legends, Tribute to Garth & Shania, a demolition derby on Saturday night, and a Truck and Tractor Pull on Sunday.
As well as lots of midway rides by World’s Finest Shows, children’s activities, and horse shows.
Tickets are, $10 for Thursday and Friday daily admission. $15 for Saturday and Sunday daily admission. Children 12 and under are free.
A weekend pass is $40 and can be purchased in advance at the Fair Office from July 14th to 18th.
Gates open at 3:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, and 8:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
Opening day, Thursday, will see Colby Davis, Sheep Shearing demonstrations, Mini King & Queen Contest, Opening Ceremonies, and live music by Country Legends Tribute to Garth & Shania.
Friday will see a Seniors’ Fun Art Paint Party, Seniors’ Day, Sheep Shearing demonstrations, Seniors Games, and Draft Horse Pull. Live music on Friday will be by Blue River Band.
Saturday will see Toasted Metal Forge, Chainsaw Carver, Heavy Horse Show and Miniature Horse Show, Mary Lambert Children’s Music, Face Painting, Hay Bale Throwing Contest and more. Live music on Saturday will see Bill White and the White Brothers. Saturday night is the Demolition Derby.
On Sunday, there will be a Pancake Breakfast, Antique/Classic Car Show, Clydesdale Power Strongman/Strong Woman Competition, a Baby Contest, Junior Fair board Water Fun, Chicken BBQ, Tractor Pulls, a talent show, kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull and more.
Live music on Sunday will include County Road 5 Blue Grass.
For more information and the full schedule, please visit: https://lansdownefair.ca/

44th Annual Farmersville Exhibition
2025-07-18 16:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-19 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-20 09:00 - 15:00 | Centre 76/Centennial Park, 35 Henry Street, Athens, Ontario, Canada
The 44th annual Farmersville Exhibition (AKA Athens Steam fair) is being held this weekend at Centennial Park and Centre 76 in Athens.
It runs on Friday evening, July 18th, Saturday, July 19th and Sunday, July 20th.
This year, they will be featuring everything Ford: trucks, cars, tractors, etc. All makes are welcome.
Friday night, the grounds will open at 4:00 pm and will feature a truck pull starting at 6:00 pm and live music by Country Rocks from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
Over the weekend, the grounds open at 9:00 am each day and there will be a Shriner’s Breakfast on both Saturday and Sunday, Show n Shine Car Show on Saturday, vendors and crafters, chainsaw carving, pony rides and petting zoo, wagon rides on Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, children’s amusements, a vintage tractor pull on Saturday, kids pedal tractor pull on Saturday, a mullet competition, a chicken dinner, Tug of war, square dancing tractors, and more.
Live music on Saturday night will be Family Traditionz from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Live music on Sunday will feature Lyric Rogers from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
Admission is $30 for a weekend pass, $15 for Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. Free for those under 12 years old.
New this year, all on Sunday will be Dancing Tractors! 11 am and 1 pm – with live Music, and Tug of War throughout the day.
For more information, please visit: https://e-clubhouse.org/sites/athens_on/page-6.php

Annual Westport Car Show Cruise & Shop
2025-07-19 09:00 - 15:00
Cruise into Westport this Saturday, July 19th, for the most family-friendly car and truck show in Eastern Ontario.
The Westport Car Show Cruise & Shop is a non-judging, show, shine, and cruise event open to all makes and models of cars and trucks from North America, Europe, and Japan, as well as unique custom builds.
It is being held from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm and takes place at Lockwood Memorial Park in the heart of the historic Village of Westport, Ontario.
More than 250 antique, vintage, classic, collectible, custom, and exotic vehicles are expected to be on display by their owners throughout the day.
If you have a ride you want to show off, make sure to reserve your spot today.
You can pre-register your ride online for just $20. The first 250 registered vehicles will receive a show welcome package when they arrive on the day of the show, which includes:
A Westport Car Show Cruise & Shop T-shirt
A car show dash plaque
A whole bag full of other goodies
On-site registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. the day of the show. But pre-registration is recommended.
For more information, please visit: https://www.westportcarshow.com/

195th Anniversary Edition of the Delta Fair
2025-07-24 12:00 - 23:00, 2025-07-25 11:00 - 23:00, 2025-07-26 11:00 - 23:00, 2025-07-27 10:00 - 17:00 | Delta Fairgrounds, 110 Mill Creek Drive, Delta, Ontario, Canada

Annual Merrickville Classic Car Show
2025-07-26 08:00 - 15:00 | Merrickville Fairgrounds, 446 Main St W, Merrickville, Ontario, Canada
The annual Merrickville Classic Car Show is being held on Sunday, July 17th, at the Merrickville Fairgrounds.
The car show runs from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm and will include hourly door prizes, 50/50 draw, great music, and good food and of course all your favourite cars.
It will feature classic cars, trucks, fire trucks, sports cars, race cars, customs, and rat rods will be shown during this one-day extravaganza.
There will also be Paul Elias pinstriping demonstrations, a BBQ by the Merrickville Fire Department, Amphicar demonstrations with Steve and Ozzy, and music by Merrickville’s Southbound band.
Paulo and Shannon Giust are bringing their “Black Betty” record-holding Camaro race car for everyone to check out. There will be a 50/50 draw in benefit of the Merrickville Food Cupboard, half-hourly draws for over $1600 in wonderful door prizes, “Thunder Alley” contest for the vehicle with the loudest pipes and manufacturers, vendors, and swap meet entrepreneurs.
General admission for cool rides is only $10 a carload. Walk-up spectators are free.
PLEASE NOTE: All activities in this event will take place at the Fairgrounds. NO show car parking at the canal or on Main Street.
Schedule:
09:00 am – Show opens
10:00 am – Vendors open for business and visits
10:00 am – Rob Bassille’s Band start their music
11:00 am – Merrickville Fire Fighters start serving lunch
11:00 am – Paul Elias Pinstriping demonstrations
1:00 pm – “Thunder Alley” contest for the vehicle with the loudest pipes
2.30 pm – Come to the info booth for 50/50 draw, grand prize draws
All Day:
-Come to the information tent for door prize draws every 30 minutes
-50/50 tickets sold to benefit the Merrickville Food Bank at the info booth
-T-Shirts and Dash Plaques and plenty of free Swag
For more information, please visit: http://www.antique-shows.ca/cars.html

Dare 2 Care Family Fair
2025-07-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Hardy Park, Water Street, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Fundraiser for the Brockville and Area Foodbank. Live music all day, free kids activities, food, vendor village, magic and more! A day the whole family can enjoy.

5th Annual Merrickville Festival of the Arts
2025-07-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-07-27 10:00 - 17:00 | Merrickville Blockhouse Park, 279 St Lawrence St, Merrickville
The 5th Annual Merrickville Festival of the Arts is being held this Saturday, July 26th and Sunday, July 27th, at Blockhouse Park on the banks of the Rideau River.
The Festival kicks off on Friday night, July 25th, with a free concert starting at 7:00 pm at The Pews for an unforgettable performance by the popular indie/folk group Arbour Season.
The festival runs from 10 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Merrickville Organization for Culture & the Arts (MOCA) is pleased to partner with the Merrickville Arts Guild (MAG) and Theatre Night in Merrickville (TNIM) to host the 5th Merrickville Festival of the Arts in Blockhouse Park.
Experience a talented lineup of local musicians throughout the village on various porches, Drumming Circle, Family Fun: Storytelling & Arts for children, Flash Mob dance, Theatre Night in Merrickville live performances, and 30+ artists from Merrickville Arts Guild & North Grenville area showcasing their creativity.
Admission is free to all.
Please visit https://www.mag-artists.ca/blog/festival-of-the-arts-2025-july-26-27-2/ for a full schedule.

2nd Annual Prescott King Street Promenade
2025-08-02 11:00 - 16:00
The Downtown Prescott RiverWalk District’s 2nd annual King Street Promenade street festival returns this Saturday, August 2nd, to the Fort Town.
King Street will be closed to traffic from Edward to George while the event runs from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
There will be live music all day, Kids Zone with inflatables, face painting & caricatures, Boldt Dance Studio performance at 2 PM, Fire trucks and public works displays from the Town of Prescott, Heritage and community booths, Sidewalk sales from downtown shops, Expanded Prescott Farmers’ & Crafters’ Market, Skateboarding with Prescott Skate Night and Delicious eats throughout the Downtown Prescott RiverWalk District.
Live music all day from local favourites: Lyric Rogers, Brie Salmon and Jeff Rogers.
A pedestrian-friendly street festival packed with family fun, live music, local shopping, and community spirit.

23rd Annual Brockville Ribfest
2025-08-08 11:00 - 22:30, 2025-08-09 08:30 - 22:30, 2025-08-10 11:00 - 17:30 | Hardy Park, Water Street, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
The 23rd annual Brockville Ribfest in support of Big Brothers’ Big Sisters of Leeds & Grenville is set to take place from August 8th to 10th in Centennial/Hardy Park in Downtown Brockville.
Ribfest is the largest fundraiser for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Leeds & Grenville.
As Canada’s leading child and youth mentoring charity, the funds from the event will help facilitate life-changing relationships that inspire and empower children and youth to reach their potential, both as individuals and citizens. By participating in Brockville Ribfest, you are helping them make a positive difference in the lives of our community’s youth.
This year, instead of being a four-day event, it is a three-day event starting on Friday instead of Thursday.
There will be six ribbers, with Ribs Royale, Silver Bullet BBQ, Billy Bones BBQ, Crabby’s BBQ Shack, Jack the Ribber and Dinosaur Smokehouse.
Ribfest begins at 11:00 am on Friday, August 8th. There will be a vendor village, a Kids Zone, Food booths, a Beer Garden, Live music, the Howard Travel Rib Eating Contest, Brockville Hyundai Beach Volleyball Tournament, Cops & Kids Fishing Derby, pay-to-play bounce Houses, Arm Wrestling Competition, Bingo, Ribfest Idol, a petting zoo and more.
Live music on the Ribfest stage will include Jeff Callery, Bradley Smith, Sun Dried Flies, Cadillac Rumble, Capitol City Beatles, Ryan James, Mark Bergman, Sue Prosser, Lucas Oak, North of 10, The Chesterfields, Rock School, Crossing Lines, and Healy and Orr.
For more information and the full schedule, please visit: https://mentoringmatters.ca/brockville-ribfest/

42nd Annual Athens CORNFEST Saturday, August 16th
2025-08-16 09:00 - 16:00 | Centennial Park – Athens, 35 Henry Street, Athens, Ontario, Canada
After a year off due to a lack of volunteers, the 42nd annual Athens CORNFEST is back this Saturday, August 16th and for the first time at Centennial Park.
The free event is being held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and will feature live music, children’s games, a free petting zoo, face painting, a Corn Hole Tournament, vendors and crafts and of course, corn on the cob.
The popular Children’s parade will start at 10:00 am at Centre 76 parking lot. Children will walk and ride around the southern half of the track at Centennial Park. As well, there will be a silent auction.
A new attraction will be ‘How Far Can You Launch A Cob of Corn.
For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/athenscornfest

Brockville & Area Food Bank Hosting Special ID Clinic August 19th
2025-08-19 10:00 - 15:00
The Brockville and Area Food Bank is hosting a special clinic to help individuals acquire government IDs and access the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP).
The clinic will be held on the second floor of the food bank’s location at 58 Buell St. on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. No appointment is needed.
Key services offered at the clinic:

Assistance with obtaining or replacing government IDs such as OHIP cards and birth certificates.
Support for applying for the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP).
Guidance with navigating other government services.
On-site support from Service Canada and Rideau Community Health Services.

For those intending to apply for the Canadian Dental Care Plan, the following information will be needed:

Social Insurance Number (SIN) and your spouse’s/partner’s (if applicable).
Date of birth.
Full name and mailing address.
Details of any existing government dental coverage

Canine Watersports Canada’s 2025 Canadian Dock Jumping Championships
2025-08-22 09:00 - 17:00 | Hardy Park, Water Street, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Canine Watersports Canada’s 2025 Canadian Dock Jumping Championships are back in Brockville from Friday, August 22nd to Sunday, August 24th in Centennial/Hardy Park.
This year, Canine Watersports Canada is celebrating its 10th Anniversary and 10 years of the Canadian Dock Jumping Championships.
Canine Watersports Canada officially launched in January 2016 and is Canada’s first 100% Canadian-owned and operated dock jumping company.
The three-day event will feature the popular long-distance Jump, where dogs run down a 36-foot dock and jump into a 45-foot pool of water, chasing their toy for the longest jump.
Toss, which is similar to Jump; however, the dog must catch the object thrown by the handler.
Grab, which is a combined height and distance discipline, consists of 3 divisions, and Lure, which is a timed swimming race that is similar to lure coursing in the water.
Everything gets underway on Friday, with a practice starting at 9:00 am, followed by Jump #1 at 10:00 am. There will be three Jumps and one Grab on Friday.
Saturday will feature Jumps #4 & 5 along with Toss and another Grab.
Sunday will feature Jump #6, Lure, and then the finals, taking place at 3:00 pm.
The championship finals will be held on Sunday afternoon.
The Canadian Dock Jumping Championships are free to spectators.
For more information, please visit: https://www.caninewatersportscanada.com/
