Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

There are more than 50 events taking place at Clearview Township’s community centres during the Small Halls Festival Oct. 2-5. Some of the events are free and some have costs associated. For times and ticket prices visit www.smallhallsfestival.ca.
Avening
Known for its great concerts, the Avening Hall will host The Devin Cuddy Band, Whitney Rose, and Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs on Friday, Oct. 3 and Buck 65 on Saturday, Oct 4.
All weekend: Memory Lanes, an exhibit of posters by local artist Lucas Gordon and a museum quality exhibit about the history of Avening from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Avening Women’s Institute will host a come-and-go tea on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with a dedication of the history exhibit at 12:30 p.m. The hall is located at 3401 County Road 42 in Avening.
Brentwood
A candlelight cemetery tour and smudging ceremony on Friday and a horseshoe tournament and harvest market on Saturday along with Bluegrass music played at different times throughout the day by Griddle Pickers, Blue Sky and Jason Redman.
On Sunday, there’s a church service and pancake breakfast.
The hall is located at 9926 County Road 10 in Brentwood.
Dunedin
The Rising Stars of Guitar with Tim Beattie will kick-off the line-up in Dunedin Thursday, followed by The Nose-to-Tail Hyper-Local Dinner with celebrity Carl Heinrich, winner of Canada’s Top Chef Season 2, on Saturday. The hall is located at 8994 County Rd. 9, Dunedin
Duntroon
People are invited throughout the weekend to see the products of an international outhouse design competition, The Thrones of Bowmore. A throne-building workshop for children will be held Saturday and the awards ceremony is Sunday. All outhouses will be auctioned on Sunday. See the Incredible Flying Outhouse at the “launch” on Friday.
Also in Duntroon, there’s an antique tractor show, blacksmith and weaving demos and a chicken race (this just got real).
Big Tobacco and the Pickers will be playing country and western music on stage the night of Saturday, Oct. 4 and there will be a brunch with Dan Needles on Sunday morning.
The hall is located at 9025 County Road 91 in Duntroon.
Nottawa
Festivities begin Friday night with a 60s and 70s concert by Not-Ottawa and continue Saturday, Oct. 4 with a baseball tournament and barbecue. That night, be entertained by Yuk Yuk’s comedians at the Rib Tickler while enjoying a rib dinner prepared by The Smoke. On Sunday, there’s a kids’ carnival with a children’s entertainer and art classes.
The hall is located at 4129 County Road 124 in Nottawa.
Singhampton
Singhampton is kicking off the festival with a wine-and-cheese soiree on Thursday. There’s an open-mic night on Friday and two hikes of the escarpment on Saturday before a whiskey nosing and roast beef dinner prepared by Mylar and Loreta’s Restaurant. On Sunday, there will be an interdenominational prayer service with the signing priest Father Mark Curtis.
The hall is located at 6 Milltown Rd. in Singhampton.
Stayner
The Stayner Siskins’ home opener is Thursday. On Friday, there’s a youth dance and pizza party hosted by Stayner Minor Hockey followed by an Aaron Garner concert and dance. Visit a model train exhibit on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday there will also be a breakfast with superheroes and princesses followed by a screening of the Lego Movie. The arena is located at 269 Regina St. in Stayner.
Sunnidale Corners
Friday night euchre tournament kicks off activities at Sunnidale Corners. Saturday is Italian night with Bistro 26 and classical guitarist Jeffrey McFadden.
The hall is located at 12391 County Road 10, at Sunnidale Corners.
For tickets, visit www.smallhallsfestival.ca.

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