Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

The schedule has been released for the third annual Small Halls Festival coming up at the end of this month.

From Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, venues in nine of Clearview Township’s communities will host a number of events.

Singhampton Hall is hosting a wine-and-cheese with Georgian Hills and Scotch Hollow, a whiskey nosing with dinner by Mylar and Loreta’s, Thirsty Traveler Kevin Brauch and a Sunday hike on the Bruce Trail.

Avening will welcome to the stage Elliott Brood (pictured) and a mystery band will pay tribute to The Tragically Hip. There will also be a contra and square dance, laser tag, bowling and games with a barbecue lunch on Sunday.

Brentwood Hall is celebrating Oktoberfest on Friday, continuing through the weekend with a harvest market, country breakfast, horseshoe tournament, a Saturday evening concert with The River Town Saints country band and a Sunday pancake breakfast.

Dunedin Hall will host a classical guitar concert with Jeffrey McFadden, which includes cider and cheese pairing.

Two nights of Rib Tickler dinners with Yuk Yuk’s comedians returns to Nottawa Hall, with music by Not Ottawa on Friday night and Strange Potatoes on Saturday night.

Sunnidale Corners Community Hall is having a pub night, with live music by Steve Parton and The Relics, and a euchre tournament.

The Poultry in Motion chicken races are back at Duntroon Hall, with an antique tractor and engine show, the Bowmore settlement map project, local farmers’ market, Sheridan’s blacksmith demonstrations and lunch.

At the Stayner arena, there will be two kids’ video dances on Friday with different time slots for two age groups. On Saturday there will be a superhero and princess breakfast, dance demonstrations and workshops, Lego, robots and Lord Burton will be knighting children.

Creemore Festival of the Arts is also happening that weekend with artists on location throughout town and special exhibits at Station on the Green and Creemore Log Cabin.

New this year, there will be a Rural Route bus tour with special guest host Dan Needles, who will take people on a narrated bus tour through the township Saturday with stops at historical points of interest and three of the small halls. The tour begins in Avening and goes to Brentwood, Duntroon and then back to Avening. Tickets cost $40 and include breakfast, lunch and admission to the square dance at Avening Hall.

Some of the weekend’s events are free and some are ticketed. For a full schedule and tickets, visit www.smallhallsfestival.ca.

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