If you’re looking for one more road trip before the season winds down, Thanksgiving weekend has plenty going on along the corridor. There’s a fall fair that’s been running since 1868, studio tours, a harvest market, a barn dance and plenty of reasons to make a few stops.
Friday: Start in Havelock
The Havelock Farmer & Artisan Market has its final Friday of the season on the 9th, from 1 to 6. It’s right beside the highway, so it’s an easy stop for maple syrup, baking and other local goods before the market closes for winter.
Then head to Ecotay near Perth for a barn dance from 8 to 11pm. Or, for a different kind of Friday night, the Ontario Festival of Small Halls has Sue Foley in Carleton Place at 7:30.
Saturday: Fairgrounds or studios?
At the Peterborough end of the corridor, the Norwood Fall Fair runs Saturday the 10th through Monday the 12th. There will be livestock and equestrian shows, a midway, antique cars and tractors, and lawn mower racing. Yes, lawn mower racing.
Around Perth, the Perth Autumn Studio Tour opens seven Brooke Valley studios from 10 to 4, with work from more than 20 artists and makers. It has been a Thanksgiving tradition since 1993.
Sunday: Keep wandering
The studio tour continues from 10 to 4, and the Harvest Market at Ecotay runs 10 to 3 with 45 vendors, a petting zoo, hot food and live music.
The weekend of the 17th
Pokey LaFarge plays Wesley Hall in Peterborough on Saturday the 17th and Norwood’s Old Town Hall on Sunday the 18th. Also on the 17th, Madoc’s Frightful Market takes over the Village Square from 5 to 9pm. Scare actors will be working the aisles, but no-scare bracelets are available if you’d rather stick to the treats.
One more thing
The municipal election is October 26. Perth’s all-candidates meeting is Thursday the 8th at Studio Theatre Perth from 6 to 8:30pm, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Registration is encouraged because seats are limited.
Running an event along the corridor this fall? Send it our way and we’ll list it for free.
See you on the road.