Festival of the Maples

Join us for the area’s sweetest celebration April 28th, 2012 to mark the end of the maple syrup season.

For a full list of events on our flyer click below:

Mr. Vic Lemieux spearheaded the first festival with the hopes it would bring people out and celebrate after a long winter.  His vision of a spring celebration has continued with the festival celebrating its 36th year this  April.

On scenic downtown Gore Street and at other venues in Perth, you’ll discover fantastic shops, vendors offering award-winning maple products, displays, stage entertainment, lots of kids’ activities and more.

This annual event is hosted by the Perth & District Chamber of Commerce and touts the fact Lanark County is the maple syrup capital of Ontario. The funds raised from the festival help keep the festival going as well as other chamber initiatives.

Testimonial

“My wife and I have been attending the Festival of the Maples for several years. We attend many festivals in various towns across Ontario each year, but we always make sure to make time to come to Perth each year for the Festival of the Maples. It is, in our experience, the best small town festival in Ontario.”

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7:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Pancake Breakfast at the Perth Legion Branch 244 – Beckwith Street

Main Stage Entertainment Schedule 
(Herriott Street at Gore Street)

TIME                                         EVENT

                            10:00 AM                

Smiths Falls Gordon Pipe Band

                     - the top-notch 20-piece Scottish pipe and drum

                       corps that has delighted audiences since 1996

10:30 AM

Official Opening Ceremony

CTV Ottawa’s Max Keeping

Perth & District Chamber of Commerce

Jack McTavish

Chair, Festival of the Maples Committee & Past President, Perth & District Chamber of Commerce

Perth Mayor John Fenik

Lanark & District Maple Syrup

Producers Awards Presentation

11:00 AM Zydeco Loco
- the energetic 4-piece Zydeco band featuring
old-style, up-beat Americana & Cajun music

12:00 PM Dynamite Tay Square Dancers
- modern square dancing at its best

1:00 PM ‘Hard Ryde’ Bluegrass Band
- 5-time ‘Group Of The Year’ and ‘Best Album’
award-winner at the Canadian Bluegrass Awards

2:00 PM Brock Zeman
- a stellar country singer/songwriter, an amazing
voice and an emerging Canadian powerhouse!

3:00 PM The Doherty Brothers Band
- the exciting 6-piece Rock N’ Roll group

Masters of Ceremonies:
- Wayne Cavanagh of Jack 92.3
- Brian Perkin of Lake 88.1

Plus…at the Festival’s Crystal Palace:
The Nepean Panharmonic Steel Band
- bringing the sounds of Trinidad-Tobago to the Tay Basin
with their rhythmic 10-piece band from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

On the Streets All Day

(9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

Maple Syrup Producers, Craft and Artisan Vendors, Food Vendors, Taffy on Snow, Classic Antique Car Display, Potter Jackie Seaton (www.emptybowls.ca), promoting the 11th Annual Empty Bowls project in front of the Riverguild storefront.

Tay Basin

Sheep Shearing Demonstrations, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Children’s Games & Activities, Perth Saltos Gymnastic Demonstrations, Safety Square Exhibits, Auto Extraction Demonstrations at 10:00 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Children’s Palace

9:30 – 3:00 p.m.

 art & class Imagination Station

Myriad Theatre:  Costume Play

Maple Key Day Camp:  Cooperative Games

10:00 to 3:00

YAK Fundraising Games

10:00 to 10:45 and 2:00 to 2:45 p.m.

Celtic Band:  Cratur

11:00 -11:30 and 1:00 to 1:30

The DOUG BARR Children’s Show (Solo)

Noon – 12:45 p.m. and 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

Nepean Panharmonic Steel Band

1:30 to 2:00 p.m. Montessori:  Storytime and Science Demo

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