Bring your picnic supper and join us on the lawns by the lake for a  musical performance by Kailee McGuire. Kailee grew up in Vernon and has performed locally in coffee shops since she was a young child. Having refined her style, Kailee can be found most weekends at wineries and cideries up and down […]

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Bring your picnic supper and join us on the lawns by the lake for a  musical performance by Amy Bishop of Calgary. Amy was featured on Canada’s talent show “The Launch”. Amy is a terrific entertainer and you will not be sorry you came. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., music starts at 6:00 p.m. Tickets […]

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Looking for things to do outside this summer? Why not join us in Filberg Park. We will have artisans, music and theater performances at different times throughout July and August. The Gift Shop will be open for some retail therapy, the Summer Kitchen for delicious locally sourced gourmet eats and drinks and the Hands on […]

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Thursday through Saturday, August 20 to 22 | 7 PM Saturday matinee, August 22 | 2 PM Synopsis: From the home front to the trenches, Ian Bell presents songs, stories, and instrumental music from the First World War era. Tickets are $25 + HST each, or $40 + HST for both Backyard Theatre performances (Sons of 17 & […]

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Thursday through Saturday, August 13 to 15 | 7 PM Saturday matinee, August 15 | 2 PM Synopsis: An unlikely pair of musicians meets in Guelph during the spring of 1917 to rehearse songs for soldier recruitment, all while revealing home front emotions, opinions and diversions of the time. Mike Ford (Moxy Früvous) and Murray Foster (Moxy Früvous, Great […]

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Tickets available on Eventbrite! Come enjoy an outdoor theatre production of Tom Sawyer by the Stagecraft Theatre Company.  Shows will run Thurs, Fri, Sat at 7 pm and Fri, Sat matinee at 1 pm Tickets are $15 or $10 for students/seniors The performance will take place in the Oppertshauser House Amphitheatre

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Patrick Kizehe will be sharing about his life in the Congo and how he came to Canada Outdoors in the PERC field and accessible on zoom. In Person-bring a chair, we recommend a mask. Rainy days will be via zoom Online- Login via zoom ID: 85682538581, Password: 240505   Future event info throughout the summer […]

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Join us from home and tune into our online lecture, presented by Historian Derek Boles! John Street was one of the few roundhouses in Canada built exclusively for passenger locomotives. Derek Boles’s next online webinar will focus on the Canadian Pacific and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo steam locomotives serviced at both the first and second […]

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Tanabata meaning “Seven Evenings” is a Japanese festival, derived from Obon traditions and the Chinese Star festival, Qi Xi. Tanabata celebrates the meeting of Princess Orihime (Vega) and Prince Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars separates these two lovers and they are allowed to meet only once a year. In present-day […]

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