The Festival is Happening!

Looking for something to do this weekend? I have the perfect thing for you! The Ball’s Falls Thanksgiving Festival! Come out and enjoy handcrafted merchandise and gourmet foods at the festival which runs Friday to Monday 10-5 daily. There is plenty to do and see here and is just $6 a person with children under 14 free if accompanied by an adult or purchase a pass for weekend long access for $14. Make sure to enjoy the live entertainment and heritage demonstrations. Also make sure to head up to the Centre for Conservation and see the Northern Owl exhibit and take part in a great children’s craft, owl puppets!  Check out the other cool activities they are offering and what prizes you could win, including a cool gift bag from Owl Magazine and some wonderful giveaways from Warner Brothers Canada who are promoting their new movie “Legend of the Guardians”! So stop by this weekend, I will be here enjoying the festivities! For more information please call 905-562-5235 ext. 26.

A Success!!

The Northern Owls Opening Day was a great success! I was sure happy to fly by and see all the children enjoying themselves. The Owl Foundation’s zoologist Annick Gionet was wonderful; she brought a very interesting presentation on owls and her foundation http://www.theowlfoundation.ca/. Mark Ricker was another great addition displaying his artistic work involving owls http://www.markricker.com/. There was a ton of giveaways, including Warner Brothers Canada “Legend of the Guardians” movie http://legendoftheguardians.warnerbros.com/ giveaways and Owl magazines http://www.owlkids.com/ for all. The owl cupcakes from Sweetcakes Cupcakery were devoured by all in attendance http://www.sweetcakescupcakes.ca/. Also there were 11 raffle draws held! These included great Owl Magazine gift bags, Warner Brothers Canada supersized posters, and Pen Centre Empire Theaters family movie packs. The guided hike was very interesting; I followed along and found out where the owls like to hide, always helpful when they try to eat me! Back inside the children’s craft area was always packed and I saw many great pictures, masks and owl trees made there. All in all it was an amazing opening day event! There will be more exciting things happening with the exhibit and more draws to be won over Thanksgiving weekend so be sure to come by.

Festival Time is coming!!

It’s that time again! Thanksgiving Festival Time! October 8-11 is the 36^th annual Ball’s Falls Thanksgiving Festival. Each day the festival will run next weekend from 10am to 5pm and the admission is $6 a person, children under 14 are free when accompanied by an adult and seniors are $4 on Friday October 8. Or if you think you may come for a few days a weekend long pass is $14. 

There is plenty for all to do and see. High quality, handcrafted merchandise booths will be set up for you to enjoy. Also an assortment of food and beverages, including a gourmet food tent will be ready to tempt your tastebuds. There will be live entertainment as well as children’s activities daily. Don’t forget the heritage buildings are open during the festival and demonstrations will be set up.  There is a live raptor display that includes owls.   And that reminds me of something cool after you see the live birds you can check out the Northern Owls exhibit up at my favourite building which will be open the whole weekend, the Centre for Conservation! Let me tell you they have a great weekend planned up there. There will be wine tastings in the main room and the museum exhibits will be open for visitors. The “Northern Owls” exhibit will be in full swing at this time with many special events happening over the weekend, Wildlife artist Mark Ricker will be demonstrating his owl paintings on feathers and displaying his amazing work, there are owl children’s crafts and activities, Warner Brothers Canada Legend of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga’hoole giveaways and a prize drawing of an Owl magazine gift bag! So be sure to stop by Ball’s Falls on festival weekend and have a memorable day! Maybe I will see you there! For more information please call 905-562-5235 ext. 26.