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Featuring a variety of fine art pieces created by Haliburton School of Art + Design faculty! Come see paintings, ceramic pieces, jewelry and more!

This free event is available for viewing on campus, Monday-Saturday from 8:30AM-4:30PM.

Great Beer, tasty food, River side patio with live music

Bring your chair – Parking available near on the grounds

Free event – donations will be accepted

Friday evenings in the beer garden or on the patio. No cover charge; musician appreciation donations appreciated. Artist line-up subject to change.

Explore a series of thoughtfully designed ecological gardens that demonstrate how everyday homeowners can transform their properties into thriving habitats. This guided tour showcases practical, attractive, plant-based solutions that:
• Support pollinators, birds, and other wildlife
• Improve soil health and natural water management
• Reduce maintenance through sustainable landscaping practices

Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.

Local handmade items : Textiles, Jewellery, Wood Products, Photography and MORE!

For application forms and any other information regarding the Minden Hills Artisan Market, please contact Liz McGowan of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre Foundation at bluearth1406@gmail.com or phone, or text her at (613) 762-3874.

Spend your Saturday afternoon by the water with live music from talented solo artists at the marina!

Grab some food, enjoy the sunshine, and kick back with great acoustic tunes from 12 PM to 3 PM every Saturday. The perfect weekend stop for good music, good food, and laid-back marina vibes.

Saturday afternoons with Chris Smith in the beer garden or on the patio. No cover charge; musician appreciation donations appreciated.

As the sun sets over Head Lake Park, enjoy an evening of music, lawn games, and community connection.

Sunset Social is a chance to relax, have fun, and make the most of a summer evening in Haliburton.

Contact: asisson@dysartetal.ca

Phone: 705-457-1740 ext. 662

A Repair Café is a free community event where volunteers with repair expertise help people in the community repair their broken belongings.

Bring your broken items, or your repair expertise, to one of these events and work together to repair household electrical and mechanical devices, furniture, computers, bicycles, clothing, and many cherished antiques and keepsakes. The diverse list of items repaired is endless.

Great Beer, tasty food, River side patio with live music

Sunday afternoons in the beer garden or on the patio. No cover charge; musician appreciation donations appreciated. Artist line-up subject to change.

Fun on Sunday. Join us for Sunday Happy Hour. We’ll have an emphasis on Jazz for Sunday. Music from the 40s through the 70s. Bring your dancing shoes. All welcome. Special food and drink prices.

Norm Foster at his hilarious best. Retired prison guard Doris Mooney moves into Paradise Village retirement home and befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former world champion skier. Dapper Arthur Beech, who has designs on Ivy, completes the trio. Love, gossip, and sex behind the compost heap.

​Recommended for ages 13 and up*

Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.

back at Head Lake Park

The Haliburton Sculpture Forest is offering a free guided tour every Tuesday at 10:00am in July and August, beginning July 7th.

Registration is not required and the tours run rain or shine. (just not during thunder and lightning)

Great Party on the Tiki Deck. If it rains we move inside!

Tuesday Nights – admission by Donation

Hosted by the Rotary Club of Haliburton

Norm Foster at his hilarious best. Retired prison guard Doris Mooney moves into Paradise Village retirement home and befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former world champion skier. Dapper Arthur Beech, who has designs on Ivy, completes the trio. Love, gossip, and sex behind the compost heap.

​Recommended for ages 13 and up*

Meet in The Great Hall, Haliburton School of Art + Design 297 College Dr.

Observe the process of painting and sculpting with VR in real time. Centre for Making Coordinator, Zachary Williams will be on stage operating the headset with a live visual projected on a screen. See what it looks like to paint in augmented reality, transposing digital artworks over your real-world surroundings. A great opportunity to sneak a peek at the future of technology or ask any questions you may have about it.

The Dockside Patio brings summer in the Haliburton Highlands to life. Open from late June through Labour Day, this laid-back waterfront spot welcomes guests staying on site as well as visitors arriving by car, boat, jet ski, or even seaplane.

Norm Foster at his hilarious best. Retired prison guard Doris Mooney moves into Paradise Village retirement home and befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former world champion skier. Dapper Arthur Beech, who has designs on Ivy, completes the trio. Love, gossip, and sex behind the compost heap.

​Recommended for ages 13 and up*

Entertainment is suitable for all ages.

A Music educator and community musician based in Guelph.

Great Beer, tasty food, River side patio with live music

Norm Foster at his hilarious best. Retired prison guard Doris Mooney moves into Paradise Village retirement home and befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former world champion skier. Dapper Arthur Beech, who has designs on Ivy, completes the trio. Love, gossip, and sex behind the compost heap.

​Recommended for ages 13 and up*

Norm Foster at his hilarious best. Retired prison guard Doris Mooney moves into Paradise Village retirement home and befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former world champion skier. Dapper Arthur Beech, who has designs on Ivy, completes the trio. Love, gossip, and sex behind the compost heap.

​Recommended for ages 13 and up*

Wings and jam is kind of like open Mic except there are many musicians up front playing all together.

You can definitely do your own thing but folks like to know what key you’re playing in so they can play along with you. Yes there is a PA and microphones available.

Great Beer, tasty food, River side patio with live music

Bring your chair – Parking available near on the grounds

Free event – donations will be accepted

Friday evenings in the beer garden or on the patio. No cover charge; musician appreciation donations appreciated. Artist line-up subject to change.

Live Music in Gunners Pub

Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.

Local handmade items : Textiles, Jewellery, Wood Products, Photography and MORE!

For application forms and any other information regarding the Minden Hills Artisan Market, please contact Liz McGowan of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre Foundation at bluearth1406@gmail.com or phone, or text her at (613) 762-3874.

Spend your Saturday afternoon by the water with live music from talented solo artists at the marina!

Grab some food, enjoy the sunshine, and kick back with great acoustic tunes from 12 PM to 3 PM every Saturday. The perfect weekend stop for good music, good food, and laid-back marina vibes.

Saturday afternoons with Chris Smith in the beer garden or on the patio. No cover charge; musician appreciation donations appreciated.

This free guided walk led by James McKenna explores the connections between trees, forests, and literature. As we move along an easy outdoor route, participants will pause at several stops to learn about tree biology, how different species contribute to ecosystems, and the ways trees have shaped the making of books and storytelling traditions.

The walk is informal and discussion-based, with space for questions and shared reflections throughout.

Great Beer, tasty food, River side patio with live music

Invite one of nature’s best pest controls to your yard this summer: bats! Do you know bats can eat up to 1000 mosquitos an hour? 3 of our local bat species are listed as endangered and need our help!

Join us at Abbey Gardens to build a bat house for your own yard! All materials included. Admission by donation. Register online.

Sunday afternoons in the beer garden or on the patio. No cover charge; musician appreciation donations appreciated. Artist line-up subject to change.

Norm Foster at his hilarious best. Retired prison guard Doris Mooney moves into Paradise Village retirement home and befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former world champion skier. Dapper Arthur Beech, who has designs on Ivy, completes the trio. Love, gossip, and sex behind the compost heap.

​Recommended for ages 13 and up*

Fun on Sunday. Join us for Sunday Happy Hour. We’ll have an emphasis on Jazz for Sunday. Music from the 40s through the 70s. Bring your dancing shoes. All welcome. Special food and drink prices.

Norm Foster at his hilarious best. Retired prison guard Doris Mooney moves into Paradise Village retirement home and befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former world champion skier. Dapper Arthur Beech, who has designs on Ivy, completes the trio. Love, gossip, and sex behind the compost heap.

​Recommended for ages 13 and up*

Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.

back at Head Lake Park

The Haliburton Sculpture Forest is offering a free guided tour every Tuesday at 10:00am in July and August, beginning July 7th.

Registration is not required and the tours run rain or shine. (just not during thunder and lightning)

Great Party on the Tiki Deck. If it rains we move inside!

Tuesday Nights – admission by Donation

Hosted by the Rotary Club of Haliburton

The Dockside Patio brings summer in the Haliburton Highlands to life. Open from late June through Labour Day, this laid-back waterfront spot welcomes guests staying on site as well as visitors arriving by car, boat, jet ski, or even seaplane.

Join FUSION and the Rails End Gallery for an artist talk featuring an emerging artist from the Henry Goodman Exhibition for Emerging Artists. The exhibition provides an inside look at the next generation of clay and glass artists in Canada, celebrating innovative voices working in clay and glass at a pivotal moment in their careers. The FUSION show offers a platform for dialogue, visibility, and professional development. Clayandglass.on.ca

Come out and play a few songs and enjoy great food and live music

Entertainment is suitable for all ages.

He facilitates drumming and soundscapes for those who respond to the call of the drumbeat.

More than a concert, this is a rare opportunity to be part of the creative process itself. The evening will be professionally documented with a four-camera film production and live audio recording, capturing the music, atmosphere, and setting of this one-night-only gathering in the forest.

Nestled on 15 acres of woodland bordering the Dahl Forest, Hårtwood was designed to reconnect people with nature through thoughtful architecture, sustainability, and shared experiences.

For one evening, the forest becomes the venue.

Valdy, is a Canadian folk and country musician whose solo career began in the early 1970s. He is known for “Rock and Roll Song”, his first mainstream single about a folk musician playing at a rock festival. Valdy has two Juno Awards for Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year and has received seven additional Juno nominations. He has released fourteen albums, including four which are certified gold.