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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.

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 us for free, family-friendly fun in the park

Old-fashioned & new fangled games, activities & entertainment free for all

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

Hear the 2026 HOS professional singers sing for our Artistic Director & Master Voice Teacher, Richard Margison, O.C. and listen in on what makes great singing even better!

Observe the exciting world of virtual reality and learn about the process and capabilities of working in augmented and virtual reality. Watch as Centre for Making Coordinator, Zachary Williams paints and sculpts within the VR headset, projecting his virtual POV to The Great Hall. This demonstration will feature a live narration of the tools and techniques being used for those that wish to learn or follow along. This is a great opportunity for those with no knowledge of this technology to learn, ask questions, and see the possibilities.

Afraid of snappers? Join us each Wednesday afternoon at 5pm to 6 to learn all about these amazing chelonians! Learn how to hold and carry them, and how to interpret their behaviour too.

Snapping turtles are actually shy, peaceful and predictable beings. Here we will teach you how they see, hear, move, and also how to hold them, help them and recover their populations. This is a 1 hour workshop at our centre, downtown Haliburton.

Book ahead or drop in!

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.

The Minden Hills Cultural Centre will host a free screening of Love, Scott (2018) on Thursday, August 6 at 1:00 PM. Love, Scott (2018), directed by Laura Marie Wayne, follows gay musician Scott Jones after a brutal attack leaves him paralyzed. Filmed over three years, the documentary traces his journey through grief and trauma toward resilience, love, and queer identity. Presented in partnership with Haliburton County Public Library and Pride in the Highlands, this screening is open to all ages.

Admission is free. No pre-registration is required.

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

Favourite solos and ensembles from opera and musical theatre!

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.

Singer, Songwriter, Adventurer, Playwright, Ian Tamblyn is one of Canada’s national treasures. He has won several awards for his work including a Juno award and nomination, songwriting awards and nominations from the Canadian Folk Music Awards as well awards and nominations for his theatre and film soundtracks. His career spans 7 decades

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.

The 6th Annual Kash Art on the Water’ is an artisan event taking place Saturday, August 8th, 2025 10 am – 4 pm (no rain date) at dock and properties around Kashagawigamog Lake.

Guests are encouraged to tour the lake by boat, or by environmentally sound watercraft or by car to view, purchase & admire items displayed by artists who live or cottage on the lake.  We are hoping for a wide variety of fine arts and crafts to be displayed at locations all around our lake.

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

Pay-What-You-Can Community Event

Boat on over to a location to be announced for a beach concert of opera, musical theatre, and pop music! (WEATHER PERMITTING / WATER ACCESS ONLY)

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.

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

Pay-What-You-Can Community Event!

Hear the 2026 participants sing their personal favourite music – other than opera – and talk about what brought them to opera.

A Banff Artist residency is a highly sought after opportunity for many Canadian artists. HSAD alumni and current Studio Technologist, Alex Chouinard McLellan will share her recent experience participating in the program and the impact she sees it having on her artistic career. Alex will discuss her continued study of craft post ceramics certificate, and the creative splicing of both formal and informal learning opportunities – community wood firings, apprenticeships, mentorships, and work exchanges – that have supported her ongoing artistic growth and clay exploration.

Afraid of snappers? Join us each Wednesday afternoon at 5pm to 6 to learn all about these amazing chelonians! Learn how to hold and carry them, and how to interpret their behaviour too.

Snapping turtles are actually shy, peaceful and predictable beings. Here we will teach you how they see, hear, move, and also how to hold them, help them and recover their populations. This is a 1 hour workshop at our centre, downtown Haliburton.

Book ahead or drop in!

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.

Entertainment is suitable for all ages.

The Minden Hills Cultural Centre will host the second part of the Community Heritage Series speaker events this summer: Hands at the Loom: Weaving Heritage in Minden by Andrea Coysh on Thursday, August 13 at 5:00 PM. Andrea’s presentation features a live barn loom demonstration and reflections on her time leading the former local weavers and spinners group, which regularly gather at Pritchard House in Minden. The presentation highlights sustainable practices connected to weaving and spinning traditions.

Admission is by donation. No pre-registration is required. All ages welcome.

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

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

Great operatic selections presented by the 2026 participants of Highlands Opera Studio.

Agneya is an award-winning Indo-Canadian percussionist and composer whose debut album AGNEYA (2026) blends South Asian rhythmic cycles with contemporary improvisation, cinematic textures, and global grooves. His music reflects his diasporic identity and belief in rhythm as a shared language, inviting audiences into a sound world that is groove-driven, meditative, and expansive. His band is HOT with jazz, fusion, roots and pop sounds.

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.

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.

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

Voted Peterborough’s 2022 Top Local Band, the Austin Carson Band is back at the Red Umbrella Inn to “Rock The Lake” again! Didnt make it last summer? Come on out and see what the buzz is all about!

Live Music in Gunners Pub

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.

Join Highlands Opera Studio Alums from the past 20 years for a special nostalgic afternoon of celebration featuring a variety of music including opera, musical theatre and more!

SPECIAL GUESTS from the world of sports and the arts!

Not to be missed!

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.