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Due to the evolving situation with COVID-19, please call ahead before venturing out to any of the events & experiences listed below, to ensure that operations are still up and running prior to your visit.
october, 2020
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03oct10:00 am2:00 pmFarmers Market - MindenShopping
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Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more. Please park at the Minden Curling Club.
Event Details
Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.
Please park at the Minden Curling Club.
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Minden Fairgrounds
2048 Fleming Rd.
03oct10:00 am5:00 pmFeaturedThe Studio TourEvent - hosted throughout the Haliburton Highlands
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Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour! Experience Art! For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening
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Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour!
Experience Art!
For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening their doors so that you can experience the creative process first-hand.
During this self-guide tour, you will be welcomed into the studios and showrooms of artists that work and live in Haliburton Highlands.
First Two Weekends of October – October 3-4 & October 10-11 Open 10am – 5pm
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
04oct10:00 am5:00 pmFeaturedThe Studio TourEvent - hosted throughout the Haliburton Highlands
Event Details
Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour! Experience Art! For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening
more
Event Details
Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour!
Experience Art!
For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening their doors so that you can experience the creative process first-hand.
During this self-guide tour, you will be welcomed into the studios and showrooms of artists that work and live in Haliburton Highlands.
First Two Weekends of October – October 3-4 & October 10-11 Open 10am – 5pm
Time
(Sunday) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
06oct12:00 pm4:00 pmFarmers Market - HaliburtonShopping
Event Details
Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more. PLEASE ENTER THE MARKET FROM PARK STREET.
Event Details
Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.
PLEASE ENTER THE MARKET FROM PARK STREET.
Time
(Tuesday) 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Head Lake Park
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
october 13, 2020 12:00 pm
10oct10:00 am2:00 pmFarmers Market - MindenShopping
Event Details
Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more. Please park at the Minden Curling Club.
Event Details
Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.
Please park at the Minden Curling Club.
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Minden Fairgrounds
2048 Fleming Rd.
10oct10:00 am5:00 pmFeaturedThe Studio TourEvent - hosted throughout the Haliburton Highlands
Event Details
Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour! Experience Art! For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening
more
Event Details
Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour!
Experience Art!
For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening their doors so that you can experience the creative process first-hand.
During this self-guide tour, you will be welcomed into the studios and showrooms of artists that work and live in Haliburton Highlands.
First Two Weekends of October – October 3-4 & October 10-11 Open 10am – 5pm
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
11oct10:00 am5:00 pmFeaturedThe Studio TourEvent - hosted throughout the Haliburton Highlands
Event Details
Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour! Experience Art! For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening
more
Event Details
Welcome to our 33rd Annual Haliburton County Studio Tour!
Experience Art!
For 33 years the artists and craftspeople of The Studio Tour have been opening their doors so that you can experience the creative process first-hand.
During this self-guide tour, you will be welcomed into the studios and showrooms of artists that work and live in Haliburton Highlands.
First Two Weekends of October – October 3-4 & October 10-11 Open 10am – 5pm
Time
(Sunday) 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
13oct12:00 pm4:00 pmFarmers Market - HaliburtonShopping
Event Details
Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more. PLEASE ENTER THE MARKET FROM PARK STREET.
Event Details
Offering local seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods, preserves, prepared foods, hand-crafted artisan items and more.
PLEASE ENTER THE MARKET FROM PARK STREET.
Time
(Tuesday) 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Head Lake Park
Event Details
Make a wearable piece of art! In this guided workshop, led by Nadine Papp, you will create a felted brooch perfect for fall. Learn how to blend layers of felt inside
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Make a wearable piece of art! In this guided workshop, led by Nadine Papp, you will create a felted brooch perfect for fall.
Learn how to blend layers of felt inside a cookie cutter to create a felted leaf with fall colours. Embellish your leaf with embroidery, and back it to create a brooch. A lovely fall keepsake or gift.
Supplies included, pre-registration required.
Cost: $10+HST – please pay over the phone at 705-286-3763 or drop by the Agnes Jamieson Gallery to pay in advance.
Registration required: Please phone the Agnes Jamieson Gallery at 705-286-3763 to register.
There is a strict maximum of 5 participants. Every participant will have their own table for a workstation to ensure physical distance is observed. Please wear a mask.
The workshop runs from 10am – 2pm, with a break for lunch. Please bring a lunch or head next door to Molly’s Bistro Bakery.
As the Province has moved into Stage 3 of Phase 2 of Ontario’s Action Plan, the Township of Minden Hills is cautiously entering the initial stages of planning and supporting events within the municipality. The safety, and health and well-being of our community is essential. All events will be considered and evaluated on a case by case basis, following the guidelines of current COVID-19 protocols and safety measures of the province, local Health Unit and Township.
In the event of a cancellation due to changing circumstances or updates to COVID-19 guidelines from the province, local Health Unit or Township, you will be contacted and issued a full refund. Thank you for your understanding.
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Minden Hills Cultural Centre
176 Bobcaygeon Road
17oct12:00 pm4:00 pmFeaturedFall FestivalEvent - Hosted by Abbey Gardens
Event Details
From its colourful display that paints the Highlands landscape to the great hiking weather to hot spiced cider, there's a whole lot to love about the fall season. And with
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From its colourful display that paints the Highlands landscape to the great hiking weather to hot spiced cider, there’s a whole lot to love about the fall season. And with the upcoming Fall Festival at Abbey Gardens, there’s even more reason to embrace the change of the seasons. For our seventh annual event, we encourage you to bring out the whole family between noon and 4 p.m.
This year’s attractions include: outdoor games, pumpkin patch, paint a pumpkin, children’s story walk, sunflower maze, pony rides, live music, wood-fired pizza, wagon rides, chickens and ponies, fun photo opportunities. local food & lunches at The Food Hub.
Admission is $5/person or $15/family. This event is the result of a partnership between Abbey Gardens and the IncrEdible Haliburton County Farmers’ Market.
Time
(Saturday) 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Abbey Gardens
1012 Garden Gate Drive
Event Details
Join us for an online opening reception in a webinar format. Artists Carey Jernigan and Julia Campbell-Such will talk about this new
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in a webinar format.
Join this Zoom meeting
https://nyph.zoom.us/j/94476105301…
Meeting ID: 944 7610 5301
Passcode: TRUSS
One in Three mini-documentary
https://youtu.be/Xq8ja_JYEjc
and
TRUSS at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery video overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuRUE2td-2U
Time
All Day (Friday)
Event Details
Make a miniature pumpkin in time for Halloween! Join this workshop and learn how wet felting works – it’s a fun, hands-on process that can be used to create almost
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Make a miniature pumpkin in time for Halloween! Join this workshop and learn how wet felting works – it’s a fun, hands-on process that can be used to create almost anything!
In this workshop, Nadine Papp will guide you through to process of creating a wet felted pumpkin by layering and manipulating raw wool to shrink and secure the fibres in the shape of a small 2” to 3” pumpkin. We will further embellish these with leaves and vines – also hand felted.
Supplies included, pre-registration required. The workshop runs from 10am – 2pm, with a break for lunch. Please bring a lunch or head next door to Molly’s Bistro Bakery.
Cost: $10+HST – please pay over the phone at 705-286-3763 or drop by the Agnes Jamieson Gallery to pay in advance.
Registration required: Please phone the Agnes Jamieson Gallery at 705-286-3763 to register.
There is a strict maximum of 5 participants. Every participant will have their own table for a workstation to ensure physical distance is observed. Please wear a mask.
As the Province has moved into Stage 3 of Phase 2 of Ontario’s Action Plan, the Township of Minden Hills is cautiously entering the initial stages of planning and supporting events within the municipality. The safety, and health and well-being of our community is essential. All events will be considered and evaluated on a case by case basis, following the guidelines of current COVID-19 protocols and safety measures of the province, local Health Unit and Township.
In the event of a cancellation due to changing circumstances or updates to COVID-19 guidelines from the province, local Health Unit or Township, you will be contacted and issued a full refund. Thank you for your understanding.
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Minden Hills Cultural Centre
176 Bobcaygeon Road
31octAll DayThe WitchesExperience - Hosted at Abbey Gardens
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Join us for a Spooky Halloween adventure at Abbey Gardens & Haliburton Highlands Brewing. Reposted from @northfirecircus NorthFIRE Circus is so excited to announce on Oct 31 you can see the
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Join us for a Spooky Halloween adventure at Abbey Gardens & Haliburton Highlands Brewing.
Reposted from @northfirecircus NorthFIRE Circus is so excited to announce on Oct 31 you can see the fire witches of the Coven LIVE at @abbey_gardens in Haliburton in a special Theatre on Fire Experience – THE WITCHES. In collaboration with @basswitchcoven we’ll be bringing you a Blue Moon Samhain experience you won’t forget!
There will be 4 tours available at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. Each tour will include a spooky guided forest walk ending in a spectacular fire and pyrotechnic show! In order to keep this event safe tickets are extremely limited and attendees will wear masks at all times. 😷
Visit www.abbeygardens.ca, click on programming and scroll down to purchase tickets. Thank you to Dance Happens Here Haliburton and the Haliburton Folk Society for sponsoring the event.
Time
All Day (Saturday)
Location
Abbey Gardens
1012 Garden Gate Drive
31octAll DayFamily Halloween Monster MashEvent - Hosted by Minden Hills Cultural Centre
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Minden's annual family-friendly Halloween party has moved outdoors to the Minden Hills Cultural Centre grounds! Put on your best costume and celebrate Halloween with a
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All children must be accompanied by an adult.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/…/family-halloween-monster…
As the Province has moved into Stage 3 of Phase 2 of Ontario’s Action Plan, the Township of Minden Hills is cautiously entering the initial stages of planning and supporting events within the municipality. The safety, and health and well-being of our community is essential. All events will be considered and evaluated on a case by case basis, following the guidelines of current COVID-19 protocols and safety measures of the province, local Health Unit and Township.
In the event of a cancellation due to changing circumstances or updates to COVID-19 guidelines from the province, local Health Unit or Township, you will be contacted and issued a full refund. Thank you for your understanding.
Time
All Day (Saturday)
Location
Minden Hills Cultural Centre
176 Bobcaygeon Road
31oct5:30 pm8:00 pmHowl-o-weenExperience - Hosted at Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve
Event Details
Join us for alternative Howl-o-ween fun at Haliburton Forest. Start the evening with a delicious dinner at The Cookhouse featuring some ghoulish themed foods. Wear
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Time
(Saturday) 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Haliburton Forest and Wildlife
1095 Redkin Road
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