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May 2010

Maynooth Farmers Market

Dates: May 29, 2010 to Oct 9, 2010
Location: Maynooth Municipal Building
Phone: 613-338-5303
The Maynooth Farmers Market reopens for another season. It runs every Saturday until Oct. 9 at the Municipal Building. Fresh organic produce, home baking, homemade bread and rolls, maple syrup, flowers, veggies and much more.

September 2010

Works by Mendelson Joe

Dates: Sep 1, 2010 to Sep 26, 2010
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Phone: (613) 332-1542
Opening reception September 3rd.

4th Annual Maynooth Fall Fair Contests

Date: Sep 4, 2010
Time: 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Location: Maynooth Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-4365 or (613) 338-5303
Hosted by the Bancroft Horticultural Society.Everyone is welcome to enter.
Entry time is Friday, September 3rd from 5pm to 8pm.
Judging takes place Friday September 3rd, from 8pm to 10pm.

Rocky Hills Horse Club Show

Date: Sep 4, 2010
Location: Maynooth, Loggers Field
Website: www.rockyhillshorseclub.com
Phone: (613) 339-1842

ANAF Pancake Breakfast

Date: Sep 4, 2010
Time: 6:00AM to 10:00AM
Location: ANAF, Maynooth
Phone: (613) 338-2343

Wilberforce Yard Sale & BBQ

Date: Sep 4, 2010
Location: Wilberforce United Church
Phone: (705) 448-2458

Gooderham Yard Sale

Date: Sep 4, 2010
Location: Gooderham United Church
Phone: (705) 448-2832

Warriors Day In Coe Hill

Dates: Sep 4, 2010 to Sep 5, 2010
Location: Coe Hill Fairgrounds
Phone: (613) 337-5705
Featuring a number of attractions & events celebrating Canada's Armed Forces.

21st Annual Maynooth Madness

Date: Sep 4, 2010
Location: Maynooth
Website: www.maynooth.on.ca
Phone: (613) 332-2080
Featuring the North Hastings Loggers Games, Maynooth Fall Fair, & the Maynooth Mud Dawgs Mud Run.

Explore a Heritage of Creativity at Madonna House

Dates: Sep 4, 2010 to Sep 5, 2010
Time: 1:00PM to 4:00PM
Location: Madonna House Pioneer Museum & St. Raphael's Craft Center
Address: 2887 Dafoe Rd., Combermere On.
Website: www.madonnahouse.org
Phone: (613) 756-3713
Explore a heritage of creativity at Madonna House on Labor Day Weekend. Wool carding, spinning, weaving, bee hive demonstration (and a taste of honey), churn butter and make ice cream, candlemaking, pottery, wood carving and much more! Gift shops open!

5th Annual Mud Dawgs Run

Date: Sep 5, 2010
Time: 10:00AM
Phone: (613) 338 -5639 (Angel or Tracy)
5th Annual Mud Dawgs run, rain or shine. Truck inspection starts at 10am and the Gates open at 11am. $2.00 admission 15yrs+ and under 15yrs a donation to the food back. Lots of muddy good fun for everyone, with some added surprises this year!

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Sep 9, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your drum and join in.

Music in the Clubhouse

Date: Sep 10, 2010
Location: Bancroft Fish and Game Club
Address: 27602 Hwy 62 South
Website: clarestanton.net/fish/
Phone: 613-334-5012
Tickets are $5 at the door.

6th Annual Hastings Highlands Hilly Hundred

Date: Sep 11, 2010
Location: Millennium Park Bancroft
Website: www.tripsandtrails.ca
Email:
Phone: (800) 481-2925
Ontario's Toughest Century Road Ride for cyclists.

Dinner and Auction

Date: Sep 11, 2010
Location: Bancroft Fish and Game
Address: 27602 Hwy 62 South
Website: clarestanton.net/fish/
Phone: 613-334-5012
Tickets available. Please call 613-334-5012 to purchase.

All You Can Eat Church Supper

Date: Sep 12, 2010
Time: 1:00PM to 6:00PM
Location: Our Lady of Mercy School
Phone: (613) 332-2954

Bancroft Cruisers

Date: Sep 14, 2010
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Canadian Tire Parking Lot
Phone: (613) 332-3557

Nurture Nature Series - Wild Turkeys

Date: Sep 14, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 8:30PM
Location: Bancroft Fish & Game Club
Address: 27603 Hwy 62 S
Phone: (613) 332- 3940 ext. 260

Bancroft Horticultural Society Meeting

Date: Sep 15, 2010
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Riverstone Retirement Residence, Bancroft
Address: 34 Hastings St. South
Phone: (613)-332-4365
Speaker: Andre Moise, Old Homestead Farm-Organic Gardening
Competitions: "Bringing in the Harvest" The exhibitor's interpretation and design of the Theme, using garden flowers, foliage and some fruits and vegetables (all grown by the entrant). & "your Favourite House Plant" Plant must have been owned by the entrant for at least 3 months. To be viewed from all sides. Plant must be labeled in or on container.
New members always welcome.

Bancroft Bass Tournament Series - Two Day Final

Dates: Sep 18, 2010 to Sep 19, 2010
Website: www.bbtseries.ca
Phone: (613) 339-2675
Day One - Elephant Lake & Baptiste Lake
Day Two - Paudash Lake, Anchorage Resort
B.B.T.S. is built on a foundation of anglers, from beginner to expert, who participates in the excitement of catch and release fishing while enjoying some of Ontario's finest natural resources.

3rd Annual Elephant Lake Lodge Bass Tournament

Date: Sep 18, 2010
Location: Elephant Lake Lodge
Website: www.elephantlake.com
Phone: (705) 448-2861

York River Festival "Where the Words Are"

Date: Sep 18, 2010
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Bancroft Village Playhouse
Phone: (613) 332-1744

Apsley Autumn Studio Tour

Dates: Sep 18, 2010 to Sep 19, 2010
Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Location: Apsley Area
Website: www.apsleystudiotour.com
Phone: (705) 656-2235
The Apsley autumn studio tour is renowned for the quality of the artists working in a variety of disciplines. Located in the North Kawarthas, many of the studios are tucked away in beautiful, scenic locations where our local artists and guests present new and exciting works created specifically for this annual event.

NEWFSTOCK

Date: Sep 18, 2010
Time: 10:00AM
Location: Millennium Park ,Bancroft
Website: www.newf-friends.ca
Hosted by Newf Friends Rescue an awesome gathering of Newfoundland dogs & special events. All dogs welcome for this happy, howlin event

Fall Supper

Date: Sep 22, 2010
Time: 4:30PM to 7:00PM
Location: St. Paul's United Church, Bancroft
Phone: (613) 322-1900

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Sep 23, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your instrument and your dancing shoes.

Bancroft and Area Autumn Studio Tour

Dates: Sep 25, 2010 to Sep 26, 2010
Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Location: Bancroft Area
Website: www.bancroftstudiotour.org
Phone: (613) 332-4111
Established in 1992, for 17 years the Bancroft & Area Studio Tour has been showcasing the exceptional art and craft of our area artists.
Enjoy the rugged landscape and spectacular autumn colors while driving to visit the artists and artisans on the tour. An excellent opportunity to meet the artists and view or purchase their exquisite creations!

28th Anniversary Show with Kevin Lockau

Dates: Sep 29, 2010 to Oct 31, 2010
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Phone: (613) 332-1542

October 2010

Madawaska Valley Studio Tour

Dates: Oct 2, 2010 to Oct 3, 2010
Location: Madawaska Valley, East of Algonquin Park
Website: www.madawaskastudiotour.com
Phone: (613) 757-2574
The Madawaska Valley Studio Tour offers the art and craft lover a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, browsing 15 country studios filled with the exciting arts and crafts of 22 talented artisans and artists.

Haliburton Studio Tour

Dates: Oct 2, 2010 to Oct 3, 2010
Time: 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Location: Haliburton County
Website: www.haliburtonstudiotour.on.ca
Phone: (705) 457-9110
Visit artist studios while enjoying the autumn colours of the Halibuton Highlands.

Bancroft & Area Autumn Studio Tour

Dates: Oct 2, 2010 to Oct 3, 2010
Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Website: www.bancroftstudiotour.org
Phone: (613) 332-4111
Established in 1992, for 17 years the Bancroft & Area Studio Tour has been showcasing the exceptional art and craft of our area artists.
Enjoy the rugged landscape and spectacular autumn colors while driving to visit the artists and artisans on the tour. An excellent opportunity to meet the artists and view or purchase their exquisite creations!

Thanksgiving Dinner

Date: Oct 9, 2010
Location: Lloyd Watson Centre, Wilberforce
Phone: (705) 448-2683
Hosted by the Wilberforce Agricultural Society.

Haliburton Studio Tour

Dates: Oct 9, 2010 to Oct 10, 2010
Time: 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Location: Haliburton County
Website: www.haliburtonstudiotour.on.ca
Phone: (705) 457-9110
Visit artist studios while enjoying the autumn colours of the Halibuton Highlands.

Special Thanksgiving Service

Date: Oct 10, 2010
Location: Graphite Bible Chapel
Website: www.graphitebiblechapel.com
Phone: (613) 338-3461

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Oct 14, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your drum and join in.

Wilberforce 121st Anniversary

Date: Oct 17, 2010
Location: Wilberforce United Church
Phone: (705)448-2832

Bancroft Horticultural Society Meeting

Date: Oct 20, 2010
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Riverstone Retirement Residence, Bancroft
Address: 34 Hastings St. South
Phone: (613)-332-4365
House Plant Auction-One of the most popular events of the year. Members donate house plants for a silent auction. Annual Election of Officers.
Competitions: "All That's Left" An arrangement using the last of the flowers(may be dried), branches of berries, grasses and/or dried pods gathered by the entrant. Use your imagination. & "Vegetable of the Year" winter squash 4 any variety (Hubbard, Acorn, Butternut, Delicata etc.)New members always welcome.

Beyond The City Lights Rural Tourism Conference

Date: Oct 21, 2010
Time: 8:30AM to 4:00PM
Location: Bancroft Pentecostal Tabernacle
Address: 311 Hastings Street North, Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0
Website: www.beyondthecitylights.ca
Email:
Phone: 613.332.1513
"Turn Your Shoulder Season Upside Down"

Hosted by the Bancroft & District Chamber of Commerce, in partenrship with OMAFRA and Getaway Country, sponsored by Hastings County, Limerick Lake Lodge, Red Eagle Trailer Park and CFDC.

Please join us for an informative day of key note speakers, panel discussions and presentations dedicated to helping tourism operators expand and improve their shoulder seasons. Don't miss the end of day fashion show as only found in the Bancroft District!

Cost $60 per person, lunch included. For more information, visit the conference website and phone the Chamber office to register.

3rd Annual Pioneer Day

Date: Oct 23, 2010
Time: 12:00PM to 4:00PM
Location: Rockfield Farm
Address: 720 Hass Road
Phone: 613-332-5423
Free Admission. Demos include Ploughing, Discing, Cultivating, Potato Planting, Farrier Demos, Rock Pulling, Logging, Manure Spreading. Sponsored by Aaron Martin Harness Ltd., Professional Farrier Supply Inc. Bird's Creek Feed & Hardware & Carquest. Food & drinks available.

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Oct 28, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your instrument and your dancing shoes.

Halloween Dance

Date: Oct 30, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 1:00AM
Location: Arlington Hotel
Address: Maynooth
Phone: (613) 338-3134
7pm to 8pm for kids. $5.00 cover.

November 2010

Hunter's Supper

Date: Nov 3, 2010
Location: ANAF Maynooth
Phone: (613) 338-2343

Early Christmas at the AGB

Dates: Nov 3, 2010 to Nov 28, 2010
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Phone: (613) 332-1542
Opening reception November 5th.

Wilberforce Bake & Craft Sale

Date: Nov 6, 2010
Location: Lloyd Watson Centre, Wilberforce
Phone: (705) 448-2458

Remembrance Day in Bancroft

Date: Nov 11, 2010
Location: Bancroft Legion Hall
Phone: (613) 332-3250

Remembrance Day in Maynooth

Date: Nov 11, 2010
Time: 1:00PM
Location: ANAF Cenotaph, Maynooth
Phone: (613) 338-2343

Remembrance Day in Wilberforce

Date: Nov 11, 2010
Location: Wilberforce Legion
Phone: (613) 448-2221

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Nov 11, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your drum and join in.

Bancroft Art & Craft Guild Christmas Show & Sale

Dates: Nov 13, 2010 to Nov 14, 2010
Time: 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Phone: (613) 338-5431
Call for details

Bancroft Horticultural Society Meeting

Date: Nov 17, 2010
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Riverstone Retirement Residence, Bancroft
Address: 34 Hastings St. South
Phone: (613)-332-4365
Member discussion. Garden successes and disappointments.
Competition: "Tall Pines" An arrangement featuring tall greenery, branches, seed pods, dried flowers and suitable props. New members always welcome

Rally of the Tall Pines

Dates: Nov 19, 2010 to Nov 20, 2010
Location: Dungannon Recreation Centre
Website: www.tallpinesrally.com
Just imagine if you took a small car, gave it four-wheel-drive, turbocharged it to over 300 horsepower, and then drove it flat-out sideways down twisty treacherous forest roads – lined with trees, rocks and rows of cheering fans. Kicking up dirt or snow, spitting flames. Sliding on the edge of control, and sometimes over it! This is rally racing at the Rally of the Tall Pines and it is taking the world by storm.

Gooderham Bake & Craft Sale

Date: Nov 20, 2010
Location: Gooderham United Church
Phone: (705) 448-2832

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Nov 25, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your instrument and your dancing shoes.

Bancroft Pregnancy Care Centre Fundraiser Dinner

Dates: Nov 26, 2010 to Nov 27, 2010
Location: Graphite Bible Camp, Maynooth
Phone: 613-332-4673
Call for ticket information

December 2010

"Juried Photography Exhibition"

Dates: Dec 1, 2010 to Jan 2, 2011
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Phone: (613) 332-1542

Bancroft Pregnancy Care Centre Christmas Bake Sale

Dates: Dec 3, 2010 to Dec 4, 2010
Location: Bancroft Pregnancy Care Centre
Phone: 613-332-4673
Pre-made trays available.

Bancroft Santa Claus Parade

Date: Dec 4, 2010
Time: 2:30PM
Location: Downtown Bancroft
Phone: (613) 332-4372
Presented by the Bancroft Lions Club.

Wilberforce Christmas Craft Sale & Lunch

Date: Dec 4, 2010
Location: Lloyd Watson Centre
Phone: (705) 448-2211

North Hastings Community Choir Christmas Concert

Dates: Dec 4, 2010 to Dec 5, 2010
Location: Bancroft Village Playhouse
Phone: (613) 332-4268
Saturday @ 8pm, Sunday @ 2pm. Tickets $15.00

Ecumenical Christmas Carol Service

Date: Dec 9, 2010
Location: Wilberforce United Church
Phone: (705) 448-2832

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Dec 9, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your drum and join in.

Gooderham Family Christmas Carol Night

Date: Dec 10, 2010
Location: Gooderham United Church
Phone: (705) 448-2832

Maynooth 7th Annual Brighten the Night Parade

Date: Dec 11, 2010
Time: 5:00PM
Location: Maynooth Main Street
Website: www.maynooth.on.ca
Phone: (613) 338-2080
Floats will follow Back Street and Maynooth's Main Street will come alive after five with clever ways to 'spotlight' the holiday and season. The procession ends at the Army, Navy, Air Force on ANAF Road where the Veterans have arranged a kid's party with a very special appearance.

Free Kids Christmas Party

Date: Dec 11, 2010
Location: ANAF Maynooth
Phone: (613) 338-2080
Follows immediately after the parade, hosted by the Maynooth Business Association, Santa in attendance,

HART's Kritter Kringle Sale

Date: Dec 11, 2010
Time: 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Location: Community Centre
Address: Hwy 62 North , Maynooth, Ontario
Website: hart-bancroft.blogspot.com
Email:
Lots of amazing prizes to be won for the cost of a toonie. Dog Show with prizes, home made luncheon served.....same day as Maynooth's Brighten the Night
Parade!

Christmas Sing

Date: Dec 19, 2010
Location: Graphite Bible Chapel
Website: www.graphitebiblechapel.com
Phone: (613) 338-3461

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Dec 23, 2010
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre
Phone: (613) 332-3638
Bring your instrument and your dancing shoes.

New Year's Dance

Date: Dec 31, 2010
Location: Bancroft Legion Hall
Phone: (613) 332-3250

New Year's Dance

Date: Dec 31, 2010
Location: ANAF
Address: Maynooth
Phone: (613) 338-2343

New Year's Dance

Date: Dec 31, 2010
Location: Wilberforce Legion
Phone: (705) 448-2221
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