This year marks the 25th Annual Perth Lions Garlic Festival… and we hope you’ll join us to celebrate! The dates are set… Saturday and Sunday, August 10th and 11th, 2024!

Come celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Lions Club GARLIC FESTIVAL! Happening Saturday and Sunday, August 10 and 11, 2024 at the Perth Fairgrounds. This event takes place from 10am to 5pm each day and features a great variety of vendors, including food, produce, kitchen wares and everything garlic you can possibly imagine! There will also be a refreshment tent with live music, cooking demos in the Lions Club Hall, and back once again are the fabulous BIRDS OF PREY. 

Date : August.10 & 11, 2024 from 10am to 5pm

Event location : Perth Lions Club

Contact : (613) 267-5322 ; e-mail: perthlionsgarlicfestivaldt@yahoo.com 

The 2024 season officially begins on Saturday May 11th! It will run until Thanksgiving weekend (October 12th) and then we will have our very special Christmas Market in November.

We are scheduling live music every Saturday as well as many special events and activities for kids and adults alike. We hope that you will join us not only for the delicious food but for the warm community that gathers in the heart of downtown Perth.

In 1992 the modern Perth Farmers’ Market was created and has run continuously ever since. The market has mostly been located in and around the Tay Basin in downtown Perth since its start.  In 1994, the “Crystal Palace” was moved from Ottawa to its site on the basin and has added to the ambience of the market ever since.  Many craft vendors sell inside the shelter of the building as well as it being an ideal location for special events of all kinds. The attractive and scenic location, free parking on Saturdays and “al fresco” eating tables combined with local music makes Saturday mornings at the market a winning combination.

Our market is open, rain or shine, every Saturday morning from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM starting on the weekend of Mother’s Day until the Thanksgiving Weekend.  There are also special Christmas markets inside and outside the Crystal Palace and a Seed Sale the first Sunday in March!

Date :

Saturday, August 3, 2024 – 08:00 am – 1:00 pm
Saturday, August 10, 2024 – 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Saturday, August 17, 2024 – 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Saturday, August 24, 2024 – 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Event location : Perth, ON

Contact : (613) 284-0578 ; e-mail: perthfarmersmarket@gmail.com ; website: https://perthfarmersmarket.ca/

Date : August.2, 2024 at 2pm and 7pm

Event location : 63 Gore St E, Perth, ON K7H 1H8

Contact : 613.267.7469

Each day is a stand alone workshop

 At Lego Robotics camp, participants use LEGO Spike sets to build a robot that can complete a challenge (move items, complete a maze, race) or compete against other participants’ sumo-bot creations. Then, using laptops and Scratch they code their robots and compete, then solve structural and programming challenges.

Participants are asked to please bring a snack. Registration will open on June, 17 at 9:00am 

Many thanks to the Elizabeth Kelly Foundation for their generous financial support of this program!

Date : Aug. 1, 2024 from 10am to 1pm

Event location :

Contact : E-mail: ekfboard@gmail.com or website: https://www.ekellylibraryfoundation.ca/ or 

Drop in and meet other homeschooling families at the library. This is an informal group and everyone is welcome. The program will run weekly on Wednesday afternoons from 1-3:30 pm. Please feel free to bring an activity, game, craft or a story to share.

Date : February 27, 2023 from 1 to 3:30pm

Event location : Frizell (Program) Room – Perth & District Union Public Library

Contact : 6132671224

Join Melanie on Saturday February 25th from 2-3:30 as she discusses her book, “Enough Pieces of Crazy to go Around”.

Melanie Mills is a trauma survivor both as a child and young adult, retreating into a fantasy world of her own making. Recognizing the power of each of us to support or destroy each other, Mills started a community group to bring people together which has been running successfully for over 10 years.

Discussing these experiences in her book “Enough Pieces of Crazy to Go Around” readers are encouraged to take another look at mental health, our perceptions around that, and the implications of inadequate support.

Date : February 25, 2023 from 2 to 3:30pm

Event location : Frizell (Program) Room – Perth & District Union Public Library

Contact : 613-267-1224 or e-mail: info@perthunionlibrary.ca

Together we will navigate life’s transitions through art, music, sound and somatic experience.

Una and Laurie commit to offering a safe and confidential sharing circle space.

To register email: una.therapy@gmailcom

Date : February 18, 2023 from 12:30 to 3:30pm

Event location : Frizell (Program) Room – Perth & District Union Public Library

Contact : To register: email: una.therapy@gmailcom

Frost & Fire Winter Festival is back! Spend your Family Day long weekend in Perth this February 18th and 19th, 2023, for a mix of indoor and outdoor activities for people of all ages.

Frost & Fire Winter Festival is back! Spend your long Family Day weekend in Perth this February for a mix of indoor and outdoor activities for people of all ages.

Date : February 18 & 19, 2023

Event location : Town of Perth Town Hall
80 Gore Street East
Perth, Ontario, K7H 1H9

Contact : Phone: (613) 267-3311

Come enjoy a monthly Lego challenge at the library! All Lego will be supplied and parent and caregivers are welcome.

Please register below.

Date : February 15, 2023 from 5:30 to 6:30pm

Event location : the Perth and District Union Public Library

Contact : https://www.perthunionlibrary.ca/

Valentine’s Day is an opportunity for people in Canada to tell somebody that they love them in a romantic way. It falls on February 14, the name day of two saints, St Valentine of Rome and St Valentine of Terni. In pre-Christian times, the middle of February was a time of pagan fertility festivals in Europe and allegedly the time when birds chose a mate.

What Do People Do?

Many people send letters, cards, presents and gifts to the person with whom they have or want to have a romantic relationship. Valentine’s Day cards are often red or pink and decorated with images of hearts, red roses, teddy bears, presents or happy couples kissing or embracing. They may be in brightly colored, perhaps pink or red, envelopes.

Valentine’s Day can also be an occasion for a more general celebration of love and appreciation of people who are personally important to an individual. School children may help decorate their classrooms with hearts and spring birds and make cards or presents for their parents. Stores may also sell Valentine’s Day themed cakes, cookies or candy. Teenagers and young adults may hold Valentine’s Day parties or dances on or near February 14.

Date : February, 14, 2023