Come and celebrate 186 years of the Delta Fair over four continuous days of fun, dedicated in memory of Linda Barker. The event is sponsored by the Delta Agricultural Society.

Located in the heart of Delta on the Agricultural grounds at 110, Mill Creek Drive in Delta. Enjoy the thrill of the World’s Finest Shows midway. There will be something for everyone including Agricultural Displays and Home Crafts Exhibits. There will be Live Entertainment on the main grandstand throughout the Fair.

Every day will include Children Activities such as the Mini King and Mini Queen Pageant, children races and a petting zoo. Delta Fair also will host the announcement of the Citizen of the Year as well as the Youth Award of Excellence. The four days will also be filled with a Horse Draw, livestock shows, a tractor pull and lawn mower races. Watch for advance sales for admission and midway passes.

Please visit this link for the detailed brochure : http://www.deltafair.com/Delta_Fair/Welcome_files/20160621083308714.pdf

Date :
July 21 – 24, 2016

Event location :
110 Mill Creek Drive in Delta

Contact :
For more information please go to our website www.deltafair.com, call us at 613-928-2800 or email at deltafair@ripnet.com

Tell Your Friends: Westport celebrates heritage on Saturday, July 16th.

at the North Crosby Community Centre 10am to 4pm, music, BBQ, heritage displays, demonstrations, children’s “old fashioned” games, storytelling and more. Join us as we explore the history of North Crosby, Westport and Newboro.  Share your personal artifacts for others to enjoy.  Check the Heritage Day Facebook page for a “trivia contest” and details of this event.

The Westport Heritage Festival features a select group of quality vendors selling art, crafts, gifts and food.

“The event celebrates our success as a village and as a community. Westport is a vibrant, vigorous town,” said Thacker. The festival provides a chance to showcase the area to new people coming from Ottawa and Kingston.

“Each year we marvel at the number of people that return. It’s been said before; nobody’s a stranger very long in Westport.”

Event organizers say that the festival may join other groups and become part of a larger committee for the celebrations of Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017.

 
Date :
Saturday, July 16, 2016
 
Event location :
Westport, ON
 
Contact :
Westport Heritage Day Festival Committee
PO Box 284
Westport, ON
Contact Barb Lavoie for more information or to bring your items to this event by phone: 613-273-8177 or e-mail: belavoie@kingston.net

After heart-warming success, Stories & Songs is back for a second year. Join us at the Westport Spring throughout the summer for delightful local music and storytelling.

Greg Tregaskis & Eddie Ashton will entertain for an hour at the Spring in Westport with stories and songs. Free! Bring your coffee and chair (limited seating).

Date :

Sunday, July 10th, 2016 at 7 p.m

Event location :

Westport, ON, Canada

Contact :

Westport Arts Council
P.O. Box 2
Westport, ON
K0G 1X0

E-mail: info@westportartscouncil.com

Website: http://www.westportartscouncil.ca/

Rideau Thunder Motorcycle Weekend. July 9th & 10th in Westport, Ontario. Show n Shine($5), Vendors, Live music, food and much more. All proceeds go to Friends of the Arena.

Date :
Saturday, July 9th & 10th, 2016 at 11 a.m

Event location :
Westport, Ontario

Contact :
Website : www. rideauthunder.ca
more info : paulhhbc@kingston.net

Come help us celebrate 10 years, volunteers, sponsors and support. Teagan McLaren Band, pony rides, petting zoo, family games, food to purchase or bring your own! Loads of hoe down fun! June 18th 5-8pm.

Your Free Family Day in Westport!

Date :
Saturday, June 18, 2016 @ 5 to 8 p.m

Location event:
Westport, On

Come join us for Stories & Songs at the Spring June 12 at 7pm. Free hour of storytelling by Jeff Friesen and music by Stephanie Doornekamp. Sponsored by Centre for Creative Learning.

Date :
June 12th, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Location event:
Westport, ON

Bringing you the best in Blues LIVE and On-air

THIS WEEK ON INSIDE THE BLUES – A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO STONY PLAIN RECORDS & HOLGER PETERSEN ON THEIR 40th ANNIVERSARY

THIS SUNDAY June 5 on CANADIAN BLUES SPOTLIGHT
on BLUES ZEPPELIN – BILL JOHNSON

UPCOMING LIVE MUSIC AT THE COVE INN, WESTPORT
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INSIDE THE BLUES w. James Doran

Broadcast & streamed weekly:
Every Saturday 12-1 pm ET on www.BluesRadioCanada.com
Repeated Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at the same time

Every Sunday 7-8 pm ET on CIDG 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com
Repeated Wed night 10-11 pm

All shows are also ARCHIVED after broadcast at www.insidetheblues.ca
and can be listened to there at any time

PLAY LIST – June 4/5
Sponsored by The Cove Inn, Westport ON www.coveinn.com

A special tribute to STONY PLAIN RECORDS and its founder
HOLGER PETERSEN on the 40th Anniversary of the label

All songs off new STONY PLAIN 40 YEARS 3 CD Compilation/2016 Stony Plain Records

JOE LOUIS WALKER
Eyes Like A Cat/Travis Phillips

ROSCO GORDON
Sit Right Here/Rosco Gordon

BILLY BOY ARNOLD
Bad Luck Blues/Billy Boy Arnold

HARRY MANX* & KEVIN BREIT*
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep/Mary Elizabeth Frye arranged & adapted by Harry Manx

RONNIE EARL
It Takes Time/Otis Rush

AMOS GARRETT*
Lost Love/Johnny V. Mills

KING BISCUIT BOY (RICHARD NEWELL)*
Blue Light Boogie/Jesse Mae Robinson

DUKE ROBILLARD
Ain’t Gonna Do It/Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King

MARIA MULDAUR
In My Girlish Days/Ernest Lawler

Thanks for listening!

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CANADIAN BLUES SPOTLIGHT w. James Doran on
Mark Stenzler’s BLUES ZEPPELIN, Switzerland
www.facebook.com/BluesZeppelin

June 5 – 9-11 am ET (3-5 pm Swiss time) on www.rabe.ch
or catch one of the reruns

Featured artist this week – BILL JOHNSON www.billjohnsonblues.com

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist and music educator Bill Johnson was born in Halifax, spent a few years in Ottawa and Calgary and now lives in Victoria B.C.. He grew up listening to his older brother’s record collection of Blues, Rock and Country artists and lists Hank Willilams, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry as his major influences. Bill spent most of his teens studying guitar and played in a variety of different bands through the ’70’s and ’80’s but by the early ’90’s he began to focus exclusively on the Blues. He’s released four albums since then including his new one – “Cold Outside”. Over the years Bill has won a Blewzy Award and been nominated for a Juno and 4 Maple Blues Awards. Tune in to find out why!

CANADIAN BLUES SPOTLIGHT with James Doran is a 15 minute feature on some of Canada’s best Blues artists broadcast and streamed bi-weekly on
Mark Stenzler’s BLUES ZEPPELIN

Original: Sundays 9-11 am ET (3-5 pm Swiss time) on Radio RaBe www.rabe.ch Bern, SWITZERLAND

Re-broadcast
* The following Saturday 4-6 pm ET (10-12 pm Swiss time) on Radio LoRa www.lora.ch Zurich, SWITZERLAND
* The following Saturday 3-5 pm ET on WRFI Community Radio Ithaca/Finger Lakes UPSTATE NEW YORK www.wrfi.org
* Twice a week on BLUES & ROOTS RADIO www.BluesAndRootsRadio.com
Port Credit, ON CANADA – streaming globally

* All Spotlights are also ARCHIVED after broadcast on www.CanadianBluesSpotlight.ca where they can be listened to at any time.

Thanks for listening!
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A popular day for gifts of flowers and greeting cards.

Many Canadians celebrate Mother’s Day by showing their appreciation for mothers or mother figures. The Mother’s Day date in Canada is on the second Sunday of May each year.

What Do People Do?

Many people in Canada express their gratitude towards mothers and mother figures on Mother’s Day. It is the time for people to thank mothers and mother figures who took the time care for them and help them through life’s challenges.

Carnations are a popular Mother’s Day symbol in both Canada and the United States. Some people may choose to wear a carnation as a brooch on Mother’s Day. However, other flowers are also given to mothers or mother figures to symbolize one’s love and appreciation for them.

Date :
May 8, 2016 | all day

Location event :
Westport, ON  Canada

RIDEAU LAKES HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY presents speaker Joanna Kowalczyk – The Art and Science of Pruning starting at 7:15pm at the Portland Community Hall. All Welcome! ($5.00 admission for non-members)

The Society provides free refreshments and door prizes, as well as information and advice on all your gardening needs.

Opening in 2000, with only one section of the debris-filled foundation of a collapsed dairy barn cleared and a few newly planted gardens, the Walls have gone on to create a destination that provides a unique gardening experience.

Finding the weather in our area to include fairly significant droughts and hot spells, the Walls decided to focus on long-blooming, drought tolerant, lower maintenance succulents and alpines. They seek rare and unusual seeds from around the world and not normally found in the retail trade, which they germinate, grow in their gardens and observe for a year before offering to their customers. They also offer workshops in hypertufa containers and decorative leaf art, which you can use as water features, birdbaths, planting containers and stepping stones.

Judy Wall trained in Horticulture at University of Guelph and is a Lanark County Master Gardener. She is the Past President of the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden and Horticultural Society, and a member of the North American and Ontario Rock Garden Societies.

Date :
May 4, 2016 at 7.15 p.m

Location event :
24 Water St, Portland, On. (Portland Community Hall)

Contact :
John Carley 613-359-6031

The Old Stone Mill NHS will be open for tours from 9 am to 3 pm during Delta’s Maple Syrup Festival. A used Book Sale will take place in the Old Town Hall on Saturday and Sunday, light refreshments will be available. Milling and blacksmithing demonstrations will take place on Saturday, starting at 1 pm. Many other activities taking place in Delta.

Established in 1967, the Delta Maple Syrup Festival was the first maple celebration to be established in the area. In planning for Canada’s Centennial, a small group of dedicated volunteers met regularly in the Council Chambers at the Old Town Hall. As President of the group, Harold Russell worked tirelessly as he contacted every farmer, arranged for sugar shack visits and tours, promoted sugaring off demonstrations and jack wax parties.

In the beginning, the Festival was a three day event held in March which included feeding pancakes and syrup to busloads of students on school trips. In order to keep up with the crowds, meals were served on both floors of the Old Town Hall.

Visitors were able to tour local sugar bushes along with watching maple syrup being bottled and maple candy being made in the Confederated Foods Syrup Plant building.

Over the years, the Festival continued through the efforts of many local residents and Service Clubs
before becoming a project for the Directors of the Delta Agricultural Society. And now, the tradition continues 49 years later!

Date :
April 16th and 17th, 2016 | 9 a.m to 3 p.m

Please contact Heather Halladay
Phone: 613-928-2949
Or The Delta Fair Office at 613-928-2800
E-mail : deltafair@ripnet.com

Or visit the www.deltafair.com