SUMMER
Entertainment GUIDE
SCHEDULES, FESTIVALS & TOURS
2016
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Summer Festivals Top Summer Festivals • CANADA DAY, TWO DAYS! • • • • • • •
June 30: One Bad Son featuring Alert the Medic July 1: DAVID MYLES!
St. Mary’s Pow Wow: June 17 - 19 Cultural Expressions Festival: June 23 - 25 NB Highland Games Festival: July 22 - 24 NB Summer Music Festival: August 8 - 20 Acadian Day: August 15 From Human Hands: NB Fine Craft Festival August 26 – 28 Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival: September 13 - 18
TourismFredericton.ca/Festivals
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Experience Fredericton Historic sites, festivals, galleries, craft, culture, and attractions complement a full schedule of free concerts, films, and live performances. Let us help you plan free guided walking tours, search for treasures by GPS with NB’s largest bilingual Geocaching tour, or try something new with edVentures Fredericton Atlantic Canada’s largest summer learning vacation program. End the day with a stroll along The Green beside the beautiful Saint John River to enjoy the beautiful river sunset! Our Visitor Information Counsellors, at information centres located at City Hall and Kings Landing Historical Settlement, are ready to help you plan your adventure. Drop in to our centres, pick up a visitor guide, follow us @FredTourism, or visit us online at TourismFredericton.ca.
Historic Garrison District: the heart of the downtown. 1 City Hall, Visitor Information Centre 2 Justice Building, including the School Days Museum 3 NB College of Craft & Design and The George Fry Gallery 4 Soldiers’ Barracks / Barracks Square 5 Guard House, Daily Theatre
6 Fredericton Tourism Administration Office (Formerly Militia Arms Store) 7 Fredericton Public Library 8 NB Sports Hall of Fame 9 Fredericton Region Museum 10 Officers’ Square, Changing of the Guard/Concerts
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FREE Changing of the Guard – DAILY Fredericton’s vibrant past comes to life in the Historic Garrison District. Period dressed Ceremonial Guards represent the establishment of the Infantry School Corps, Company “A”, and celebrate the birthplace of the Canadian Army through daily reenactments and drill ceremonies to the sounds of a piper and drummer, daily in Officers’ Square.
edVentures Fredericton, July Browse our unique markets, galleries, specialty boutiques, and artisan studios to find unique, one of a kind treasures. Home to Atlantic Canada’s largest hands-on learning vacation program, edVentures, Fredericton offers a range of workshops that are delivered by experts in small class sizes with personalized instruction.
FREE Guided Heritage Walking Tours – DAILY Costumed tour guides entertain you with history and folklore on a free walking tour of Fredericton’s historic sites. TourismFredericton.ca 506-460-2129
FREE Calithumpians Theatre – DAILY The Calithumpians have been presenting Theatre in the Park, live and lively family entertainment, in Officers’ Square for over 30 years. Four shows are rotated in repertory through the summer season featuring musical comedy with fun educational messages on a variety of modern and historical themes.
Second Nature Outdoors Inc. Get out on the river this summer by bike, kayak, canoe, and sail. 506-460-2260 secondnatureoutdoors.com
Rock the Boat River Adventures Your river experience just the way you want it. 506-292-5217
Wolastoq Riverboat Tours A scenic riverboat cruise on the Saint John River. 506-471-8680
Science East More than 150 hands-on science exhibits. 506-457-2340 Scienceeast.nb.ca
Day In a Soldiers Life Historical and entertaining experience for children 6 – 12 years of age. 506-460-2837 Tourismfredericton.ca
Haunted Hikes A lantern-lit journey through Fredericton’s ghostly past. 506-457-1975 calithumpians.com
Taste This! Enjoy samplings of local, traditional and international flavours, a“foodie”delight. 1-888-647-9919 TasteThis.com
Uncorked Tours NB Wine, Beer, and Spirits tastings; tours, cruises, and events. 506-324-4644 UncorkedNB.ca FREE Fredericton Geocaching Tour Special caches divided into three themes: nature, culture, and heritage. TourismFredericton.ca 506-460-2129
NASHWAAK RIVER TUBING Leisurely drift down the Nashwaak River on an inflatable tube. Nashwaak Tubing nashwaaktubing.com 506-457-2300 Taymouth Tubing taymouthventures.com 506-450-6020
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Historic Garrison District Activity & Tour Schedule Tour: July & August A Day in a Soldier’s Life (age 6 - 12 years)
Cost $9/child
Changing of the Guard Ceremony
FREE
Croquet Match
FREE
Fredericton Outdoor Summer Theatre
FREE
Guard House Theatre
FREE
Guided Heritage Tours
FREE
Outdoor Summer Concerts
FREE
Under The Stars Film Series FREE Fredericton Region Museum Various
Location Time: July & August Barracks Square Monday - Saturday 11:15am (French) 1:15pm (English) July 2 - September 5 Officers’ Square Daily 11am & 4pm Additional ceremonies Tuesday & Thursday at 7pm, July 2 - August 26 Barracks Square Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 3:30pm, July 2 - September 5 Officers’ Square Monday - Friday 12:15pm; Saturday & Sunday 2pm July 2 - September 5 Barracks Square Daily, 4:30pm July 2 - September 5 City Hall Once daily, 4pm, July 16 - 30 and Barracks Square September 2 – October 13 from City Hall. Daily July 1 - September 5 leaving City Hall at 10am & 2:30pm. Leaving Barracks Square at 5pm. Officers’ Square Tuesday, Thursday, select Saturdays 7:30pm, June 21 - September 8 Barracks Square Dusk, Saturday & Sunday, July 2 - September 4 Officers’ Square Daily 10am – 5pm July & August Tuesday – Saturday 1 – 4pm June & September
Calithumpians Haunted Hikes
Raise your Spirits Vault 29 | 506-454-1929 426 Queen Street Fredericton 6
Come explore the ghouls and goblins of old Fredericton on a lantern-lit hike through time. 796a Queen St. (Coach House) 506-457-1975 www.calithumpians.com
City Tours And Activity Schedule Tour NB Legislature
Cost FREE
Time: July & August Daily, 9am - 5pm (last tour at 4:30pm) July & August Christ Church Cathedral FREE Sunday 1:30pm - 4pm; Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm; Saturday 10am - 6pm. July & August City Hall Council Chamber FREE May 21 - October 10 & Tapestry Tours English Tours: Daily 3:30pm, French Tours: Daily 3pm, Government House FREE Tours Monday - Saturday, hourly starting at 10am - 4pm; Last Tour at 4pm. Sunday: open Noon - 5pm. May 21 - October 10 Tour dates and times may vary, please call ahead. Great Canadian Beaver FREE June - August, contact Mactaquac Provincial Pond Voyage Park at 506-363-4747 for bookings ($14 Adult/ $9 Child) July 2 - September 3, Monday - Saturday Haunted Hike 8:45pm Mactaquac Generating Station FREE Daily 9am - 4:30pm, May - September Wednesday 7pm, June 21 - August 31 Outdoor Summer Concert- FREE Nashwaaksis Commons Provincial Archives of NB FREE Thursdays 2 – 4pm, Year-round Daily at 11am & 2pm, June - August Science East Science Show Various Fredericton Boyce FREE Saturday 6am - 1pm, Year-Round Farmers Market Northside Market FREE Saturday 9am - 4pm; Sunday 10am - 4pm, Year-Round FREE Saturday 9am - 4pm, Year-Round Cultural Market Visit TourismFredericton.ca, pick up the 2016 Visitor Guide at one of our Visitor Information Centres, and follow us @FredTourism for more information.
Craft Beer Atlantic Canada’s
Capital
Grab a Local! Craft breweries, cideries, meaderies and wineries...we have them all! Take a tour of the local craft breweries offering tasting on site. • Picaroon’s Traditional Ales, 422 Queen Street • Red Rover Craft Cider, 546 Queen Street • York County Cider, 418 York St. • Grimross Brewing Co. 600 Bishop Drive • Gray Stone Brewing – Opening June 2016! 221 King Street • TrailWay Brewing – Opening Spring 2016! 280 Main Street • Maybee Brews, 559 Wilsey Road, Unit 4 • Big Axe Brewery, 519 Otis Drive, Nackawic, NB • Motts Landing Vineyard & Winery, 3506 Lower Cambridge Rd. (Route 715), Cambridge Narrows, NB
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Under The Stars Film Series
Barracks Square, Saturday & Sunday at Dusk, July 2 - September 4 Join our community for a romantic movie night under the stars in a National Historic Site. Bring your blankets or chairs and watch classic films and modern favourites out of doors on the silver screen! Admission is FREE. Refreshments available for purchase on site. FILMS START AT DUSK Parental discretion advised for all films.
SATURDAY NIGHT MODERN FAVOURITES STARTING WITH NB SHORT FILMS
Date Movie/Year July 2 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) July 9 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) July 16 Addams Family (1991) July 23 Footloose (1984) July 30 Aug 6 Aug 13 Aug 20 Aug 27 Sept 3
Starring Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley
Genre/Rating Comedy PG 13
Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck Comedy Drama PG 13 Angelica Huston, Raul Julia Comedy Fantasy PG 13 Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer Drama Music Romance PG Copperhead (2013) François Arnaud, Lucy Boynton Historical Drama PG 13 Star Trek (2009) Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto Adventure Sci Fi Action PG 13 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Harrison Ford, Karen Allen Action Adventure PG Batman (1989) Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson Action Adventure PG 13 Cast Away (2000) Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt Adventure Drama Romance PG 13 Avatar (2009) Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana Action Adventure Fantasy PG 13
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GS LANDING KINHistorical Settlement OPEN 10-5 DAILY
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STARTING JUNE 11, 2016 Just 20 minutes West of Fredericton Trans Canada Highway at Exit 253 1.888.666.5547 kingslanding.nb.ca
SUNDAY NIGHT CLASSIC FILMS STARTING WITH NB SHORT FILMS
Date Movie/Year Starring Genre July 3 Maltese Falcon 75th year (1941) Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor Crime Drama Film Noir Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn Family Comedy Drama July 10 Christmas in July: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) July 17 Mr & Mrs Smith (1941) Carole Lombard, Comedy Romance Robert Montgomery July 24 Adam’s Rib (1949) Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn Comedy Drama July 31 Funny Face (1957) Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire Comedy Musical Romance Aug 7 The Man Who Knew James Stewart, Doris Day Thriller Too Much (1956) June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor Family Drama Romance Aug 14 Little Women (1949) Aug 21 Mutiny on the Bounty (1936) Charles Laughton, Clark Gable Adventure Drama History Aug 28 North by Northwest (1959) Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint Adventure Crime Mystery Sept 4 Once Upon a Time Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson Western in the West (1968)
480 Riverside Drive Rt 105, Fredericton, E3A 8C2 506-460-5500 / 1-800-596-4656 www.ramadafredericton.com
Enjoy a warm welcome while in Fredericton
$99.00 Standard Room
including 2 breakfast specials 958 Prospect Street Fredericton, NB 506-462-4444 1-888-280-1122
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Free Outdoor
Concerts! Atlantic Canada’s Concert Capital Officers’ Square, Queen St. Tuesdays: 7:30pm (Wednesday rain date) Thursdays: 7:30pm (Monday rain date) Saturdays: 7:30pm (*No rain date) • September Concerts start at 6:30pm ** Venue relocated to Christ Church Cathedral
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Date Musician Keegan Dobbelsteyn June 21 Fredericton Concert & Marching Band June 28 Canada Day, TWO DAYS! FREE June 30 July1 July 2 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Good Hope School Choir Visiting from Hong Kong Shaun LeBlanc July 5 July 7 Carla Bonnell July 9 * TBA July 12 Les Blue Charms Downtown Blues Band July 14 July 19 Society of St Andrew Pipe Band - Tentative July 21 Easley/Stevenson/Arsenault July 23 * Grand Theft Bus July 26 Les Jeunes d’Asteure July 28 Mark Roberts & Shore Rd Drifters August 2 Scotty & the Stars August 4 Mike Biggar August 6 * Vogue Dots August 9 * * Mozart in the Park August 11 * Doux Zéphyr August 16 Josh Bravener August 18 Thomists August 20 * Coyote August 23 Kevin McIntyre August 25 Society of St Andrew Pipe Band August 30 Brittany McQuinn September 1 • Ross Neilsen September 6 • Fredericton Concert & Marching Band September 8 • UNB Welcome
Style Rock/Pop Marching Band One Bad Son featuring Alert the Medic DAVID MYLES! Chorale Singer/songwriter Country Bluegrass, gitan et folk Blues/Jazz Jazz/Blues Indie/Alternative Rock progressif novateur Children’s Roots Electro Pop Classical Celtique, jazz, rock, traditionnelle Folk/Country Jazz Progressive Pop Indie-folk-rock Pipe Band Singer/songwriter Blues/roots Marching Band
Cet été, on chante! Date July 12 July 26 August 11* August 23
Musician Les Blue Charms Les Jeunes d’Asteure Doux Zéphyr Kevin McIntyre
Style Bluegrass, gitan et folk rock progressif novateur celtique, jazz, rock, traditionnelle indie-folk-rock
Main Street/Nashwaaksis Commons Amphitheatre Wendesdays: 7pm (Monday rain date)
Date Musician June 1 8 Track Mind June 8 Red White and Grey June 15 The Wade Brothers June 22 Cross Cut Blues Band Mark Roberts Band June 29 July 6 3 1/2 Men July 13 Cathy Hutch Band July 20 Back Two Basics July 27 Common Thread August 3 SG & The Tone Kings August 10 Frantically Atlantic Burnt Hill Band August 17 August 24 Kathrine Moller August 31 30 Years After
Style Classic Rock/Pop/R&B Country/Rock Country Blues Roots/Country Rock Classic Rock Country Folk/Country/Celtic Classic Rock/Pop/R&B Blues/R&B East Coast Country/Rock Celtic Country/Classic
Summer Recitals Freewill Offering
Christ Church Cathedral
St. Anne’s Chapel of Ease
Date Performance July 8 Romantic Keyboard Adventures with Dr. Sharon Pond, organ July 15 Over the Rainbow with Singer Becka deHaan July 22 Two for Piano with Krystyna Higgins & Dianne Roxborough- Brown July 29 Guitar and Flute Duo with Steven Peacock & Sally Wright August 5 Heather Dunham performs Mozart August 12 The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival Extravaganza August 19 The Putnam Family Performs Celtic Music
Date Musician July 6 Dianne Roxborough-Brown, piano and Van Burdon, cello July 13 Steven Peacock, guitar and Sally Wright, flute. July 20 Carolyn Holyoke, Piano, Line Michaud, guitar July 27 TBA
(Church and Brunswick Streets) 828 Queen St. Fridays: 12:10 - 12:50 pm
(Christ Church Parish Church) 245 Westmorland St. Wednesdays: 12:10 pm
Next2Now! Series We have a great line up for our Next2Now! Series See page 10 in light blue!
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Free Hot Breakfast Buffet. Free Wi-Fi, Heated Salt Water Pool with Water Slide and Patio, Pet Friendly and Pet Free Rooms, Fitness Center, Shuttle Service, Refrigerators/Microwaves, Guest Laundry, Free Parking, Guest Business Center, Multilingual Staff, Just Minutes Away from Downtown. 470 Bishop Drive, Fredericton NB Tel: 506-300-1818 Fax: 506-300-1819 Toll free: 1-844-565-3939 www.fredericton.hamptonbyhilton.com
START YOUR DAY OFF RIGHT
Enjoy a whole new level of comfort with a modern, sophisticated decor at Fredericton’s newest hotel brand! Expect the best in service with a personal touch, and exceptional value with complimentary amenities including: Express Start hot breakfast; FibreOp Wi-Fi; parking; and more. Pets are welcome in most rooms at no additional charge. As a DP Murphy Hotels and Resorts property, we pride ourselves on exceptional guest service, providing “Hospitality...Like Never Before” to every guest, every stay.
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665 Prospect Street Fredericton, NB E3B 6B8 844.FRED.HIX (373-3449) hiexpress.com/frederictonnb
Learning Vacations Week 1, July 4-8 Workshop Black and White Mandala (Introduction) Explorations in Drawing Garlic and Onion Keeper Basket Learn to Spin Market Basket Rib Basket Simple Reed Stars Throwing Clay on the Pottery Wheel Weekend 1, July 9+10 Aboriginal Ash Basketry Basic Beading Egg Tempera Painting Experience l’Acadie! Fabulous Felt Nuno Scarf Photography: History in Focus Pottery for Beginners Serger Basics Traditional Pearl Knotting Traditional Rug Hooking (Introduction) Week 2, July 11-15 Batik Smart Wallet Digital Photography (Introduction) Experience l’Acadie! Free Motion Machine Quilting Garlic and Onion Keeper Basket Increasing Pottery Skills Josephine Knot Basket Oh! Canada Quilt Self-Publishing & Marketing Simple Reed Stars Tapestry Weaving (Introduction)
July 6-8 July 4 July 4-8 July 6-7 July 5 July 4 July 4-8
Weekend 2, July 16+17 Workshop Capturing your Memories Encaustic Painting Fashion Illustration Lighting for Digital Photography Make your own Dress Form Metal Jewellery (Introduction) Raku Pottery: Out of the Fire Story Shawl
July 8-10 July 9 July 9+10 July 9 July 10 July 9+10 July 9 July 9 July 9 July 9
Week 3, July 18-22 Black and White Mandala July 19 (Intermediate) July 18-22 Clothing Pattern Development (Introduction) Embossing and Gel Medium July 22 Explorations in Drawing (Advanced) July 20-22 Fancy Baskets July 18-20 Growler Basket July 20+21 Increasing Pottery Skills July 18-22 Pendant with Stone Set July 18-22 Silk Painting and Resist: Murals July 20+21
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July 13 July 11-15 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 11-15 July 11+12 July 14 July 15 July 13 July 11-15
Weekend 3, July 23+24 Chakra Swirl Basket Photography: History in Focus Rug Hooking a Geometric Mat Spin it up a Notch
Dates July 16 July 16+17 July 16+17 July 16+17 July 16 July 16+17 July 16+18 July 16+17
July 22-24 July 23+24 July 23 July 23+24
Awaken your creativity. Refresh your senses. Revitalize yourself. 1-888-850-1333 edVentures@Fredericton.ca edVentures.ca
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Fredericton’s Historic Landmark Hotel Central Downtown Location Centrally located with fabulous river and city views with 88km of groomed walking trails and steps from the shopping and entertainment district. Next to Fredericton Convention Centre, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton Playhouse & NB Legislature Building Crowne Plaza Fredericton operates the adjacent Lighthouse on the Green featuring open air BBQ and Craft Beer Garden on the only licensed riverfront patio Visit us on facebook—Crowne Plaza Fredericton 659 Queen St | Fredericton | NB | E3B 1C3 506.455.3371 | cpfredericton.com
FREDERICTON BOYCE FARMERS MARKET
Named one of the ten best Farmers Markets in Canada!
Open Every Saturday 6AM to 1PM, 665 George Street 14
frederictonfarmersmarket.ca
Open daily, June 6 - September 5 Local, hand-made, one-of-a-kind items. Artists on-site. Purchase tickets for “A Day in a Soldier’s Life” and “Haunted Hikes” on-site at River Valley Crafts.
Soldiers’ Barracks, Corner of Queen & Carleton Sts. 506-460-2837 | HistoricGarrisonDistrict.ca
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Championship
Sports! Our sport community comes to full action in the summer with Canada’s future star athletes competing in Fredericton. Mark your calendar to make sure you don’t miss a second of major sporting event action! TourismFredericton.ca
NB SPORTS HALL OF FAME
• INTERACT • CHALLENGE • LEARN 503, rue Queen St.
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