CRESTON VALLEY FALL FAIR
Harvest Festivals happen all over the West Kootenay Fall is a beautiful time to get out and explore the communities in your West Kootenay neighbourhood. The air is fresh and the colours are stunning; the weather is still good and it is harvest time! We have so much to be thankful for! If you don’t have time to visit these markets and communities yourself, travel along with us on Instagram: @ #gokootenays #CruisetheKootenays Facebook: @West Kootenay Go & Do
Friday, Sept 7 2 - 9pm Saturday, Sept 8 9am - 5pm Sunday, Sept 9 Concerts $5/adults - $3/seniors/children free for children under 6. Creston District Community Complex
ROSSLAND FALL FAIR
www.crestonvalleyfair.com
The Creston Valley Fall Fair has been going for 100 years, a full century of an old fashioned, traditional agricultural fair. As well as all the usual exhibits, contests and animals, we are hosting an Antique Tractors & Car Show on Friday. Friday and Saturday is the Ag Society Silent Auction. Saturday features live music, opening ceremonies and cake cutting; and the Fall Fair Feast & Dance Saturday night serving local foods and with entertainment by The Heels. Concert Sunday Sept 9, we offer two great concerts. ARRIVAL - ABBA Tribute in the afternoon, and an evening concert with DREAMS - a Fleetwood Mac tribute band. For a full schedule of events visit our website (above) or check us out on Facebook!
Saturday, Sept 8 11am - 5pm Rossland Arena, 3rd Ave & Spokane St
www.rosslandfallfair.ca
Saturday’s Rossland Fall Fair, is an integral part of the weekend-long Golden City Days celebrations. The Fair features craft and market vendors, a petting zoo, fish pond, and live music and entertainment. Special features this year include: electric car demo and test drive as well as a model train display. Come and enjoy Rossland’s incomparable mountain culture and join in for this last hurrah of summer. For information on how to enter your garden produce and home-made craft and hobby items in a variety of categories, visit the website above or email rosslandbc.fallfair@gmail.com
THEN TO NOW: 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING
ROSSLAND FALL FAIR FRIDAY
September 7 2pm to 9pm
SATURDAY
September 8 9am to 5pm
Rossland Arena Sat, Sept 8 -11 am to 5 pm in conjunction with Golden City Days weekend.
Agricultural and Craft Exhibitions
Exhibits must be submitted Friday, Sept 7 between noon and 7 pm. All entries will be judged with Ribbons and Prize Money awarded Sat, Sept 8.
Special Baking & Canning Awards
sponsored by Bernardin, Crisco and Robin Hood. Brochures and entry forms are available now on the Rossland Fall Fair website and at other downtown locations.
Special Features
ROSSLAND MOUNTAN MARKET
Vendor and Information Booths Golden City Railway Modelers Club Train Display
TEST DRIVE AN
Electric Vehicle courtesy of Accelerate Kootenays
A Petting Zoo, Fish Pond and Face Painting Live Entertainment
www.rosslandfallfair.ca • rossland.fallfair@gmail.com
HILLS GARLIC FEST
ARGENTA FALL FAIR
Sunday, Sept 9 10am-5pm
Saturday, Sept 22 10am - 2am
Admission is $5, free under 12! Centennial Park, New Denver
www.hillsgarlicfest.ca Music, family stuff, 160 vendors, food, produce, crafts, and of course … GARLIC!!!! Only service dogs permitted. Come with friends and travel together. We are encouraging car-pooling and offering an incentive: free festival passes. The first 3 adults in the vehicle will pay and the rest get in free. So if you’ve got an 8 passenger van, fill it up! The more people who travel together, the smaller our festival “footprint” will be. The sheer size of this fair is almost overwhelming. Just start with the coffee vendor and weave around each section. One of our favourite destinations is the crêpe stand and we always stop for the gelato. Yum! In addition to the food vendor area, there is a farmers’ market with lovely local produce, locally made crafts and other cottage products. The Hills Garlic Festival is the perfect way to get away from your daily routine and enjoy a September blue sky day with your family and friends.
HARROP HARVEST FESTIVAL Sunday, Sept 16 10am - 4pm
Free admission Harrop Hall, 6066 McConnell Road This annual event offers vendors, great food, music, and children’s events. It delivers a relaxed, pleasant atmosphere that encourages you to browse at leisure. Stay for lunch and listen to local musicians performing throughout the afternoon. There are also prizes to be won through various draws, so plan to come for the day and enjoy the great ambience and lots of local produce and crafts.
Argenta Hall, Argenta BC The Argenta fair is small, but more than worth the beautiful drive north along the shore of Kootenay Lake. This up-the-lake escape takes you to a heart warming place with lovely people and offers a large prepared meal of locally grown and raised food provided from the neighbouring farms. Many talented local musicians play all day, while the communitie’s artisans will surprise you with unique gift and practical creations. View the live sculpture during the day, and dance to celebrate the harvest in the evening. Family friendly, no dogs or alcohol please. Camping available with request. Contact willetpeakorganics@gmail.com or 250-366-0014 with any questions.
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25TH ANNUAL PASS CREEK FALL FAIR
LARDEAU VALLEY HARVEST FESTIVAL
$5/per person, free for kids under 6. Pass Creek Exhibition Grounds
Lardeau Valley Community Centre, Meadow Creek The Lardeau Valley Community Centre is actually in Meadow Creek, about 35 minutes drive north of Kaslo. The valley harvest festival is a great family event, with crafts, races and a bouncy castle for the kids, and face painting for the whole family. Enjoy the live music of local talents. Traditions celebrated at the fair include the art and skills of the farmer and small homesteader. There will be lots of vendors, some displaying wares you won’t see anywhere else. Bring your pocketbook and shop early for Christmas! Check out the produce and preserves competitions. (Entries must be in by 1pm on fair day.) Happy Harvest!
Sept 22 & 23 8am - 5pm
Saturday, Sept 29 11am - 4pm
www.passcreekfair.com Watch live entertainment on stage, cheer on the lawnmower racers, check out all the exhibits that are competing for a whopping $1700 in cash prizes sponsored by Tempo & Johnny’s Grocery & Gas. This is a great place to show kids what rural living is all about, and to become familiar with farm animals big and small. There will be vendors, artisans from all over BC, blacksmithing, blade smithing demos and the Dirty Diggers, where kids get to run a mini-excavator or Bobcat. The main events are the Laughing Logging Show sponsored by Teck, Antique Car Show on Saturday, Motorcycle and Muscle Car Show & Shine on Sunday. All weekend there will be free pony rides, a bouncy house, 9 hole mini golf, a pancake breakfast each morning and great concession fare! Check the fair website for the schedule of events, vendor & exhibit forms. Please use the free shuttle bus supplied by Mountain Transport Institute. Limited paid parking, ATM on site.
SALMO VALLEY FALL FESTIVAL Saturday, Sept 29 10am – 3pm
Admission is by donation! Salmo Youth & Community Centre
www.svycc.ca
Come for the annual artisan’s market, great live music, art show and food concession. Activities throughout the day will include a fashion show, a large sized cardboard box fort building, a local history talk, and the Maker Mobile will be onsite. Vendor applications are available on our website (above) at or shawna@ svycc.ca.
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Laughing Logging Show sponsored by Teck $1700 in Cash Prizes for the Exhibits
Sponsored by Tempo and Johnny’s Grocery & Gas Dirty Digger Weekend FREE Pony Rides
Lawnmower Races Bouncy Horse
Saturday: Antique Car Show Sunday: Motorcycle and Muscle Car Show’n Shine schedule ~
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SLOCAN PARK PRESS FEST & SUNDAY-FUN-DAY Sunday, Sept 30 10am - 4pm
Admission by donation. Slocan Park Hall
www.kootenayfood.com/pressfest
Enjoy live music, food, drinks, and borscht of course. Kids’ activities, artisan and local food marketplace. Kootenay Mobile Juice Press will provide community commercial juicing services for a nominal fee per litre. Folks can bring their (unbruised / non-wind fallen) apples and pears to be pressed and packaged into shelf stable boxes (fresh for 1 year). Email: learn@ kootenayfood.com or visit the website above.
TAGHUM HALL’S 4TH ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL Sunday, Oct 14 10am - 3pm
Admission by donation
www.taghumhall.ca
Come and enjoy a variety of hand crafted items from local vendors, and the bounty of nature’s fall harvest from local farms. For lunch, have a bowl of Nellie’s borscht and home-made bread! The harvest festival will include outdoor entertainers, a pie eating contest, cake walks, face painting, kid activities, and a weird vegetable contest.
TAGHUM HALL FALL MARKETS Sunday, Oct 21, 10am - 3pm
Admission by donation. Enjoy browsing local produce and crafts. Hot soup and bread will be available for lunch.
Sunday, Oct 28, 10am - 3pm
Admission by donation. A variety of local produce and crafts for sale. The hall will have some Harry Potter themed kid activities and decorating for all to enjoy before Hallowe’en. A hearty vegetarian soup and bread will be available for purchase.
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SEPT 30th 10-4
LIVE MUSIC, COMMUNITY JUICE PRESS, FOOD, DRINKS & BORSCHT (OF COURSE), KID’S ACTIVITIES, ARTISANS & LOCAL FOOD MARKETPLACE! visit: kootenayfood.com/pressfest FOR JUICE PRESSING INFO learn@kootenayfood.com