The Big River Festival is a week long celebration of our waterfront community with events happening at all of our waterfront attractions and throughout our parks. The Festival will be a celebration of life in the 1000 Islands on the mighty St. Lawrence River and all the attributes of living in a river city, culminating in the Brockville Tall Ships Festival (August 30-Sept 1).

Festivities will include:

• Aquatarium After Dark with Yuk Yuks Comedy Club
• Big River Night on Blockhouse Island
• Snolympiad: Summer Snowball Throwing Competition
• Water Jousting
• Canine Watersports Canada – Canadian Dock Jumping Championships
• Beachfest
• Brockville Arts Centre Events and Film Screenings
• Movies in the Park
• Guided Walking Tours
• Shootout Fishing League – Solo Series Fishing Derby
• Red Hot & Blue Roackabilly Weekend
• Brockville Tall Ships Festival presented by P&G 
  …and more!

Please check the website for details on dates and times for each activity.

Brockville is pleased to once again be a part of the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Great Lakes 2019 Series. This tour takes place in our region every three years and Brockville has been taking part since 2013.

The event takes place at the Brockville waterfront at Blockhouse Island Parkway, Centeen Park, and Hardy Park from Friday, August 30th to Sunday, September 1st, 2019. The grounds will open at 2pm on Friday, August 30th. We are a proud partner in the Big River Festival – click here to find out more about the other Big River events.

Tall ships, including the Bluenose II, and other watercraft line the waterfront and the harbour while entertainment and vendors will be set up on land. Admission to the grounds to see these majestic ships is available with a $5 wristband for all three days, while deck tours of the ships will be available by purchasing a Festival Passport for $15 which grants each passport holder access to each ship one time (deck tours are available on Saturday and Sunday only). The passport has details on each participating ship and will be stamped after each tour, making it a great take home souvenir from the event.
NOTE: your Festival Passport also gives you admission onto the grounds – you do not need to purchase both a passport and a general admissions wristband.

Don’t miss the Parade of Sail on Friday, August 29th starting at approximately 4pm – this is a festival favourite and the best time to take pictures of the ships at sail.

Some of the ships in attendance will be offering special day sail-outs and evening dinner cruises for an additional fee. New this year will be the option to purchase tickets to sail on tall ship the Empire Sandy during Friday’s Parade of Sail, and tickets to our Captain’s Reception event which provides the opportunity to tour the Bluenose II and one other tall ship after hours on Friday and Saturday night to live music with drinks and finger foods in Centeen Park. Tickets to those events will be limited, so be sure to check our detailed ticket information page for details. At our past events these special tickets have all sold out prior to the event, so be sure to plan ahead and purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are now on sale, click here for details and direct purchasing links. Follow our festival facebook page for updates and notices about ticket availability. 

Grounds are open:

Friday 2pm-6pm

Saturday 9am-6pm

Sunday 9am-6pm

(deck tours are Saturday and Sunday only, from 9am-5pm, special ticketed events are available each evening)

Free festival parking and bus shuttles will be available from the Brockville Memorial Centre and Brockville Shopping Centre (old zellers plaza)

Cornwall Newcomers Club transition: if you joined CNC in 2015 or earlier, you are eligible to join The Cornwall Newcomers Alumnae Club (CNAC). Info: Liz 613-932-8164 by August 19th.

Niagara Injured workers meet the last Monday of the month at the Niagara Region Building. Our meeting start at 7:00 pm.  We offer support to injured workers and their families and help to negotiate the hardships of being injured at work and WSIB. 

A fundraiser to raise money for the Injured workers of Niagara, We will have a silent auction, items for sale, and  some of the best tarot and palm readers the area has to offer.  The cost of a reading will be $20.00 for 20 minutes. 

We will also have people available to discuss being an injured worker and how we help each other.

The money raised will all go to helping injured workers with meetings, support and education on dealing with WSIB and the life changes that being injured causes to the worker and their families.