It's the celebration of the Century!   Invite your family and friends to help celebrate North Bay's 100 Anniversary at the North Bay Homecoming Festival, Aug 1-3.  Free activities for kids of all ages at Lee Park, the Waterfront, the Museums and Downtown!   Build a sandcastle.  Take part in a Kids Fire Fit Competition.  Take a turn with wool carding.  Browse the Artisan Market.  Explore history with artifacts from the Marten River Lumber Museum, North Bay Museums 100 Year of North Bay exhibit, the Dionne Quints Museum.  Admire vintage cars at the North Bay Cruisers Car Show.   Check out all the activities and weekend schedule on the website at www.nbhomecomingfestival.ca

Peterborough Curling Club Open House is Monday September 8th, 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Come to check out our awesome lineup on curling leagues. We have something for everyone including Learn to Curl running Thursday Evenings or Sunday Afternoons, Junior Curling on Sundays, Daytime and Nighttime leagues throughout the week. All abilities welcome.  Looking for something to do this winter? Try Curling! Registration Opens September 1st.

St. Luke's Anglican Church on Sept. 13 is having a Back to School BAKESALE from 9 to noon. Stock up on lunch box treats and healthy snacks. During this same time our Thrift Shop will be open for back to school bargains.

Residents are invited to bring their broken small household items to be repaired by volunteers.

Each October, the Home Hospice Association hosts the Moonlit Memory Walk to raise funds to ensure compassionate care reaches people in the most vulnerable moments of life and loss. There are over 500 people who receive direct care through their programs, and thousands who engage with their education, grief support, and end-of-life initiatives. The Moonlit Memory Walk directly engages up to 200 participants and reaches an online audience of over 10,000. This year, funds raised will directly support: The H.O.P.E. Mobile Hospice, bringing dignity and care to those living and dying on the streets; The Bello Project, ensuring pets are cared for when their person is dying; New initiatives supporting adults with developmental disabilities at end of life, creating models of care in group home settings.

The Home Hospice Association is a Canadian registered charity with local teams in communities across Canada, working to ensure no one dies alone or unseen. They bring compassionate end-of-life care to individuals and families, regardless of their diagnosis, age, or housing status; including people living on the street, families grieving infant loss, and individuals navigating death without support, as well as caregivers in crisis, and adults with developmental disabilities in group homes. They are a Canadian leader in end-of-life education, outreach, and equity, training and mobilizing Death Doulas and volunteers to bring compassionate care directly into communities.

The 4th Annual Ribfest is back on August 22, 23 & 24th! 

Join us at Centennial Park + The Water Tower Park again this year. Enjoy our beautiful waterfront, find some shade, and show up hungry, as we bring you an incredible line up of activities once again - kid’s zone, maker’s market, live music, beer garden and of course, ribs!

Admission is FREE.

Danielle Hewitt will kick us off Friday night with live music starting at 5 pm!

MUSIC LINE-UP

Friday: Danielle Hewitt & AMBUSH,

Saturday: Green House Revival & Abandon Eden,

SundaY: The Continentals & Fraser Bedford

Find us on Facebok at the Smiths Falls Ribfest page, or stop by the Smiths Falls Visitors Centre at 30 Lombard Street and we would be happy to answer your questions! You can also call the visitors centre at 613-706-2646.

See you at Ribfest 2025!