Upcoming Events

March 2013

International Women's Day

Dates: Mar 8, 2013 to Mar 8, 2014
Location: Bancroft Village Playhouse
Phone: 613-332-5918

May 2013

Spring Meditation Group

Dates: May 1, 2013 to Jun 26, 2013
Time: 5:00PM to 6:30PM
Location: Bancroft Family Health Team
Address: 16 Billa Street, Bancroft
Open to members of North Hastings. Beginners and experienced mediators are welcome.

Sponsored by the Bancroft Family Health Team and facilitated by Dr. Alan McAllister

Invitational 2013 Show

Dates: May 8, 2013 to Jun 2, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

Bancroft Horticultural Society Annual Plant Sale

Date: May 22, 2013
Location: Club 580
Address: Bancroft
Phone: 613-332-6961/613-332-1530
Sale open to the general public.

Country Jammin' Time

Date: May 23, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Community Warehouse Sale

Date: May 23, 2013
Time: 11:00AM
Location: Public Works Yard (Former MTO
Address: Highway 28, Bancroft
Website: unitedway.ca
Great deals on name brand products you will use everyday at more than 50% off retail prices. All proceeds from this sale are used to support local non-profit health and social service agencies in Hastings & Prince Edward Counties.

Yard Sale for the Cure

Date: May 24, 2013
On May 25 8:30am - 1pm - Re/Max Country Classics Ltd., Brokerage will be hosting our 3rd annual
We will be accepting donations between May 21 & May 24 between 9am - 5pm. Come & shop for a great cause!!!

Community Choir Annual Spring Concert

Dates: May 25, 2013 to May 26, 2013
Location: Bancroft Village Playhouse
Phone: 613-332-5918

3rd Annual Yard Sale For The Cure

Date: May 25, 2013
Time: 8:30AM
Location: Re/Max Country Classics Ltd., Brokerage
Address: Bancroft
Phone: 613.332.0444
We will be accepting donations between May 21 & May 24 between 9am - 5pm. Come & shop for a great cause!!!

North Hatings Community Choir 20th anniversary concert

Dates: May 25, 2013 to May 27, 2013
Location: The Village Playhouse
tickets are 15$ at Harvest Moon, Posies. Saturday, May 25 at 7 pm. Sunday, May 26 at 2:30 pm

Purina Walk for Dog Guides

Date: May 26, 2013
Location: Riverside Park
Address: Bancroft
Website: www.purinawalkfordogguides.com
Email:
Phone: Laverne 613-332-4372

June 2013

2nd Annual Bancroft Tailgate Community-Wide Yard Sale

Date: Jun 1, 2013
Location: Farmer's Market
Phone: 613-332-6246

Apsley Youth Baseball Registration Deadline

Dates: Jun 1, 2013 to Jun 1, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Cheese Festival

Dates: Jun 1, 2013 to Jun 2, 2013
Address: Prince Edward County
Website: www.cheesefestival.ca

"Celebrate Spring with Opera and Art Songs"

Date: Jun 2, 2013
Location: St. Pauls United Church
Address: Bancroft
Phone: 613-332-4504
"Celebrate Spring with Opera and Art Songs"
Featuring Bancroft native Adam Bishop, Tenor
World Renowned Tenor Richard Margison
plus other rising Artists
Sunday June 2 at 2:00
St. Paul's United Church, Bancroft
Cost is $20/ticket
In support of Highlands Opera Studio
Tickets: Posies, Harvest Moon, Dr. Bishop's office or call 613-332-4504

The Presence of Nature

Dates: Jun 5, 2013 to Jul 7, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

Bancroft Home & Cottage Show

Dates: Jun 7, 2013 to Jun 9, 2013
Location: Bancroft Curling Club
Address: Bancroft
Website: www.bancroftcurlingclub.ca
Email:
Phone: 613-332-2746
Showcase your unique business or business product/service at this ideal venue.

Show Hours:
Friday 4-8pm
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 11am-3pm

Bancroft Home & Cottage Show

Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life - Bancroft

Dates: Jun 7, 2013 to Jun 8, 2013
Location: Millennium Park
The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life is more than just a fundraiser. It is an opportunity to get together with family and friends and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back in the hope of finding a cure for this terrible disease. Relay is fun, fulfilling, and your participation gives strength to our mission to eradicate cancer. Walk with us in this inspirational 12-hour overnight event as we come together and fight to make cancer history.

Lion's Art Show

Dates: Jun 8, 2013 to Jun 8, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Community Warehouse Sale

Date: Jun 8, 2013
Location: Bancroft
Website: unitedwayofquinte.ca
Save on name brands products priced at less than 50% retail costs. Generously supported by Procter & Gamble. $2 admission fee. Sale is cash only. More details to follow.

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Jun 13, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
no charge, come in and join us!

18th Annual Switchyard Barbeque

Dates: Jun 14, 2013 to Jun 14, 2013
Time: 5:30PM
Location: The Switchyard
All you can eat. 7$ a person. 25$ for a family. Win great prizes at our auction and raffles

Apsley Auctions

Dates: Jun 15, 2013 to Jun 15, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Parent Support Group-Stress Management

Dates: Jun 17, 2013 to Jun 17, 2013

Strawberry Dinner

Dates: Jun 22, 2013 to Jun 22, 2013
Time: 5:30PM
Location: Limerick community centre on Hwy 620

Daddy N' Me Father's day event

Dates: Jun 26, 2013 to Jun 26, 2013
Time: 5:30PM

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Jun 27, 2013
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Apsley Auctions

Dates: Jun 30, 2013 to Jun 30, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

July 2013

Apsley Swim Session 1 Registration Deadline

Dates: Jul 1, 2013 to Jul 1, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Canada Day!

Dates: Jul 1, 2013 to Jul 1, 2013
Location: Bancroft
Join us to celebrate Canada Day!

Canada Day Celebrations

Dates: Jul 1, 2013 to Jul 1, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Bancroft Wheels, Wings and Water

Dates: Jul 4, 2013 to Jul 7, 2013
Location: Bancroft

Pig & Lamb Roast Fundraiser for the Fish Hatchery

Date: Jul 5, 2013
Time: 5:30PM
Location: Bancroft Curling Club
Address: Bancroft
Website: www.fishhatchery.ca/
Help create better local fisheries by joining in the fun at the 7th Annual Fundraising Dinner!

Raffles, silent & live auctions. Doors open at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:30pm. Tickets are $25/person or $60 for family with children 12-18. Children under 12 free.

Wild Women- Painters of the Wilderness

Dates: Jul 10, 2013 to Aug 4, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Jul 11, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Black Bear Rally

Dates: Jul 12, 2013 to Jul 13, 2013
Location: Bancroft

Apsley Auctions

Dates: Jul 13, 2013 to Jul 13, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Skills Work Day Camp for grades 7 & 8

Dates: Jul 15, 2013 to Jul 19, 2013
Location: North Hastings HIgh School
only 175$ a week. Amazing activities. Industry speakers. Fun for guys and girls.

Baptiste Lake Music Festival

Dates: Jul 20, 2013 to Jul 20, 2013
Location: Baptiste Lake

Lion's Flea Market

Dates: Jul 20, 2013 to Jul 20, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Apsley Swim Session 2 Registration Deadline

Dates: Jul 22, 2013 to Jul 22, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Palmer Rapids Music Festival

Dates: Jul 25, 2013 to Jul 28, 2013
Location: Palmer Rapids
Website: www.palmerrapids.ca/

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Jul 25, 2013
Time: 7:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

First Annual Meta-Spiritual Gathering

Dates: Jul 26, 2013 to Jul 28, 2013
Location: Lakeside Gems
Address: 29277 Hwy 28 S, Bancroft
Psychic Fair
Metaphysical Arts Trade Show
Workshops & Demonstrations
Energy Workers
Psychic Readings
Meditation Circles
Guest Speakers & Visitors

Celebrations to (may) include:
July 26th at noon - opening ceremony
July 27th evening - dinner & dance
July 28th -Special Outdoor Sunday Service: Bancroft Spiritual Centre

For more information and to get involved please contact:

Your Hosts
Linda Bast, Lakeside Gems 613 332-9894, email: gathering@lakesidegems.com
and
Rita Marie Browning, Mystical Creations 613 332-2055

Sunday is the Bancroft Gem & Mineral Club Show in town at the Legion

First Annual Bancroft Meta-Spiritual Gathering

Dates: Jul 26, 2013 to Jul 26, 2013
Location: Lakeside Gems
Address: 29277 Highway 28, South Bancroft

16th Annual Mineral Show

Dates: Jul 27, 2013 to Jul 27, 2013
Location: Bancroft

Algonquins of Ontario Nation Gathering

Date: Jul 27, 2013
Location: North Hastings Community Centre
Address: 103 Newkirk Blvd., Bancroft
Hosted by: Algonquins of Kijicho Manito Madaoriskarina (Bancroft) and Algonquin of Whitney and Area.

FREE ADMISSION!

Agenda & Activities:
Sunrise Ceremony
Grand Entrance
Breakfast
Ceremonies
Traditional Drumming
Traditional Dancing
Lunch (food vendors)
Local Musicians
Closing Ceremonies -4:30pm

Other Activities:
Traditional drumming groups
Singers
Arts and crafts
Historical photographs
Wildlife displays.
(Once you are there, visit our welcome centre to view schedule and pick up an attendance package.)

Remember to bring:
lawn chairs, sun screen, sun umbrella, cash to purchase lunch and souvenirs.

Protocol:
No drugs, no alcohol, no pets

If you would like to be a vendor:
Please contact Garry Fennel at gmfennell@hotmail.com, 905-456-1423 or 416-473-8856

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Call 613-338-1197 or moore.karenann@yahoo.ca

Pig Roast fundraiser for the Limerick Fire Dpt

Dates: Jul 27, 2013 to Jul 27, 2013
Time: 5:30PM
Location: Limerick community centre on Hwy 620

17th Annual Gem and Mineral Show

Dates: Jul 28, 2013 to Jul 28, 2013
Location: Bacnroft Legion Hall
Address: Station street
Exhibits and displays. Lapidary Demos. Mineral specimens. Rock and mineral identification service. 3 silent auctions. 3 door prizes. Grand live auction. Admission is 3$ for adults. children and students are free. All proceeds go towards the Bancroft Mineral Museum

August 2013

50th Annual Rockhound Gemboree

Dates: Aug 1, 2013 to Aug 4, 2014
Location: Bancroft
The 50th Annual Rockhound Gemboree!

Meet the Researcher day in Algonquin Park

Dates: Aug 1, 2013 to Aug 1, 2013
Location: Algonquin Park

32nd Annual Bancroft Art & Craft Guild Summer Art & Craft Show & Sale

Dates: Aug 3, 2013 to Aug 4, 2013
Location: Millennium Park
Address: 66 Hastings Street North, Bancroft
Email:
Phone: 613-338-5431
Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 10am-4pm

(Deadline for application is May 20, 2013)

Bancroft Art and Craft Guild Summer Show

Dates: Aug 4, 2013 to Aug 5, 2013
Location: Millenium Park

Plein Air Art Festival

Dates: Aug 4, 2013 to Aug 5, 2013

CO Blitz

Dates: Aug 4, 2013 to Aug 5, 2013

Apsley Auctions

Dates: Aug 4, 2013 to Aug 4, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Apsley Auctions

Dates: Aug 4, 2013 to Aug 4, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

New Directions

Dates: Aug 7, 2013 to Sep 1, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Aug 8, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Wilberforce Agricultural Fair

Dates: Aug 9, 2013 to Aug 10, 2013
Location: Wilberforce

Ribfest

Dates: Aug 9, 2013 to Aug 11, 2013
Location: West Zwicks Park, Belleville
Website: quinteribfest.ca
Fundraising event for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hastings & Prince Edward Counties

Highlands East Studio Tour

Dates: Aug 10, 2013 to Aug 11, 2013

Fort Stewart Country Jamboree

Date: Aug 10, 2013
Location: Carlow Community Centre
Address: 1702 Fort Stewart Road
Email:
$10 per person, under 12 free, must be accompanied by an adult.

Bancroft Hastings Jazz and Blues Fest Opening

Dates: Aug 14, 2013 to Aug 14, 2013
Location: Bancroft

Annual Traditional Pow Wow, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan

Dates: Aug 17, 2013 to Aug 17, 2013

Hastings County Plowing Match

Dates: Aug 21, 2013 to Aug 22, 2013

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Aug 22, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Coe Hill Fair- burger booth

Dates: Aug 23, 2013 to Aug 24, 2013
Location: Limerick community centre on Hwy 620

Coe Hill Agricultural Fair

Dates: Aug 24, 2013 to Aug 25, 2013
Location: Coe Hill

Old Ormsby Church Pioneer Service

Dates: Aug 25, 2013 to Aug 25, 2013
Location: Ormsby

Ivy Hockey Academy Hockey School

Dates: Aug 26, 2013 to Aug 30, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Firefly Band and Trinity United Church Fundraiser

Dates: Aug 29, 2013 to Aug 29, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Bancroft Horticultural Maynooth Fall Fair Contest

Date: Aug 30, 2013
Address: Maynooth
Phone: 613-332-6961/613-332-1530
Everyone is welcome to enter!

25th Annual Hastings Highlands Logger's Games

Dates: Aug 31, 2013 to Sep 2, 2013
Location: Maynooth

Warriors Day

Dates: Aug 31, 2013 to Sep 2, 2013
Location: Maynooth

September 2013

"Fresh Paint"

Dates: Sep 4, 2013 to Sep 29, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

8th Annual Hilly Hundred

Dates: Sep 7, 2013 to Sep 8, 2013
Location: Bancroft

Adult Baesball League Tournament

Dates: Sep 7, 2013 to Sep 7, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Sep 12, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Apsley Skating Registration Deadline

Dates: Sep 16, 2013 to Sep 16, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Apsley Studio Tour

Dates: Sep 21, 2013 to Sep 22, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.apsleystudiotour.com

Apsley Auctions

Dates: Sep 21, 2013 to Sep 21, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Bancroft Horticultural Society Annual Plant Sale

Date: Sep 21, 2013
Time: 10:00AM to 12:00PM
Location: Club 580
Address: Bancroft
Phone: 613-332-6961/613-332-1530
Open to the general public.

Bancroft Studio Tour

Dates: Sep 21, 2013 to Sep 22, 2013
Location: Bancroft
Also Sept 28 & 29

Harvest Dinner

Dates: Sep 21, 2013 to Sep 21, 2013
Location: Limerick community centre on Hwy 620

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Sep 26, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Bancroft Studio Tour

Dates: Sep 28, 2013 to Sep 29, 2013
Location: Bancroft

Haliburton Studio Tour

Dates: Sep 28, 2013 to Sep 29, 2013
Location: Haliburton
The tour is also available Oct 5-6

October 2013

"Fiber Works"

Dates: Oct 2, 2013 to Oct 27, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

Apsley Auctions

Dates: Oct 12, 2013 to Oct 12, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Oct 12, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Colours Run

Date: Oct 12, 2013
Address: Bancroft
Website: corehealth-fitness.ca
Phone: 613.332.6200
In support of Switch Yard and is a 5k and a 10k and 1k kids run.

North Kawartha Food Bank Loonie Auction

Dates: Oct 19, 2013 to Oct 19, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Octoberfest Dinner

Dates: Oct 19, 2013 to Oct 19, 2013
Time: 5:30PM
Location: Limerick community centre on Hwy 620

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Oct 24, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Early Christmas at the Gallery

Dates: Oct 30, 2013 to Nov 24, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

November 2013

ABC Seniors Craft Sale

Dates: Nov 2, 2013 to Nov 2, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Nov 14, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Bancroft Horticultural Society Annual Seed Exchange

Date: Nov 21, 2013
Phone: 613-332-6961/613-332-1530
Please save seeds from your garden in anticipation of this event.

Christmas Craft Sale and Tea

Dates: Nov 23, 2013 to Nov 23, 2013
Location: Limerick community centre on Hwy 620

Selections from the Art Gallery's Permanent Collection

Dates: Nov 27, 2013 to Dec 28, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Bancroft
Website: agb.weebly.com
Phone: 613-332-1542

Country Jammin' Time

Date: Nov 28, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Rally of the Tall Pines

Dates: Nov 29, 2013 to Nov 30, 2013
Location: Bancroft

December 2013

BDCC Shop Local Gift Fair

Dates: Dec 1, 2013 to Dec 1, 2013
Location: Bancroft

Lion's Santa Claus Parade

Dates: Dec 1, 2013 to Dec 1, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

Bancroft Horticultural Society Annual Christmas Dinner

Date: Dec 5, 2013
Time: 6:00PM
Phone: 613-332-6961-613-332-1530
Please remember to bring a plate, utensils, a glass or cup, and your pot-luck offering. Alternate date December 12.

Christmas Dinner

Dates: Dec 7, 2013 to Dec 7, 2013
Time: 5:30PM
Location: Limerick community centre on Hwy 620

Drumming Circle Night

Date: Dec 12, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

Country Jammin Time

Date: Dec 19, 2013
Time: 7:00PM to 11:00PM
Location: Faraday Community Centre

New Year's Eve Party

Dates: Dec 31, 2013 to Dec 31, 2013
Location: Apsley
Website: www.northkawartha.on.ca
Phone: 705-656-4922

September 2014

Festival of Quilts

Dates: Sep 20, 2014 to Sep 21, 2014
Location: Bancroft