FREE MORNING PROGRAMS (10 to 11:30 a.m.) — Free with a park day or annual pass. Children must be accompanied by an adult for all morning programs. Meet at the Interpretive Centre unless otherwise specified.

FULL DAY PROGRAMS — (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) The cost for these full care programs is $35 per child and $30 for an additional family member registered in the same session. Programs are for children aged 6 – 12 and pre-registration is required.

NEW HALF DAY KINDER CAMP ( 9 to 11:30 a.m.) – Enjoy this new camp for only $15 per child and $12 for an additional family member registered in the same session. Programs are for children aged 4 – 6.

INTERPRETIVE CENTRE (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Experience the children’s nature discovery centre and get local tourism information from the experienced RVCA staff from Monday – Friday.

Click Here to download July’s Events at the Foley Mountain Conservation Area.

Tuesday July 9, 2013 – FULL DAY PROGRAM Mini Beasts and Super Bugs: Interact up close and personal with animals that fly, slither, crawl, and swim!

Thursday July 11, 2013 – FREE MORNING PROGRAM 50 Things To Do in your Conservation Area: 10–11:30 a.m Discover all kinds of adventures that you can experience in your local conservation area.

Tuesday July, 16, 2013 – FULL DAY PROGRAM Way of the Woods: Learn survival techniques like how to build a shelter, build a fire in the woods, cook outdoors and much more!

Thursday July 18, 2013 – FREE MORNING PROGRAM Orienteering and GPS: 10–11:30 a.m Lose yourself in the ways of map and compass! Discover the basics of map and compass work and navigate through our orienteering course.
(Meet at the Group Campground)

Nature Adventurers Day Camp Ages 6 – 12 
Monday July 22 to Friday July 26
 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Pre-registration required)
 Join our outdoor educators for a week full of fun in the forest for children aged 6 – 12!
• Activities include nature-based exploration, games, crafts, and more with qualified and experienced outdoor education staff.
• Cost is $175 per child or $150 for an additional family member.

Tuesday July 30, 2012 – FULL DAY PROGRAM Art in the Park: Get ready to be inspired to create unique art by the beautiful nature surrounding you!

*August events will be announced soon!

*Too old to be a camper but still think you would like to be involved in camp? If you are interested in becoming a “Leader in Training” or volunteer at one of our programs, contact Rebecca Whitman at 613-273-3255 or rebecca.whitman@rvca.ca.

For more information, contact Foley Mountain at 613-273-3255 or rebecca.whitman@rvca.ca. Visit www.rvca.ca for more information on the Foley Mountain Conservation Area.

Celebrate how the Beatles revolutionized music and pop culture by coming out to Beatle Juice: The Beatles Undercover presented by the Westport Arts Council. The Beatles Dance will be on Saturday, June 15th from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at The Cove Inn in Westport, Ontario. It’s only $50 per person for the buffet and show and the proceeds will benefit the Music Westport Festival (August 17th). Make sure you plan your rockin’ outfit ahead of time, because there will be prizes for the best looking Beatle! If you have always wanted to dress up as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, or Ringo Starr, now is your big chance! It will be a night of great music, delicious food, and memorable moments! Call The Cove Inn for reservations at 613-273-3636.

Enjoy original watercolour, oil and acrylic paintings at the 19th Annual August Show and Sale presented by the Rideau Lakes Artists’ Association on August 23-25, 2013.

The show is currently looking for a new venue and will be posted soon. Admission is free, just come and enjoy. For information call 613-326-0370 or visit our website at: www.rideaulakesartists.com

Friday: 6pm – 9pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 12pm – 4pm

MUSICwestport is back again on Saturday August 17, 2013.

Start the day with the 2nd Annual Voice of the Rideau, All Ages Singing Competition behind the Cove at 10:00am. Festival starts after NOON. Ten bands performing on three stages. Outdoors, pond side at the Cove Country Inn at the corner of Main and Bedford St., AND Artemisia Gallery at 7 Spring St., 11am – 7pm. FREE FREE FREE.

Spring Street between Main and Church closed for Vendors and Street Sale. Bring a Lawn Chair.

For more information visit www.westportartscouncil.ca

As always Westport Ontario will be celebrating Canada Day at the Lion’s Club Beach. This small community puts on a large event to celebrate Canada. Show your support and make sure you wear red!

Bike Parade begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Rideau District Museum. Celebration, music, children’s activities and Fireworks to follow at the Westport Lion’s Beach Club.

July 1, 2013

Acoustic Blue Mondays at The Cove Inn in Westport, Ontario launches its 3rd season in June. This famous Dinner & Show fundraiser Series features some of Canada’s premier acoustic artists – “sit-and-listen” Blues as good as it gets.

Proceeds go to support local Westport cultural events. There will be 4 Shows this summer all in the intimate, air-conditioned comfort of The Cove Dining Room. The Cove is a classic 137 year old country inn with a Day Spa right next door. It’s located in one of the most beautiful small towns in eastern Ontario – Westport – on the shores of scenic Upper Rideau Lake, part of the Rideau Waterway (a UNESCO World Heritage site).

It’s a wonderful area to visit any time of year but especially in the summer. The Cove is famous for its excellent food and drink, friendly staff, comfortable accommodation and fabulous LIVE music. It’s only a 45 minute drive from Kingston, 1.5 hours from Ottawa, 2.5 from Syracuse NY, 3 from Montreal and 4 from Toronto – or you can come by boat!

Below is a sneak peak at what 2013 Line Up >>For more information click here

June 17 MORGAN DAVIS	July 15 FRASER/DALEY	August 26 THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER
September 16 SUZIE VINNICK

BUFFET DINNER & SHOW only $45
All shows 6 to 10 pm
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS are required
Call (613) 273-3636 or 1-888-COVE-INN

Well-priced accommodation is available at The Cove and nearby B&B’s but book ahead, rooms sell out early for these nights.

For more information visit www.choosetheblues.ca

ACOUSTIC BLUE MONDAYS is produced by CHOOSE THE BLUES PRODUCTIONS Kenmore, Ontario www.choosetheblues.ca in co-operation with THE COVE INN www.coveinn.com Sponsored by 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com & DAN AYKROYD WINES www.danaykroydwines.com

Date for this year’s Westport Heritage Street Festival has been set; plan on a visit to Westport on Saturday June 22, 2013. From 9-4pm.

All day fun on Bedford Street; Vendor information at 613.273.4780

The Westport Heritage Festival features a select group of quality vendors selling arts, crafts, gifts and food. Enjoy live music, a petting zoo along with a Farmer’s & Crafter’s Market. Lots of Heritage Displays & Museum Tours

Children’s Area & Activities include a petting zoo, face painting, balloon animals and clowns.

Visit Westport Ontario for the Annual Heritage Festival for a full day of family fun.

For more information visit their facebook page at www.facebook.com/heritagewestport

From The Land Of The Midnight Sun – Yukoners Declan O’Donovan & Ryan McNally To Perform In Westport

Declan O’Donovan & Ryan McNally
Tuesday, May 7. 7:00pm
No cover
The Cove Inn – 2 Bedford St, Westport, ON K0G 1X0

Double-bill of roots & blues at The Cove Inn on May 7

When one thinks of the Yukon Territories, images are conjured up of the great white north, the Klondike Gold Rush and mountain men – not as a hotbed for blues and roots musicians. Two of the Yukon’s most popular young roots musicians, Declan O’Donovan and Ryan McNally, are coming together for a tour of Ontario.

This double-bill will showcase original material from O’Donovan and McNally, and surely a few surprises as they accompany each other on stage. The duo from the land of the midnight sun, along with drummer Lonnie Powell and bassist Keith Picot will be performing in Wesport on May 7th at The Cove Inn.

With a raw, gritty and unique voice, singer/pianist Declan O’Donovan is a master storyteller who draws his audiences in with evocative lyrics, a sense of humour just this side of dark, and a sweet melodic charm that is plain irresistible. Moving his deft fingers along the keyboard, swiftly changing from blues & roots rock to Canadiana and back again, this genre-bending singer/songwriter possesses a truly organic sound and a story (or two) to tell.

With more aliases then a stagecoach bandit, guitarist / singer-songwriter Ryan McNally is everywhere. Whether he’s playing with his own solo band, Old Time Machine, Dana Sipos, or various rockabilly outfits, he can’t be kept off Canadian stages. From rockabilly and blues to old-time and folk or even experimental pop, Ryan makes it all happen with grace, skill and plenty of pomade.

Quotes:
“Although comparisons to Tom Waits can be made, O’Donovan has a unique voice, and is emerging as an internationally-recognized songwriter and equally skilled as a musician.”
- Barry “Jack” Jenkins, What’s Up Yukon

“O’Donovan has a knack with melodies to be sure. His music is unfussy and modest yet it manages to coil into to heart and soul in a way that makes perfect sense. O’Donovan and his trio of mates cast a mighty spell and if moody yet hopeful is your bag then this set will please you to your core.”
- Jeff Monk, Uptown Magazine

“Ryan McNally, a young, stompin’ bluesman… ,impressed with his lonesome howl at his first ever show at the Grand.” -Grant Lawrence, CBC Radio 3

The 21st annual indoor Westport Antique Show & Sale will return to the beautiful Village of Westport again this year on June 1-2, 2013.

This year the event will be organized by Ian Douglass. The show will be held in the Westport Comminity Centre on the corner of Spring and Concession Streets. Saturday show hours are 10am – 5pm, Sunday 10am – 4pm. Admission is $6, and children under 12 Free. Plenty of free parking!

This year there will be fifty exhibition booths with fabulous dealers from Ontario and Quebec. There will be 10 new vendors this year, all qualified antique dealers! The dealers promise to bring excellent fresh inventory including the finest antiques in glass, tools, china, pine furnture, pottery, crystal, silver, folk art, formal furniture, collectibles and much more!

For more information visit www.antique-shows.ca/westport.html

The 7th Annual CPHC Rock-A-Thon and Bake Sale takes place May 1, 2013 at the Westport United Church (corner of Spring St. & Church St.) and at the Delta Town Hall.

Come and support your local Community and Primary Health Care and enjoy some entertainment too! Event takes place from 9:30am – 1:30pm at the Westport United Church.