Get ready for a summer of creativity and fun with the Westport Arts Council Summer Art Camps for Kids 2025! 

Calling all young artists and performers! Whether your child is a budding actor, a Picasso in the making, or simply loves to explore their imagination, we’ve got something special in store for them.

Back by popular demand are our beloved Drama and Musical Theatre Camps, where kids can shine on stage and unleash their inner performers! But wait, there’s more! We’re thrilled to introduce NEW and exciting camps guaranteed to spark creativity and inspire endless adventures!

From baking sweet treats to crafting theatrical wonders, there’s something for every age and interest. With seven different camps to choose from, the possibilities are endless!

📅 Registration is open!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to make this summer one to remember! Let’s create unforgettable memories together at the Westport Arts Council Summer Art Camps for Kids. Enroll today and let the artistic journey begin! 

Important – PLEASE READ FOR DETAILS FOR REGISTRATION!

The registration form is required to reserve your spot for the Art Camp(s).

You will receive a confirmation email with details for payment, to complete your registration form.

Date :
Monday, June 30 to August 13, 2025

Event location :
Westport, ON

Contact :
E-mail: westportartscouncil@gmail.com

Discover the art of creative minds at work on Canada Day weekend! Enjoy incredible original art, sculptures, pottery, weaving, carving, painting much more. As always, the Rideau Lakes Studio Tour promises to be a spectacular showcase of the region’s finest artists. 

The quaint hamlets and villages of Rideau Lakes offer breathtakingly beautiful countryside and waterways. A perfect day or weekend to enjoy meandering, picnic lunch along one of the locks, in a local park, or an overnight stay in one of the many accomodation options. Stop in for lunch at one of our wonderful cafes or waterfront restaurants.

Our art is motivated and stimulated by the natural beauty of the waterways, culture, and history of this part of eastern Ontario. Here, in the surroundings of the Rideau Canal, a National Historic Site, and an Ontario UNESCO World Heritage Site, you can explore these roots, and enjoy the unique creations produced by our local artists in an extensive range of styles and media.

Artists look forward to sharing their creations with you. Browse artist’s studios and view some of the magic that awaits.

The Rideau Lakes Studio Tour celebrates over 25 years, and promises to be a spectacular showcase of the region’s finest artists. Taking place on Canada Day weekend, June 29 & 30^th 2024, the event will feature more than 20 artists opening their studios to the public, allowing visitors to see how these talented creators work their magic.

The tour will take place throughout the beautiful Rideau Lakes region, providing an opportunity for visitors to explore the natural beauty of the area while also discovering some of Canada’s most talented artists. From painters and sculptors to potters, weavers, beaders and carvers, to glass workers and more, the tour promises something for everyone, and visitors will be able to meet with the artists, learn about their creative processes, and even purchase their work.

The Rideau Lakes Studio Tour is a beloved annual event that showcases the rich artistic talent of the region. Over the past 25 years, the tour has become an essential part of the cultural landscape of the area, drawing visitors from across the country and around the world.

One of the unique features of the tour is that it allows visitors to experience the artists in their creative environment. By opening up their studios to the public, the artists provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their processes, allowing people to learn how their art is made. For many of the artists involved in the tour, it is an opportunity to connect with their audience and share their passion for their work. By showcasing their art in their studios, they are able to create a more intimate and personal experience, making it an unforgettable event for all involved.

The Rideau Lakes Studio Tour is not only a celebration of art and creativity, but it is also an opportunity to support the local arts community. By purchasing artwork directly from the artists, visitors can contribute to the growth and success of the creative economy in the region.

As the tour celebrates over 25 years, it is clear that it has become an essential part of the cultural fabric of the Rideau Lakes. The event brings together artists, visitors, and the community in a celebration of creativity, talent, and passion, making it an experience not to be missed.

Date :
Sat.28 to Sun.29, 2025

Event location :
Rideau Lakes, Ontario, Canada

Contact :
E-mail: art@rideaulakesstudiotour.ca

The 2025 event will be the 52nd edition of this tour that has attracted up to 2000 riders from across Canada and beyond to ride to Kingston and back through the beautiful Rideau Lakes of eastern Ontario starting either in Ottawa or Perth with overnight accommodation available in Kingston at Queen’s University.   

The 52nd edition of the Ottawa Bicycle Club’s Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour (RLCT) is scheduled for June 21-22, 2025.  With up to 1500 cyclists, this two-day event is one of the largest such events in Canada.  Cyclists start in either Ottawa or Perth and ride to Kingston on  Saturday, then return on  Sunday.  The Ottawa Bicycle Club provides luggage transfer to and from Kingston for all participants.

There are four road routes  and one gravel route with one-way lengths of 118km to 220km.  All routes go through the scenic countryside of the Rideau Valley passing many picturesque lakes and historic towns.  On the supported routes, (the Classic and the  Century+) , the Ottawa Bicycle Club works with community groups to provide refreshments and food at official rest stops where it also provides water and toilets.  Mobile repair services, police supervision at major intersections, and other services  are provided on the supported routes.

Date :
June 21 & 22, 2025

Event location :
127 Smith Dr, Perth, ON

Contact :
Please call: +1 613-230-1064 or e-mail: admin@ottawabicycleclub.ca

Join us at the ABC Hall on Saturday, June 7, 2025 for our biggest, most popular fundraiser event of the year – LOBSTERFEST!

We will have the drive thru/pick up option as well as the dine in option. 50/50 tickets will be available on the day – cash only.

Enjoy 2 delicious hard shell Atlantic Canada lobsters, boiled on-site, plus salads, roll, hot butter and dessert.

Dine in or take-out, your choice. Pleases specify when purchasing your tickets

$75 per person, no tips, no tax.

Cash bar available for eat ins.

DINE IN: Doors open at 7:00 pm, dinner is served at 7:30 pm. Tickets here .

Please don’t enter the parking lot before 6:45 pm to ensure all the drive thru orders have been picked up. Thank you!

TAKE-OUT / DRIVE THRU: There are 4 pick-up times – 4:45 pm, 5:15 pm, 5:45 pm, and 6:15 pm. Tickets here

Feeling lucky? 50/50 DRAW TICKETS will also be available for purchase during Dine In and Drive Thru.

CASH only, please. 1 / $5, 3 / $10, 10 / $20.

Date :
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Event location :
ABC Town Hall

Contact :
For more information, contact Lynne Lang at 613-273-8834

This event is running from 25 March 2025 until 17 June 2025. It is next occurring on May 20, 2025 9:00 am.

Gentle yoga is a slower paced class that invites you to move gently and breathe easy, enabling you to relax your body and calm your mind.

Cost:  $72 for six weeks
$48 for four weeks
$120 for 10 weeks

Bring your own mat.

Gentle yoga is a slower paced class that invites you to move gently and breathe easy, enabling you to relax your body and calm your mind.

Yoga is a Sanskrit word which means “to yoke” or “to unite.” Connecting the mind, body and breath has many physical, mental and emotional health benefits including improved strength, flexibility and balance, improved breathing, reduced stress, increased energy, and many more.

Date :
June 3,4,10,11,17,18, 2025 from 9am to 10am

Event location :
3166 Bolingbroke Road, County Road 36, Maberly, ON K0H 2B0

Contact :
For more information: Journey Fitness + Wellness- Yoga, Pilates, and Meditation or

contact Deborah at (613) 558-7480 or e-mail me@deborahnordstrom.ca

This event is running from 9 January 2025 until 29 May 2025. It is next occurring on May 15, 2025 7:00 pm.

Date :
Thursday, May 22 & May 29, 2025

Event location :
3166 Bolingbroke Road, County Road 36, Maberly, ON K0H 2B0

Contact :
Tel.: (613) 273-5717 or e-mail: info@abchall.ca

This event is running from 26 March 2025 until 18 June 2025. It is next occurring on May 19, 2025 9:00 am. 

Bring your own mat.

Improve your posture, core stability, flexibility and balance and move with more ease.

Pilates is a low-impact, easy-on-the joints mind/body exercise that has many benefits including rehabilitation from injury, reducing stress and supporting you in your daily, sports and other activities.

Key elements of the classical Pilates exercises and principles will be taught. The class will start with a gentle warm-up, continue with Pilates exercises including progressions and finish with a few yoga exercises to cool down and relax.

Date :
Monday, May 19, 2025 from 9 to 10 am.
Event location :
3166 Bolingbroke Road, County Road 36, Maberly, ON K0H 2B0
Contact :
E-mail: treasurer@abchall.ca

Join us every Sunday this Summer Season 2025 on our waterside patio for live music at The Cove from 5-8pm with Head over Heels.

Kevin & Vanessa Head are Head over Heels, an acoustic guitar/vocal duo from Gananoque, Ontario. They perform a diverse mix of original music and interpreted covers of folk, jazz, classic rock and contemporary tunes.

HEAD OVER HEELS (Gananaoque, (Vocal/Guitar Duo) Kingston’s Kevin Head is an accomplished singer, songwriter, musical director and actor. Formerly from Nova Scotia, where he still has close ties, and once called “The Original Salt Cod Cowboy”, Kevin toured extensively throughout the Maritimes with bands, theatre troupes and as a solo performer/singer, songwriter. He has performed in shows with Valdy, Charlie Major, The Rankins, Gowan, opened a cross-Canada tour for Chris DeBurgh, acted on stage with the late Denny Doherty, and over the years has had lovely musical contributions on his recordings from Ken Pearson (Janis Joplin, Bruce Cockburn), Willie P Bennett, and Kate McGarrigle.

Kevin’s most recent appearances include a mainstage appearance at the 2012 Blue Skies Festival in Clarendon, hosting the 2012 edition of Liner Notes Live Songwriter Circle, 2012 Limestone City Blues Festival, opening for Alex Cuba with the Bob Robertson Trio as part of the Limewire music series in 2011, and numerous solo appearances and performances with his duo “Head over Heels” in the Kingston, Gananoque and Westport areas. He released a new CD of LIVE material recorded October 2013 with his band and life/musical partner MISS V with whom he performs regularly here at The Cove!

Date:
Sunday, May 18, 2025 from 5 to 8pm

Event location :
The Cove Inn 2 Bedford St, Westport, Ontario, Canada

Contact :
Tel.: +1 613-273-3636

Chaffey’s Lock & Area Heritage Society are proud to present the first headliner music event in the Chaffey’s Lock & Area Concert Series featuring Starfire Band. The Show happens at the Chaffey’s Lock Community Hall on Saturday May 17th, 2025. Doors open at 7:30pm and the show starts at 8pm. Tickets available for $25 in advance, $30 at the door if available. There is also $15 tickets for ages 16 and under.

Starfire Band is a high energy group from Ottawa with amazing harmonies playing classic rock, soul, r&b, new country ballads and disco. 

Tickets are available at www.onstagedirect.com. There are limited number of tickets for our small hall so be sure to get yours soon!

See you on the dance floor May 17th!

Date :
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Event location :
1661 Chaffey’s Lock Road

Contact :
E-mail: ghenniger@live.ca

Season Opening of the Old Stone Mill.

Our Blacksmith Shop will be open from 10 am to 2 pm with a blacksmith demonstrating this very interesting heritage art. At 1 pm in the Old Stone Mill, we’ll have a Milling Demonstration featuring our 200-year-old millstones grinding heritage Red Fife wheat into flour. Admission to both venues is free (donations appreciated)

Date :
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Event location :
The Delta Mill Society
Box 172, Delta, Ontario K0E 1G0

Contact :
Tel: 613-928-2584 (office) or e-mail: info@deltamill.org