With only 2 weeks left until school lets out for the summer (2 WEEKS!), local events are starting to ramp up. There are a ton of local musical, recreational, creative, charitable and historical events happening this week around Owen Sound.
Here's what's happening this week in our community, get out & get involved:
NakdBasics Pop-Up Shop
Eat Together Day
Rib & Wing All You Can Eat Buffet
Public Speaking with EASE
Essential Oils 101
Women’s Night Out
Couples Night
Good Enough Live Karaoke
5th Annual Summer Festival
Freshii 1st Year Anniversary
Open Ride led by the Owen sound HOG Chapter
Ride Don’t Hide Grey-Bruce 2019
Saints & Sinners: Taste of the Trail
Here's what's happening this week in our community, get out & get involved:
Owen Sound Farmers Market
Saturday June 15th, 8am-12:30pm
8th St. East
Owen Sound Farmer's market is a great place to meet your farmers and buy your food every Sat morning all year.
NakdBasics Pop-Up Shop
Saturday June 15th, 10am-2pm
1035 2nd Ave East, Owen Sound
Sheila Loewen Wilderness Art is very excited to be hosted by NakdBasics for a pop-up! Stop by to shop unique natural bark & quill jewelry, watercolour paintings & prints, and cute & quirky greeting cards.
Eat Together Day
Saturday June 15th, 12-5pm
Zehrs Owen Sound
Eat Together Day is a day to celebrate joining communities, friends, and families for a simple meal that sparks the values of healthy eating and togetherness. Come join in on the fun in the Zehrs parking lot for a BBQ, bouncy castle, soccer game, whack a mole & lots of treats!
Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars
Saturday June 15th, 7:30pm
Bayshore Community Centre
Come out and show your hometown support as the Bug Juice North Stars take on the Brooklyn Merchants!
The Comic Strippers
Saturday June 15th, 7:30pm
Roxy Theatre
The Comic Strippers, back by popular demand with an all new show, are a fictitious male stripper troupe played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians. These guys try to be sexy… it just comes out funny. Constantly grooving and gyrating, in between scenes they banter with the crowd and perform their sexylarious twist on improv sketches.
Rib & Wing All You Can Eat Buffet
Sunday June 16th, 11:30 - 2pm OR 4:30-7:30pm
Stone Tree Golf & Fitness
Barbecued ribs and wings, a variety of cold salads and an assortment of pub style food!$29.99 per person, children 12 & under $14.99CALL 519-376-7899 ext. 105 or EMAIL events@stonetree.ca to reserve your table today!
Public Speaking with EASE
Monday June 17th, 9am-4pm595 9th Ave E
Want to…Improve your public speaking skills by 50%? Learn to structure your presentation like a professional? Delivering like a pro and overcome the fear of messing up?Then This Training is for you
Essential Oils 101
Tuesday June 18th, 7-8pmSound Chiropractic & Wellness Clinic
Jess Johnstone of Haystone Wellness is offering an introduction to essential oils class. Come in and learn what essential oils are, the uses of essential oils and how they can help you in your everyday life.
Women’s Night Out
Wednesday June 19th, 5:30-9:30pm
Stone Tree Golf & Fitness
Grab your girlfriends for a fun night of golf, games, and food! $35 for Members, and $45 for Non-Members. You will be treated to a 9 hole scramble, have access to a power cart, raffle prizes, buffet dinner, and a drink ticket. There will also be a swing clinic prior to the event at 5pm with the Director of Golf, Bill Stewart. Register in the pro shop at Stone Tree, call 519-376-7899 ext. 2, or email bill@stonetree.ca.
Couples Night
Friday June 21st, 5:30-9pm
Legacy Ridge Golf Course
Join in for a night of great golf, food and good company! 9 Holes with cart, buffet dinner, prizes and lots of FUN!Members - $80, Guests - $100 (price is per couple and includes HST)Call Sam today at 519.376.1961 ext. 305 or via email sam@legacyridgegolf.ca to register.
Good Enough Live Karaoke
Friday June 21st, 8pm-12am
Heartwood Concert Hall
Singing with Good Enough is as easy as scanning the song list, picking a song you love and daring to get on stage with us. Lyrics are provided on an iPad on a music stand. And we will cue you in and sing back up when necessary. It may seem daunting, but unlike a prerecorded karaoke track, singing live to a band gives you more flexibility in case you lose your timing or forget lyrics. That’s what makes the live band karaoke experience with Good Enough Live Karaoke so special. It adapts to you and your abilities. And even better it's suitable for all-ages!
5th Annual Summer Festival
Saturday June 22nd, 1-3pm
Victoria Park - 1049 4th Ave East
An outdoor neighbourhood celebration for all ages! On the Hall Lawn, St. George's, featuring M'Wikwedong Drumming Circle, local musicians, Shalimar Henna tattoos, old fashioned picnic games, and BBQ!
Freshii 1st Year Anniversary
Saturday June 22, 12-7pm
Freshii Owen Sound
FREE Froyo with any entree, karaoke, sampling, prizes, catering samples, singing and dancing
Open Ride led by the Owen sound HOG Chapter
Saturday June 22nd, 10am-1pm
Fox Harley Davidson
Attention all riders, if you are looking to meet some people with the same passion about motorcycles or maybe tryout a group ride, this one is for you. The Owen Sound HOG Chapter will be leading a ride leaving from Fox H-D at 10am.
Ride Don’t Hide Grey-Bruce 2019
Sunday June 23rd, 7am-1pm
Kelso Beach
Registration is $45 and includes a dry-fit shirt, entertainment & BBQ lunch. Kids under 12 are free.
Ride Don’t Hide is the largest mental health bike ride in Canada with almost 10,000 riders and hundreds more family members, friends and volunteers across Canada taking part, raising more than $2 million each year for the Canadian Mental Health Association. There is a short family-friendly route within Kelso Beach, plus individuals can participate in their choice of a 6.6km, 25km, 50, 80 or 100 km along our beautiful Georgian Bay.
Saints & Sinners: Taste of the Trail
Sunday June 23rd, 1-6pm
Grey Root
sRegular Admission (Entrance + 5 Drink sample tokens) $20Designated Driver (No alcohol may be purchased) $10
Dress in your 1920s best and come taste samples from local beer, wine, cider, and spirits producers. Snack on delicious food from local vendors. Get moving with live music. And watch out for the prohibition protests, the rowdy partiers, and the paddy wagon scooping up trouble makers! Don't forget to find out the secret password so you can enter the Speakeasy - known for its bootlegged liquor. Perhaps you'll even meet in infamous gangster who owns the Black Rabbit. Check out the event page on Facebook to the full day itinerary.