Amherstburg Open Air Weekends are quickly wrapping up! Live Entertainment, Yoga in the Park, Friday Night Market, Saturday Concert Series, and more are coming to an end!
You do not want to miss the last couple weeks of Amherstburg's longest running event. The streets remain open for Family Fun until Labour Day. We hope to see you dancing in the streets with us!
Sip, Sip, Hurray!!
White Woods Home is celebrating their 3rd Anniversary. Join them Saturday, August 24th for their Birthday Blowout Sale and Patio Pizza Party! They are open from 10AM to 8PM, and will be serving up some fabulous sale items with a slice!
Evelyn's Candy House is celebrating their 2nd Anniversary this Saturday, August 24th! "We have loved seeing so many smiling faces day in and day out. We couldn’t have done it without the support from our friends and this wonderful community!"
Celebration begins at 10AM. In-store Sweet Specials and Evelyn’s Golden Tickets are back! Special Chocolate Bars will be available all day. Open Air Streets and Fresh Cotton Candy. "We look forward to seeing everyone!"
Love art? Join unique artists & artisans at Essex County’s original arts and crafts festival. The 57th Annual Art by the River is this weekend at Fort Malden Historic Site. Saturday the 24th & Sunday the 25th from 10AM to 5PM. Entry is $5 per person. Children under 12 are free.
Visit the Kids Fun Zone located behind the museum. Events include Magic Spectacular on Saturday & Sunday at 1PM, Jangles on Sunday 2-4PM, L'il Artist Workshop, and Activities with Scouts Canada.
While visiting downtown Amherstburg this weekend, be sure to check out the Art Alley, entrance at 248 Ramsay, located behind River Bookshop. Can you spot all twenty-two beautiful murals?
Check out another amazing interview of author and Bookshop owner Richard Peddie on Scribes & Songsters. Lots of ideas on how to make great small towns even better. His book Great Small Towns of Ontario is available at River Bookshop. Pick up your signed copy this weekend. Click here to view the full interview on YouTube.
Amherstburg Fire Fighter Cameron Arksey will be our special Story Time reader this Sunday. Join us in learning about what a firefighter does and to hear him share stories from our shelves.
Sunday Story Time begins at 11AM. We hope to see you at our Story Time tent, located in the streets outside of the bookshop.
Friday Night Market sponsored by Libro Credit Union. The market of this week runs from 5PM to 9PM on Friday, August 23rd, downtown along Richmond, Dalhousie, and Murray Streets.
Entertainment
FRIDAY: Sabor Latino Band at 7PM on the downtown streets.
SATURDAY: Latin dancing lessons with Rivertown Dance Academy on Saturday at 5PM, followed by Sabor Latino Band at 6PM on the downtown streets.
SUNDAY: Dave Wilson at 3PM at the King’s Navy Yard Park Gazebo, followed by Clutterbuck at 4PM on the downtown streets.
More Activities!
- Latin dancing lessons with Rivertown Dance Academy on Saturday at 5PM!
- Docent Tours on Saturday and Sunday at 12PM starting next to the clock tower
- Face painting & crafts on Saturday from 12PM to 3PM
- Pickleball downtown on Sunday at 9AM
- Yoga in King’s Navy Yard Park on Sunday at 10AM by the gazebo
- Large outdoor games all weekend long!
SAVE THE DATE: This year's Uncommon Festival in Amherstburg will feature a drone show on its second evening. The festival runs from Friday, September 20th through Sunday, September 22nd in downtown Amherstburg, and the choreographed performance is on Saturday, September 21st, in King's Navy Yard Park.
The event is one of Amherstburg's most anticipated festivals, celebrating everything from the steampunk aesthetic to wizard wannabes.
So much to see and do in Amherstburg!
We hope to see you in the streets this weekend.
The River Bookshop Team