Visitor Guide 2019 Contents Welcome FESTIVALS AND EVENTS ..................................2 Fog Forest Gallery ..................................................19 Bordertown Festival ................................................2 Owens Art Gallery ..................................................20 Sackville Music Festival ..........................................3 Harold Geddes, George Stanley, Fowl Play ..21 NB Provincial Music Festival Finals ....................3 Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre ..22 Tantramarsh Blues Society ...................................3 Colville House ..........................................................22 Mayor John Higham Welcomes You Farmers’ Market ........................................................4 Handmade Crafts and More! .............................23 The Music Barn ..........................................................4 The Craft Gallery .....................................................24 Welcome to Sackville and to our fantastic natural Performers’ Company ............................................5 Robert Lyon Graphics ...........................................24 and cultural attractions. Sackville is a place with Live Bait Theatre .......................................................5 Sackville Arts Wall ..................................................24 cosmopolitan amenities, but with small Town SappyFest....................................................................6 Past, Present and Future Walking Tour .........25 charm and ease. We have plenty of things Sackville Street Chalk Festival .............................6 OUR HISTORY .......................................................26 Canada Day Celebrations .....................................7 Boultenhouse Heritage Centre .........................27 to keep you busy here at the Centre of the New Brunswick Day ................................................7 Campbell Carriage Factory Museum ..............28 Maritime Provinces, but you can also hang your Old Fashioned Friday Night Cruise ...................7 Memorial Park .........................................................29 hat to explore all that there is to offer within a Beech Hill Park Challenge ...................... 8 and 41 Historic Properties .................................................29 two-hour radius - including two National Parks, Sackville Fall Fair.......................................................8 Historic Walking Tours .........................................29 Playwright’s Atlantic Resource Centre.............8 Geneology, Cemeteries, Acadian Monument......30 beaches with the warmest waters north of Winterfest ...................................................................9 Fort Beasejour - Fort Cumberland ...................31 Virginia and four major cities. Enjoy Sackville, a Concerts in the Park ................................................9 SACKVILLE MAP ...........................................32-33 New Kind of Small Town! Movies in the Park ...................................................9 MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY MAP .34-35 JOHN HIGHAM Performing Arts Series .........................................10 Mount Allison University ..............................36-37 MAYOR OF SACKVILLE Mount Allison Music Recitals .............................10 PARKS .......................................................................38 Sackville Festival of Early Music ........................10 BMX & Skateboard Park .......................................38 Sackville Film Society ...........................................10 Sackville Waterfowl Park .....................................39 Vogue Cinema .........................................................10 Silver Lake .................................................................40 A Walk in The Park .................................................11 Tantramar Wetlands Centre...............................40 President’s Welcome Art Across the Marsh.............................................11 Beech Hill Park and Disc Golf Course .............41 Mount Allison is one of the things that makes A Handmade Assembly .......................................11 Beech Hill Picnic Park............................................41 FESTIVAL & EVENTS CALENDAR ...........12-13 Bill Johnstone Memorial Park ............................42 Sackville special — and Sackville is one of the OTHER ATTRACTIONS ......................................14 Tennis and Golf .......................................................42 reasons Mount Allison stands out in the crowd. Sackville Harness Shop ........................................14 Cross Country Skiing and Winter Fun ............43 Anderson’s Greenhouse ......................................15 RESTAURANTS/NIGHT LIFE ...................44-45 This vibrant and engaging community is a great Sackville Community Garden ............................15 ACCOMMODATIONS .................................48-49 place to call home — whether for a day, a year, Dykes & the Tantramar Marshes ......................16 RAILWAY ANNIVERSARY YEARS ................52 or a lifetime. The Town and the University offer Sackville Sports Wall of Fame ............................16 BIRD WATCHING PACKAGE ..........................53 up an ever-changing array of cultural, sporting, Trueman Blueberry Farm ....................................17 WORSHIP SERVICES ..........................................54 and community activities to spark your creativity, Tantramar Veteran’s Memorial Civic Centre ....... 17 VISITOR CENTRE, GUIDED TOURS.............55 Gemini Observatory ..............................................17 MERCHANTS OF SACKVILLE ..................56-58 kindle your curiosity, and captivate your ART AND SCULPTURE ......................................18 REGIONAL MAP ...................................................60 imagination. There’s so much to choose from, Stroll Through a Poem .........................................18 you’ll wish you could stay longer! Welcome, bienvenue, pjila’si — we look forward to seeing you around. DR. JEAN-PAUL BOUDREAU PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY Festivals & Events Festivals & Events May 27 New Brunswick Provincial Music Festival Finals to June 1 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW BRUNSWICKS’ TOP YOUNG AMATEUR CLASSICAL MUSICIANS TO COMPETE IN ELEVEN DISCIPLINES. > www.nbfmf.org Peter Karp played the Bordertown Festival in 2018 Tantramarsh Blues Society A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO BRINGING > www.tbsblues.com YOU WORLD-CLASS BLUES IN AN INTIMATE SETTING. James Mullinger performers May 26 April 22 - 28 Bordertown Festival of the Arts May SPONSORED BY THE TOWN OF SACKVILLE, BORDERTOWN Sackville Music Festival IS A 5 DAY FESTIVAL THAT BRINGS THE VERY BEST IN 22-26 THE FESTIVAL PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSIC, ART AND LOCAL HOSPITALITY. MUSIC STUDENTS YOUNG AND OLD TO PERFORM FOR EACH OTHER AND THE PUBLIC, TO GET FEEDBACK > www.sackville.com/bordertown FROM PROFESSIONAL ADJUDICATORS ON THEIR PERFORMANCES, AND TO DEVELOP THEIR LOVE OF MUSIC. > www.sackvillemusicfestival.com 2 3 Festivals & Events Festivals & Events Performer’s Theatre Company SACKVILLE’S COMMUNITY THEATRE SINCE 2007, PRODUCING PLAYS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS. SUMMER AND FALL PRODUCTIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED. Email: [email protected] Sackville Farmers’ Market Tel: 536-1904 HELD EVERY SATURDAY MORNING FROM 9 – 12, IN THE SUMMER AT BILL JOHNSTONE PARK AND IN THE WINTER AT THE SACKVILLE COMMONS. BUSTLING WITH MUSIC, ENERGY, FRESH BAKED GOODS, ETHNIC FOOD, PRODUCE, ARTS, CRAFTS AND MORE. > www.performerstheatre.com (506) 536-7378 > www.sackvillefarmersmarket.ca The Spinney Brothers performed in 2017 Live Bait Theatre LIVE BAIT IS A PROFESSIONAL THEATRE COMPANY COMMITTED TO The Music Barn PUTTING ON THE BEST PLAYS AND CONCERTS IN THE MARITIMES. THE MUSIC BARN IS A POPULAR VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND MUSIC, VISIT THEIR WEBSITE FOR SCHEDULE DETAILS. FEATURING BLUEGRASS, FOLK AND COUNTRY. THE OLD BARN A CORNERSTONE FOR A FAMILY FARM FORM MANY GENERATIONS. Tel. (506) 536-3031 JUNE 2ND – CARTER SISTERS & GUESTS JUNE 9TH – HONORING WILSON MOORE > www.livebaittheatre.com May 22 (evenings and weekends) NEW THIS YEAR – A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF to June 1 Tel. (902) 634-3353 (weekdays) > www.freewebs.com/themusicbarn THE INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY COMING TO SACKVILLE (SEE P. 52) “Cole” 4 5 July 1st > www.sackville.com Festivals & Events Festivals & Events Canada Day Celebrations COME CELEBRATE OUR NATION’S BIRTHDAY WITH US! JULY 1ST IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING DAY IN SACKVILLE; WITH LIVE MUSIC, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES, THE CANADA DAY FUN RUN AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. Sappyfest – 14th annual Tantramar Heritage August A SUMMER HIGHLIGHT – BRINGING TOGETHER AN ECLECTIC MIX OF Trust Canada Day rd th 2 -4 MUSIC, VISUAL ART AND PERFORMING ARTS OVER A 3 DAY WEEKEND. Strawberry Social > www.sappyfest.com COME CELEBRATE CANADA DAY ON JULY 1 FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM WITH STRAWBERRIES, CREAM AND Partner performed in 2017, HOMEMADE BISCUITS (BY DONATION). photo by Tiana Feng (ridethetempo.com) > www.heritage.tantramar.com August 5th New Brunswick Day LIVE MUSIC, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES, AND A FREE COMMUNITY BARBEQUE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS YOU CAN EXPECT ON NEW BRUNSWICK DAY IN SACKVILLE! > www.sackville.com Old Fashioned Friday July Sackville Street Chalk Festival 26th UNIQUE TO ATLANTIC CANADA, THIS TWO-DAY EVENT WILL INCLUDE Night Cruise SEVERAL ARTISTS CREATING ARTWORKS DIRECTLY ON BRIDGE STREET,