Arts & Entertainment
The 2018 Bay du Vin Summer Survival will be held from Saturday, July 28, 2018 to Saturday, August 4th, 2018 at the Bay du Vin Summer Survival Grounds, Bay du Vin, New Brunswick. Summer survival is a week long festival with something for all ages.
Visit local artists, writers, folk artists and artisans during the second annual Miramichi Area Art Studio Tours.
Artists from across the region will be opening their homes and studios for visitors during the weekend of August 2nd to 5th, 2018 in a celebration of the arts community! Featuring fine art, mixed media, poetry, readings, crafts persons and more!
The 2018 Metepenagiag “Red Bank” 1st Nation Annual Pow Wow will be held from July 27th to 29th, 2018.
Here is the list of entertainers and schedule of what is happening during this year’s Annual Pow Wow!
Everyone is Welcome!
Naomi McGowan and Samuel Crowell with Buttercup Productions are proud to announce the first (and hopefully annual!) Miramichi River Community (MRC) Theatre Festival this August 13th to 17th in Miramichi! In loving memory of Lloyd Cameron, two young Miramichi artists wish to continue to spread an appreciation for community, local talent, skill and, of course, theatre! For ALL AGES featuring talent FROM ALL AGES!
On July 21, Parks Canada honours their National Parks and Historic Sites across the country and Beaubears Island plans to spread the cheer all around Miramichi River as they celebrate by reviving the Island’s storied past with “A Day in the Times of Beaubears Island”. In a series of tours, at 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm, the Island will look to its famous past, as staff and volunteers alike take on the mantle of historic personages great and small.
Happening from July 20th – 22nd, 2018, come out to The Tay Creek Folk Festival!! It is a friendly annual weekend of music and workshops with activities for children, Puddleducks Café and BBQ!!
The Most Reverend Robert Harris, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Saint John, announces the following clergy appointments which will take effect September 1, 2018, when twenty newly merged parishes are created. Please note, this announcement includes several changes from the parish proposals of April 2018.
From old favourites to new attractions, you will find something for the whole family at the 95th Annual Miramichi Agricultural Exhibition from July 17th to 21st!
The 2018 Canada’s Irish Festival on the Miramichi will be held from July 19th – 22nd, 2018. It is Canada’s longest running Irish festival has something for everyone!! Come enjoy pubs, music, cultural activities and the hospitality of Miramichi. Four days of events that include concerts and meals, parades and pubs.
The Natoaganeg “Eel Ground” 1st Nation Annual Powwow is held on the 3rd weekend of July each year. This is our community’s cultural, spiritual and social event of the year. It is our time to showcase the drumming, dancing and regalia of the First Nation people. It is a perfect opportunity to experience First Nation Culture.
Come out one and all and bring a family member or a friend from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to the Prospect Place located at 22 Prospect Street in Doaktown on Saturday, July 14th, 2018 for the 2018 New Brunswick Regional Celebration. Admission is FREE and is jam packed with a lot of fun filed things for the whole family!!
Edie Szabo’s lifelong passion for art started when she was six years old, living in Budapest. At age 18 she studied art and design in Budapest and at 22 her grandparents brought her to Canada. She worked hard to study English and in a few years become a lab and x-ray technician in a hospital in Ontario.
NBGS Miramichi’s mandate is to promote the collection, preservation and accessibility of genealogical and heritage records through projects pertaining to genealogy and heritage. We do this by promoting education of members and the general public in the Miramichi area. The group meets eight times a year on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:15 pm at the Chatham Public Library. Meetings are not held in June, July, August or December. Members of the public are welcome to attend any meeting.