Sackville 250 Events

• Mar 16 – Aug 26: “Swan Pond, Oh Swan Pond”: the Owens Art Gallery presents an exhibition that looks at one of Sackville’s most beautiful spots, the Mount Allison Ladies’ College Pond, or the Swan Pond as it is more commonly known

• Thursday May 24: “250 Years of History and Fashions”: Sackville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, at the Tantramar Regional High School. Doors open 6.30pm, show starts 7pm. Wonderful and unusual stories from our history with associated costumes and props - a very different approach and not to be missed!

• Friday June 8: United Way Day of Caring. A special Sackville 250 event with the Sackville Community garden - a planting in honour of early settlers

• June 13: Launch of the sculpture "Marsh Barn" by John Haney. This sculptural work is an exact scale model of an iconic Tantramar barn. It is made of sand-blasted glass and is installed on the island at the Waterfowl Park, lit from the inside by solar lights. See this lit up at night from outside the Visitor Information Centre or from the highway. Official launch date TBA

SACKVILLE 250 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION:

• July 16 to July 20: Ears to Years, a travelling display from the Tantramar Family Resource Centre with photos and stories from our seniors’ experiences as told to children, at the Sackville Visitor Centre

• July 18 to 22: Sackville 250 Community Anniversary Play "Free Land? The Founding of Sackville Township 1762", created by Tantramar Heritage Trust, at Live Bait Theatre. Wednesday to Saturday, July 18 - 22 at 7:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and 22 at 2:00pm. Tickets $5 for seniors, students and children, and $9 for adults; now available at Tidewater Books

• July 18 to August 4: Tantramar: Photograph as Historical Artifact, Thaddeus Holownia, at Fog Forest Gallery

• July 19 to July 22: “Then and Now”: the Heritage Board Photo Exhibition, at the Old Fire Hall. Opening and Reception on Thursday 19 July, at 7pm. This is a special Sackville 250 exhibit from the Town of Sackville Heritage Board. First, they plan to feature "Then and Now" vintage photographs and descriptions of Sackville and area's buildings and spaces (businesses, schools, houses, parks, streetscapes, etc.). Where possible, these photographs will be accompanied by current day photos for comparison. Secondly, during the exhibit the Heritage Board will set up a recording booth where citizens can come and reminisce about growing up in Sackville and area. Opening hours: Fri 20 July, 9am-9pm; Sat 21 July, 9am-5pm; Sun 22 July, 1pm-5pm. ALL WELCOME - ADMISSION FREE! Tantramar Heritage Trust web site

• Friday July 20: Sackville 250 Celebration with Circle K on corner of Main Street and Mallard Drive, 9am to 5pm. Hibou, the Circle K mascot, will be present; there will be games for children outside; and other events/activities

• Friday July 20: Legion Luncheon. A special Sackville 250 celebration: Fish cakes, baked beans, biscuits, corn bread, molasses cake, boston cream pie, from 11am to 1pm. $8 per person

• July 20: Launch of the Tantramar Heritage Trust publication "The Struggle for Sackville: the British Re-settlement of Chignecto 1755-1770" at Live Bait Theatre at 4.30pm. Copies of the book will be for sale at the event

• Friday July 20: SACKVILLE 250 BIRTHDAY PARTY: a chance for the whole community to come out and wish Sackville a Happy Birthday!! Live music with Eddie Chase and Graffiti Four, circus performers from the fabulous Atlantic Cirque, other entertainment and cake at Bandstand Park from 6.30pm! and FIREWORKS at the Lorne St Ball Fields at 10pm! Please note: parking will be available at the Main Street Baptist Church. The public can view the fireworks from the Marshview Middle School playground - no members of the public will be allowed on the Ball Fields

• Saturday July 21: A larger than usual Farmers Market – “Back to Basics: How we used to eat”

• Saturday July 21: Silent Films at the Sackville Music Hall, 11am to noon, 1 to 3pm. See old black and white silent movies, accompanied by local musicians, the way they used to be seen in the heyday of the Music Hall

• Saturday July 21: Mucking About at the Mill Pond: children’s picnic and activities at Silver Lake, 11.30am-1.30pm

• Saturday July 21: Campbell’s Carriage Factory: children’s activities, 1.30pm-2.45pm

• Saturday July 21: SACKVILLE 250: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION AT THE MUSIC BARN
  -- 3pm to 4.30pm: Scotty and the Stars – Children’s show. This musical duo of Scott Sampson and Andy Cotter provide a live theatrical and musical experience where children march, stomp, clap and dance their way through this interactive and fun-filled musical journey. The children’s musical entertainment group delivers positive messages, active participation and musical education through original music and enthusiastic live performances. Target age group is Daycare to Grade 5. Scotty and the Stars was nominated for a 2011 East Coast Music Award. The new album entitled “Making Music” was nominated for “Children’s Recording of the Year! Door prizes of books and albums. http://www.scottyandthestars.com/
  -- 4.30pm to 6.30pm: BBQ - a fundraiser for the FoodBank
  -- 6pm to 7pm: Ivan and Vivian Hicks and friends, including Tom Johnson and Del Wheaton. "Ivan and Vivian have made an outstanding contribution to the Canadian music scene. Many awards and honours have come to them including induction into the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame (Ivan & Vivian) and the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame (Ivan). Ivan and Vivian Hicks have always demanded and achieved a high standard of excellence in their performances and related musical activities."
  -- 7pm to 7.30pm: Stacey Read
  -- 7.30pm to 9pm: Ray Legere and Acoustic Horizon: Ray Legere is the 2003 ECMA (East Coast Music Award) Winner for "Bluegrass Artist Of The Year" which he also won in 1996. Ray is a five-time winner of the Eastern Division Bluegrass Awards in the categories of Mandolin and Fiddle " Player of the Year", honors which have distinguished him with a "Masters Award" for each

• Sunday July 22: Sackville 250 Sunday at the Owens, 2pm-4pm

• August 5: Sackville Sounds. Concert featuring music of our time, created in Sackville as we know it, at the Bandstand Park, at 11am. The composer/performers will be Steve Lambke (also known as Baby Eagle) and WL Altman, with Helen Pridmore - the Marshians. A really interesting program, using poems by 3 different Sackville poets as well as words written by the members of the group

• September 7 to October 14: "24 Ironworkers of Sackville" Exhibition by Evan Rensch on ironworkers at Enterprise Fawcett Foundry, at Owens Art Gallery

-- Sunday September 23: “Songs We Sang In 1762”, a musical tribute to our founding communities: the Mi'kmaq, the Acadians, the British Garrison at Fort Cumberland, and the New England Planters. The event will engage local musicians in reviving music (popular songs, military airs, folk and fiddle tunes etc) that would have been current during the mid eighteenth century

• November 12 - 14: Sackville I'm Yours - the Moving Image. A series of films and videos related to and based on Sackville's landscape, people, and community, or that use the idea of Sackville to construct a moving image. The Vogue Cinema, 6 pm. Curated by Struts Gallery