Productions Café Heritage is preparing for the annual Rayside Balfour Heritage Days Festival this weekend, but this year things are different.
Café Heritage is taking a new strategic approach to this year’s festival weekend by focusing on providing education, not just entertainment.
“The purpose of the project is to create an intimate acoustic setting where our performers; both professional and amateur, will be able to create a fun afternoon filled with storytelling, jamming, dancing, and connecting with walk-in artists from across Northeastern Ontario,” the Café Heritage website says.
The festival runs from June 9 to 11 with concerts, fireworks, food venders and more.
Here’s a breakdown of the different activities and events over the weekend:
Thursday, June 9 at Whitewater Lake Park, Azilda
- From 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. there will be demonstrations and displays presented by police services, emergency services and fire services.
- From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. there will be music by Cold Cut and PRAM
- At 10 p.m. there will be a fireworks show by Dream Catcher
Friday, June 10 at Chelmsford Arena, Chelmsford
- Concert with performers Duncan Cameron (Celtic/Folk/East Coast), Claude Lecuyer (Country/Blue Grass), Paul Lemelin (Chansons a Répondre) and Johnny Williams (Rock ‘n Roll)
- Concert starts at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m.
Saturday, June 11
- Parade from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- The parade will go from École Champlain to Errington to Main to Edward and back to École Champlain
- The participating members of the parade are the Blue Saints, Imperial Knights, Sudbury & District Pipe Band. Sudbury Sea Cadets, Sudbury Police Pipe B and Community Floats
- To register a float for the parade, visit the link here
- From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. there will be concerts, a wicked wheels show, a children’s festival, a barbecue and food vendors at the Côté Water Park in Chelmsford.
- At 6 p.m. doors will open at the Edgar Leclair Centre at the Azilda Arena for the Super Sound Explosion Sonore (with artists performing classic rock). Tickets are $35 and sold in advance. You can purchase your tickets here.
