Date: Jul 14, 2025
Community festival celebrating 52 years of locals and visitors gathering and spending a week enjoying local music, games, markets, canoe races, soft ball tournaments, dances, fire works, delicious desserts at the strawberry tea, pop up bbq’s and so much more!
Monday, July 14
10am Salt Mountain Hike
12pm-3pm Free Swim @ Fair Isle Motel
6pm Evening Paddle@ Main Street at The Big W
6:30pm Family Movie Night @ Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre
Tuesday, July 15
10am-12pm Card Tournament @ Waterfront Centre
12-3pm Free Swim @ Fair Isle Motel
2-5pm/6-9pm St. Andrews Silent Auction @ St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
4:30-6pm Family Walking Club @ Lower Park
6pm Behind the Sirens @ WEC
6:30pm Pickleball Tournament @ Waterfront Centre
Wednesday, July 16
10am-11am Garden and Chicken Coop Tour @l’Arche Cape Breton
12-3pm Free Swim @ Fair Isle Motel
2-5pm/6-9pm St. Andrews Silent Auction @ St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
7:30-9:30pm Family Square Dance with Shelly and Allan @ Waterfront Centre
Thursday, July 17
1:30-3pm Strawberry Tea @ Skye Glen & Centreville Community Hall
12-3pm Free Swim @ Fair Isle Motel
4:30-6pm Family Walking Club @ Lower Park
6-8pm Main Street Fair – Canoe Races, Jump Rope Comp, Plastic Axe Throwing, Toy Swap, Whycocomagh Daycare Sale and so much more! @ Main Street at The Big W
8:30pm Trivia! @ Waterfront Centre
Friday, July 18
9am-3pm Home Hardware Fishing Lessons @ Waterfront Centre
12-3pm Free Swim @ Fair Isle Motel
1-3pm Teddy Bear Picnic @ Lower Park
2pm Ceilidh on Main @ St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
6-9pm Bayside Community Market @ Bayside
9pm-1am Dance 19+, Live Music with Robbie Maclean @ Whycocomagh Fire Hall
Saturday, July 19
All day Ball Tournament @ Blues Mills Field and Lions Den Field
9-11am Pancake Breakfast @ St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
11am-2pm Community Market @ Bayside Garden
12-3pm Free Swim @ Fair Isle Motel
12pm Parade Starting at the School and ending by St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Immediately after parade: WCS and WEC Reunion BBQ – Games, Bouncy Castles, and much more! Live Music with Eddy Cummings @WEC School
9pm-1am Dance 19+, Live Music with Alter Ego @ Blues Mills Fire Hall
Sunday, July 20
All day Ball Tournament @ Blues Mills Field
12-3pm Free Swim @ Fair Isle Motel
6pm Sunset Closing – Games, BBQ, Beer Garden, and Live Music starting with Darlene and The Corner Crew and ending the night with Dan McCarthy @ Waterfront Centre
Fire Works at Dusk @ Waterfront Centre
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