Festival Schedule

For updates and more details visit our website:

penderharbourdays.ca.

Friday, July 10

6:00—7:30 PM / Gov’t Docks & Pender Harbour The Pender Harbour Pipe & Drum Band will announce the beginning of the Boat Parade, playing from the deck of a local vessel. Historical wooden and classic boats, and even the local dragon boat team—followed by any visiting or local vessel that wishes to participate—may fall in and follow the Band as they pipe our guests around the harbour past public and private docks and wharfs where the public are invited to come and watch

the parade as it goes by.

7:30—10:00 PM / Millennium Park, Madeira Park

Members of the Sechelt (shíshálh) Nation will

perform a traditional greeting to the visitors and

guests to the area.

8:00—10:00 PM / Pender Harbour School of Music

The Pender Harbour Music Society

(penderharbourmusic.ca) presents an evening

of musical entertainment to welcome the visiting

boaters, and all other visitors, to Pender Harbour.

The event takes place at the Pender Harbour School

of Music adjacent to the Wharf at Madeira Park, and

features professional performing artists from Pender

Harbour. In the line-up are: Mark Brezer – singer,

songwriter, guitarist; Katrina Bishop – singer,

songwriter, pianist; Mark Vance – singer, songwriter,

guitarist; and Kenneth Johnson – composer, producer,

pianist. From this beautiful location, the music will

spill out over the surrounding lawns for all to enjoy

while watching the sunset.

Saturday, July 11

9:00—11:00 AM / McNeil Lake area

Join the Pender Harbour Hiking Club for a

two hour hike (trail map: penderharbour.ca/

event-location-maps.html) consisting of Lazy Boy,

Copper Head and Old Pole Road. Boaters wishing

to participate may look for a ride in front of the

elementary school in Madeira park. Cars will leave

there at 8:45am sharp. Boaters in Garden Bay may

catch a ride at 8:40am meeting at the Rotary Picnic

Shelter between Garden Bay and Hospital Bay.

Anyone with a car may meet us at the end of

Menacher Road by the horse corrals. They will be

leaving there at 9:00am carpooling to the trails.

10:00 AM / Sarah Wray Hall, Irvines Landing Road

This 1930s one-room schoolhouse, once Irvine’s

Landing School, has been restored by volunteers

for community use. Come out and view the historic

displays by Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society

and enjoy the outdoor art competition. Refreshments

will be available. Take the SloCat from the Government

Wharf at Madeira Park to Irvine’s Landing dock and

ride the Wood Duck bus to the hall, minutes away.

10:00 AM—2:00 PM / EarthFair Store (outside)

The Ruby Lake Lagoon Society (lagoonsociety.com)

are hosting a Welcome tent with local information

and a marine display tank. Visit the Iris Griffi th

Interpretive Centre while you are here.

10:00 AM—3:00 PM / Madeira Park School Grounds

Join us at the Arts & Craft Centre on the Elementary

School Grounds at Madeira Park, hosted by the

Pender Harbour Fall Fair Society. Crafts of all kinds,

and lots to see. Find your long sought piece or just

enjoy the browsing and company of a market place.

10:00 AM—3:00 PM / Gov’t Wharf at Madeira ParkTake a walk to the Government Wharf in Madeira Park and take in the collection of heritage boats moored along the docks. This includes a select number of wooden row boats (special thanks to Rick Crook and Bruce Thompson) and maritime artifacts on display (special thanks to Daniel Chat with the captain and crew and learn about the history, if not stories, of these wonderful old and cherished vessels.

11:00 AM—2:00 PM / Outside Sarah Wray Hall,

Irvines Landing Road

Enter this art competition with your children

or grandchildren. No experience is necessary.

Draw “What Pender Harbour Means to Me”

– no visual aids please. Prizes will be given in

three categories (under 12, 13-18, adults). Art

supplies will be provided for the 18s and under.

Adults: bring your own chair, sketch pad and

pencils, pens or charcoal – no paints. Judging will

be at 1:30pm. Register at www.penderharbour.ca/

art-at-irvines-landing.html

11:00 AM—11:00 PM / Royal Canadian Legion

The Legion will host on all day open house celebrating

everything Pender Harbour and the Legion. Meat

Draw at 3:00 PM. BBQ Burgers from 5:00 PM on.

Music by Skinny Jimmy & the Preachers.

12:00—2:00 PM / Garden Bay

Join the Garden Bay Sailing Club (gardenbay

sailingclub.com) for a sailboat race around the inner

Pender Harbour. All are welcome and find the club

at their web site: and on VHF channel 6. The course

is set each Saturday race day, and all comers are

welcome. Boats intending to participate should

gather between Mary Island and Garden Peninsular

by 11:45 AM, when the course will be announced.

1:00 PM / Garden Bay Pub docks

Phaedra Lynn Hicks hosts a Stand Up Paddle Board

Yoga Demonstration below the outside patio at the

Garden Bay Pub.

Sunday, July 12

10:00 AM—3:00 PM / Gov’t Wharf at Madeira ParkCome to the docks at Madeira Park to view a tour of local and visiting heritage boats, wooden row boats, and even our local dragon boat. If you ask nicely there might even be an opportunity to ride in one of these

classic row boats.

1:30—2:45 PM / Madeira Park Outdoor Classroom

The Traditional Celtic Big Band will be presenting

a concert at the outdoor classroom at Maderia Park

Harbour. This group of youth musician ages 14–25,

from across the Coast and Canada, come together to

preform a concert of traditional Celtic Music melded

with contemporary music. They are directed by

Iain Fraser and Hamish Napier from Scotland and

James Law, originally from Roberts Creek.

2:00—6:00 PM / Madeira Park

The Pender Harbour Community Hall presents

Live Music Open Mic. Bring your voice, an instrument,

or dancing shoes and join us in celebrating youth

and our talented community. Potluck, popcorn,

and a pop. Bring a dish to share + $2 donation.

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NOTE:

Ride the Slocat to all the Saturday event locations

($10/per person/trip). Pick up locations include

the Government Dock at Madeira Park, Garden Bay

Pub, and Irvines Landing. Call 604.741.3796

for reservations.

aBCE

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Madeira Park

a Government Wharf:

• Pender Harbour Pipe & Drum Band

• Sechelt (shíshálh) Nation Opening Ceremony

• Heritage, Row and Dragon Boats

• Community School fi shing class for kids

B Pender Harbour School of Music:

• Performance by Kenneth Norman Johnson

C Madeira Park Elementary School:

• Pender Harbour Fall Fair Society

• Traditional Celtic Big Band

D Branch 112 Royal Canadian Legion (Lillies Lake Rd):

• Open house & BBQ

E Pender Harbour Community Hall:

• Live Music Open Mic

Hospital Bay & Garden Bay

f Hospital Bay and Salish Sea:

• Garden Bay Sailing Club Race

g Garden Bay Pub:

• Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga Demonstration

outside the Garden Bay Pub.

Irvines Landing

h Sarah Wray Hall (Irvines Landing Rd):

• Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society museum

• “What Pender Harbour Means to Me”

Art Competition

Did you know ?

1 The Government Wharf in Madeira Park

is one of many locations to catch the Slocat

boat. Tour dock-to-dock to enjoy each festival

location. http://www.slocat.ca

2 Hospital Bay, Garden Bay, and Irvines

Landing are approx. 15min from Madeira Park.

Take the Sunshine Coast Hwy North. Turn left

at Garden Bay Rd (gas station). Use this road

to Hospital and Garden Bay. Or make a slight

right onto Irvines Landing Road. Sarah Wray

Hall is at the intersection at the corner of

Irvines Landing Rd and Hotel Lake Rd.

Festival Event Locations