This year's Ashmont Heritage Days event is set to be a mixture of some past favourites, along with some new additions being added to the weekend of fun and community.
For Sean Dolan, the event chairman for Ashmont Heritage Days, he is most excited about some of the new and re-instated events that will take place at this year's Heritage Days, set to take place on Aug. 10, 11 and 12.
This year's theme is "Home grown," so with that organizers have brought back a bench show for some home made preserves and baked goods, and a home-based or farm-based trade show. Also, there will be a small animal trade show with everything from rabbits and chickens to pigs and sheep, says Dolan.
"There also be some excitement with lawnmower races tractor pulls and the locker auction, where we take old school lockers and bring them to local businesses to fill full of all kinds of merchandise. On Saturday, the lockers are opened, you get a quick look at what you can see in the locker, and the lockers get auctioned off to the highest bidder."
The weekend also includes a slo-pitch tournament on Saturday and Sunday, open to recreational and family based teams. The cost to enter the tournament is $100 per team, and registration can be done by calling (780) 210-0563.
Friday night festivities will kick off the weekend with a beer gardens, lawn mower races, local talent as entertainment, and food truck concessions.
Saturday will be a full day of events, starting with a pancake breakfast at the Ashmont Fire Hall from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., the parade will run through the community at 11 a.m. The trade show and critter sale will take place at the Agriplex throughout the day.
More food, and fun will round off the day with a kids' carnival taking place from 1 to 4 p.m., which will include a kids' rodeo, bouncy house, face painting, and kids farm hand games. The bench show will run from 1 to 3 p.m. and an adult farm hand game will take place in the afternoon also.
A kids demolition derby will be held from 3 to 4 p.m., followed by antique tractor and lawn mower pulls from 4 to 7 p.m. Following supper, the locker wars and pie auction will take place, and a chicken drop lottery will be done at 9 p.m.
The night will wrap up with an outdoor movie at about 10 p.m.
Sunday will see the last of the slo-pitch games take place.
For information about the bench show, contact Cheryl at (780) 614-5086; and for information about getting involved with the trade show, contact Melissa at (780) 210-0610. The enter the critter sale, contact Penny at (587) 280-0275.
And to enter the pulls or races, call Adam at (780) 210-0509.
