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Thank you for joining us for the Frost & Fire Winter Festival! 

We're so happy to see so many people enjoying the various activities that took place over the weekend. From Perth Tourism, Town of Perth, our businesses, entertainers, and vendors - thank you! 

Check out photos from the event.

Be sure to RSVP for our next event - Perth Night Market (Saturday, September 16).


 

Check out the some of the highlights from last year's event in the video below;

 

Schedule of Events

Download Your Printable Program and Map

Download Your Printable Scavenger Hunt Card

Download Your Printable Bingo Card

Both Saturday and Sunday
TimeActivityLocationCost
All day Outdoor Skating (Visit the Outdoor Ice Rinks page to check the rink status)

Perth Fire Station

Stewart Park

Free
All day Froid d'Art Outdoor Art Show Bandshell behind Town Hall Free
All day Sledding Conlon Farm Recreation Complex Free
10am-5pm Vendor Marketplace Crystal Palace Free
10am-5pm Sugar on Snow by Salmon River Sugar Bush Crystal Palace $4
10am-5pm Axe Throwing Crystal Palace (outside) $5/10 throws
10am-5pm Scavenger Hunt & Bingo Start at Perth Museum or Crystal Palace Free
10am-5pm Crafts and Activities Perth Museum By Donation
12-3pm Matt Dickson Performs Crystal Palace Free
Extra Fun on Saturday
TimeActivityLocationCost
10am-5pm Laser Tag Code Park near Big Ben Free
11am-3pm Perth Curling Club Open House Perth Curling Club Free
11am-3pm Horse & Wagon Rides Tay Basin Free
1-3pm Open Swim Perth & District Indoor Pool Free
3-6pm Bowling The Spare Room Lanes fully Booked! Canteen still open for hotdogs and slushies.
5-6pm Open Skate Perth & District Community Centre Free
7:30-9:30pm Working - The Musical Studio Theatre $22-27
8-11pm Blue Wings Home Game  Perth & District Community Centre Up to $10/ticket
Extra Fun on Sunday
TimeActivityLocationCost
9-11am Pancake Breakfast Perth Fire Station (parking at rear of building) Free
11am-2pm Horse & Wagon Rides Tay Basin Free
12-3pm Bowling The Spare Room Lanes fully Booked! Canteen still open for hotdogs and slushies.
1-2pm Blue Wings Fan Skate Perth & District Community Centre Free
1-3pm Snowshoeing Stewart Park Free
2-4pm Working - The Musical Studio Theatre $22-27
2:30-3pm Fire/LED Performance Tay Basin Free
4:15-4:45pm Fire/LED Performance Tay Basin Free

 

Participating Businesses 

Many businesses in Perth will be joining the event, and details will continue to be added!

 Foster Street

 

NameOpen Sunday?What's Happening
Balderson Kidz Yes

Balderson Kidz's alien friends will be taking in the Frost & Fire Festival on Saturday! They will have a stack of special Balderson Kidz coupons to hand out, make sure you say Hi and get yours! 

  

Stop in the shop Saturday from 10 - 5 and Sunday from 11-3 to create your own Frost & Fire bookmark for free and come check out all they have in store! 

Miss Penny's Closet No

Up to 60% off on ladies winter clothing and 25% off the in-stock spring ladies collection

The Rideau Candy Shop  Yes
  • Frost and Fire mystery bags are back and random ones will have bonus gift cards.
  • Frozen Hot Chocolate
  • Guess how many candies in the jar contest (limit one ballot per person for the entirety of the festival)
  • Kids Lollipop pull game

 

 Gore Street
 
NameOpen Sunday?What's Happening
Flutterby Home No Door prize draws
Hay Design Inc. Yes

Saturday - 1896 Candle Co. Pop-Up Shop! 12pm-5pm

Saturday & Sunday - Frost & Fire Themed Sale!

Mariposa Design Inc. Yes Door prize draws and a special promotion (details to come!)
Michael's Table No Kids eat free, dine in only. Contact Michael's Table for details.
North Folk Café Yes
  • Craft Station for Kids from 8-5 on Saturday and Sunday
  • All-Ages Lego Competition using Lego from their bin
  • Board Game Sunday from 3-5. Sign up for a team, reserve a table, or simply show up! Enjoy deals on grilled cheese, hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookie combos for kids, and virgin Sangria during Board Game Sunday hours
  • Bagel and pastry samples while supplies last
  • Accepting donations to the Alzheimer's Society. Help the Forget-Me-Not flower wall grow!
The Garage Sports Bar  No

Saturday, February 18th from 8:00 PM until 12 midnight

Live with Open Road band for a post St. Valentine’s day gig
Door prizes, Pizza and Chocolate
Cash cover $27.50/person
Tickets available at the bar
Cash bar only
Here for the weekend? The Garage also has The Trevor Walsh band on Friday February 17! 8:00 PM until 12 midnight. 
$10 cash cover 
Tickets available at the bar
Cash bar only 
Treasure Lane By The Tay Yes

Treasure Lane By The Tay is open for additional hours to serve you over the Frost & Fire Winter Festival weekend. Stop in to say Hi and to see what they have in store. 

Strévé Design 

No

Visit the Frost and Fire art exhibition in the loft gallery at Strévé featuring Perth and Ottawa area artists:

  • Wendy Quirt, Wildlife Painter
  • Karen Wynne MacKay, Abstract Painter
  • Mette Baker; Landscape Artist
  • Anita Payne, Textile Artist
  • Jean down and Roberta Murrant, Textile Artists
  • Cheryl Straby, Textile and Collage Artist

Where Dragons Fly

Yes
  • In Store Savings for Natural Home and Self Care Merchandise
  • Frost and Fire Weekend for Where Dragons Fly Contest;  with each purchase in store purchase of 10.00 or more - fill in a ballot identifying who your "Frost" or "Fire" is and "Why" for your chance to win a gift of Self Care Pampering Love
 Wilson and Herriott Streets (including Code's Mill, Best Western and the Perkins Building)
 
NameOpen Sunday?What's Happening
Best Western Perth Parkside Inn and Spa Yes  Book two nights at the Best Western for Frost & Fire Winter Festival and receive 25% off your room! Call for details and to reserve. 
Blackfly Grub Hub Yes Serving specialty donuts and gourmet hotdogs
EcoBou Yes

One ballot per purchase to enter a draw for a free Glamour Shot session

The Spare Room Bowling Lanes Yes

The bowling lanes are fully booked, but the canteen is still open for hotdogs and slushies.

Turtle Fusion Yes

Offering free hot chocolate in store, coupon can be picked up in the Crystal Palace (first come first serve; limited quantities available each day)

Colouring contest (can be taken home and brought back or sent through social media when done). Winner will receive a $20 gift card. Winner picked by random draw and not determined by colouring skill.

 Satellite Locations Across Perth
 
NameOpen Sunday?What's Happening
The Hungry 7 No Enjoy the special New Orleans menu at The Hungry 7 (hint hint: it starts on Valentine's Day!)
Laketown Beer Co. Yes

Join the Laketown Crew for a bridge-building contest! Open from 12-4 each day, drop in for this free activity and contest targeted to children from 4-14. Reservations not required! 

 

What's on the menu for Festival weekend? You'll love the beer, cider, wine and non-alcoholic drink selection, as well as the Laketown Authentic Pizza, popcorn, charcuterie board, nut mix and Audrey's Black Bean Dip. 

Perth Brewery Yes Get 10% off all merch at Perth Brewery for Frost & Fire Winter Festival weekend
Perth Curling Club No  Perth Curling Club Open House and Warming Station from 11-3 on Saturday February 18. Drop in for on-ice curling demonstrations and off-ice curling activities, and for a hot chocolate! Please remove your footwear before leaving the front door. Note: there are stairs into the building and to get to the activities.

Penny's Place

Yes Kids eat free, dine-in only. Contact Penny's Place for details.

The Garage Sports Bar 

No Saturday, February 18th from 8:00 PM until 12 midnight
Live with Open Road band for a post St. Valentine’s day gig
Door prizes, Pizza and Chocolate
Cash cover $27.50/person
Tickets available at the bar
Cash bar only
Here for the weekend? The Garage also has The Trevor Walsh band on Friday February 17! 8:00 PM until 12 midnight. 
$10 cash cover 
Tickets available at the bar
Cash bar only 

Turtle Fusion

Yes Offering free hot chocolate in store, coupon can be picked up in the Crystal Palace (first come first serve; limited quantities available each day)

Colouring contest (can be taken home and brought back or sent through social media when done). Winner will receive a $20 gift card. Winner picked by random draw and not determined by colouring skill.

 

Vendor Marketplace @ the Crystal Palace

Participating Vendors
NameDetailsPayment Method(s) Accepted
Acoustic Insect Art Studio Hello! My name is Celeste of Acoustic Insect Art Studio. I am a local visual artist who loves nature, fantasy and whatever else may catch my interest. I find inspiration in the landscapes around me and the stories in my imagination.

Cash

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Copious Copious is a clothing brand that has created its own eco-system through circular fashion. By keeping my production locally made I see my waste, and through this experience, I have created collections, like the Conscious Heart Sweaters, where each heart is cut from scrap fabric that would normally be thrown away, or the THREADED collection, where I take stained or damaged clothing and upcycle it to make one of a kind pieces.

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Custom Crafts David Murray is the creative force behind Custom Crafts. He enjoys restoring, designing, and creating functional and decorative items from wood. His interests range from woodturning to uncommon joinery which allows him to create a variety of products. David also undertakes creative projects in response to custom requests. Cash
Daydreams by Dani Dani is a mainly self-taught pyrography artist.  Her one-of-a-kind works come from that place in her head where wool is being gathered and clouds are being burst.  What wacky wonders will she come up with next?

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Hlkmacarons Hlkmacarons is a micro-bakery located in Perth, Ontario, specializing in Italian macarons.  We strive to use local ingredients and eco-friendly packaging as much as possible. Our goal is to create a delicious product that brings a smile to your face. From extravagant weddings to a night on the couch with Netflix, our macarons are perfect for every occasion.

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Jiny's Kimchi

Happy New Year!
I'll cook your favorite Korean food for the Family day weekend! Come to the winter festival and have lots of fun!

Cash
John Shea Fine Art Original landscapes in watercolour with a focus on the rural stone architecture of 19th c. eastern Ontario.

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Junior & The Kid BBQ Do you love delicious BBQ and flavourful sauces? Junior & The Kid makes a variety of BBQ sauces using fresh ingredients and collaborations to create unique and exciting sauce flavours! Whether you like sweet or spicy, there is something sure to satisfy your palate. Be sure to check out their delicious wood fired, low and slow BBQ from ribs to brisket, BBQ cone, BBQ stew, and more!

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Just A Bit Knotty Creating beautiful piece of wood art and home decor since 2017. Located in Williamsburg, Ontario.

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Kanine Kerchiefs Dog Lover Products

We are a local mother and daughter team, Myself (Christine) and Mom (Shirley) who joined our talents to make this company come to life.


At Kanine Kerchiefs Dog Lover Products we are driven by our love for dogs and a desire to create unique high quality products.


Our products are made of 100% PREMIUM quilting cottons. The fabrics we use are mostly Canadian produced and all locally sourced fabrics.
All fabric prints are made into limited runs of kerchiefs, scrunchies and more.

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Le Donut Stop Craving mini donuts? Come and get 'em! Your favourite pink mini donut truck is ready to serve you mini donuts, HOT, FRESH, AND DELICIOUS!

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Lisa's Scrubbies Unique and handcrafted Scrubbies and hanging towels. A variety of colors and patterns to suit your individual home décor. They make great affordable gifts. Our products are family friendly and suitable for all types of events.

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Mary Capper Mary Capper is a local author promoting her recently published novel, 'Sonnish … Whispers Through Time'. The story will take you on a journey to war torn France during the Great War where our heroine, Milly serves for four years as an ambulance driver on the Western Front. We learn how the people and events that she encountered shape her life as we follow her back to England and on to Canada. The novel carries with it a strong mystic element derived from Milly's Celtic roots on the Isle of Man.

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Michelle's Filipino Food

Authentic and ready to eat Filipino "comfort" food!
I, Michelle, started cooking and sharing my family's favorite recipes in 2017 here in a beautiful town of Perth.

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Neblina y Noche We are a husband and wife duo that create handmade jewellery and pottery. We are inspired largely by the years we spent living off-grid in the Mexican desert but are also finding new inspiration from the beauty of our new surroundings here in the Ottawa Valley. We create beautiful, functional and decorative pieces of art that we love to see become a part of our customers lives.

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Organic Love Mama

Organic Love Mama- our boys made this name for me that we love traditoional way to grown and make organic to eat.

We grow our own garlics to make garlic products and ferment garlics in low heat and dry them to make black garlic products.

All our products are made with mostly certified/non-certified organically grown materials.

We would like to share and learn healthy traditional way with all of you.

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Patriot Acres Silver After serving over 30yrs in the Canadian Forces, Barb found her retirement niche and happy place working with silver. Unique handmade pure silver jewellery inspired by nature and the mystical world. Every piece tells a story.

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Salmon River Sugar Bush Salmon River Sugar Bush is a family owned and operated maple producer. Offering sugar on snow as well as a variety of maple products.

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Shards of Time Carol Mitchell of Shards of Time uses stained glass as her creative outlet. "Shards" of glass as well as other elements including barn board, brick, stones and old, reclaimed windows are part of her signature design. Living on a hobby farm outside Lansdowne, ON, Carol draws inspiration from her country surroundings.

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Stevens Pottery We are Jeff and Nora Stevens of Stevens Pottery and we create unique and colourful stoneware pottery in our home studio in Madoc, Ontario.   Playing in the mud and colouring outside the lines, does it get better than that?

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Turtle Fusion

At Turtle Fusion offer custom Tie Dyed and upcycled apparel. Tie-Dye is the art of Tieing your item and dyeing with bright colors. Tie-Dye is an ageless art always in style.

No two shirts alike, express yourself with a custom Tee from Turtle Fusion custom apparel and gifts.

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Twisted Thistle Art Co. I am Lisa McShane of Twisted Thistle Art Co. I am a Fibre artist creating artworks little artworks with a needle and thread. I am a biologist by day and a thread artist on evenings and weekends, so my inspiration comes from the natural world and the beauty of landscapes, trees, flowers and bugs! I hope you will love my work as much as I love creating it.

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Well-Phoria

Locally, Hand-Poured Zodiac, Chakra and Pyramid Crystal, Fun and Luxury candles. Made from 100% Soywax. Handcrafted Reiki Charged healing jewelry and a arrangement of all natural body lotions.

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Willow Bay Naturals

At Willow Bay Naturals, we create natural soap, body & home care products. Our luxurious skincare is enhanced with essentials oils & botanicals rather than artificial fragrances/micas.

Our wood wick candles are custom blended with one of a kind clean scents . Good for the Earth. Great for your skin.

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Windblest Apothecary Windblest apothecary crafts botanically infused tallow soaps, salves, and body products. Made locally in Lanark county with homegrown and wildcrafted herbs. Their products are long lasting, and deeply nourishing, great for the whole family. Made with all natural ingredients; clays, botanicals, and essential oils

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Frequently Asked Questions

 Where can I park?

There are several public parking lots in Perth (bonus - parking is free on weekends!);

  • Wilson Street (located just south of Foster St.)
  • Herriott Street (two lots located on either side of Drummond St.)
  • Tay Basin (limited parking will be available)
  • Perth Curling Club has generously allowed Perth Tourism to use their parking lot for this event too! (located on Beckwith St. on the south side of the bridge)

Parking is free for two hours on Town streets within the BIA. Side streets are available for parking as well unless otherwise marked.

We recommend arriving early, and if you live in Town, we recommend walking/cycling if you can.

Need more info? Check the map at perth.ca/parking.

Where can I find washrooms?
  • Town Hall - open daily 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. 
  • Perth Museum & Visitor Information - open from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
  • The Perth & District Union Public Library - open Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Seeking a change table, gender neutral washroom or other additional info? Visit perth.ca/washrooms.

What should I pack?
  • Warm clothing
  • Appropriate footwear
  • Snowshoes
  • Skates
  • Sleds 
  • And a swimsuit if you plan to visit the pool!

Most events are being held outdoors, so be sure to dress accordingly! Equipment rentals are not available in Perth, so if you'd like to partake in skating or snowshoeing, please bring the right equipment.

 I'm coming from out of town. Where can I stay?

Best Western Plus Perth Parkside Inn & Spa and Nevis Estate as well as additional motels along HWY 7. Several independent vacation rentals are available both in and near Perth as well.

You can find the complete list and booking links here: perth.ca/accommodations

I'd like to make it a weekend trip. Can you help?
Yes! Check out these pages when planning your trip:
  • What to Do
  • Attractions 
  • Eat & Drink
  • Shopping and Stores
  • Plan Your Trip
  • Bring the Kids
  • Visitor Information Centre
  • Accommodations

Best Western Perth Parkside Inn and Spa is offering a promotion for the festival: stay for two nights that weekend and enjoy 25% off your room! Call the hotel for details and to reserve. 

I still have questions. Where can I find more information?
Visit the Perth Museum & Visitor Information Centre from 10-5 during the event. You'll find event info, Perth info, maps, brochures, and friendly faces to help you find what you are looking for. Even public washrooms and a first aid kit! There is a defibrillator inside as well. 

 

Wondering what other events are happening in Perth this year? Save the date for Festival of the Maples, Perth Night Market, Stewart Park Festival and more by visiting Perth Tourism's Festivals and Events page and the online event calendar.   

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