Concert tickets are on sale now - use the link below to book Friday and Saturday night events.
To book concert tickets call 709 243-2899 or visit www.theatrenewfoundland.com
To book workshops call 709 243-2023 or email grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

Check back regularly - the schedule is updated as activities are confirmed!

Our very own Daniel Payne and local musicians The Misfits - Rick Biggin, Calvin Payne and,Wayne Finley will be “popping up” at various times and locations throughout the festival.

Summary of Schedule Changes

• Harvest at the Botanical Garden will now happen at 2:00pm rather than 3:00 on Saturday the 20th, with music!
  
  

Thursday, September 18

9:00am-12:00pm
Long Range Academy
Grade K-6: Yarn painting workshop with Denise Dolliver, to be held at Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts (transportation will be arranged).
Grade 7-12: TBD

12:00pm
Opening Luncheon & Music
Homemade beef vegetable soup, sandwich and partridgeberry cheesecake dessert, tea and coffee
Preorder preferred
Location: Shallow Bay Motel 709 243-2471

1:00pm
Long Range Academy (for students only) (tentative)
Activities with Parks Canada - Western Field Unit

1:30pm-4:30pm
Speed Crafting!
Join the Great Northern Peninsula Heritage Network as they demonstrate a variety of traditional crafts. Spend time at each crafting station to learn the various arts - kits will be available for purchase for hands-on learning!
Location: St. Mary’s Church Hall
Price: event free of charge, variable pricing for kits

5:00pm to closing
Supper
Restaurant specials - Jake’s 1/2 Rack Ribs, Pan Fried Cod Dinner (specials include dessert, tea & coffee)
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

8:00pm
Opening Concert
FOLKIT
Location: Shallow Bay Motel
Price: $20 for advance seat reservation, or by donation at the door

Friday, September 19

9:00am
Long Range Academy (for students only)
Music with local musicians

10:00am-4:00pm
3 day Moose Tufting Workshop with Duncan Chisholm begins
Learn the ancient art of moose tufting using caribou and moose hair to produce your own framed work of art.
Location: Cow Head Town Hall
Price: $300

10:00am-4:00pm
Creative Stitches with Rug Hooking Workshop with Molly White
Discover how to combine rug hooking and embroidery stitching to create 3-dimensional art.
Location: Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts
Price: $100

10:30am-4:30pm
Dyer’s Make-N-Take
Paint your own designs onto a knitted fingering weight “blank” to create your own unique sock yarn. Your double-knit sock blank can then be unraveled when dry into 2 50g balls of yarn to create (mostly) matching socks, mittens, or whatever your creative mind decides!
Due to limited space, pre-registration is recommended - happening on an ongoing basis throughout the day.
Location: Skivvers Fibre Studio & Wool Craft
Price: $50

12:00pm
Dinner with local musicians
Seafood platter special
Location: Gros Morne Restaurant and Gas Bar

12:00pm
Dinner with local musicians
Seafood chowder & roll, partridgeberry or bakeapple cheesecake, tea and coffee
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

1:00pm
Long Range Academy (for students only) (tentative)
Activities with Parks Canada - Western Field Unit

1:00pm
Medicine Food Walk
Join Marcella Williams, Indigenous Interpreter with the Parks Canada Western Field Unit, for a medicine food walk on Cow Head Summerside
Location: Meet at Ampitheatre parking lot, Cow Head Summerside (the “Head”)
Price: free of charge

1:00pm-4:00pm
Community Memories - Scanning Party
Heritage NL and the Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum and Craft Shop are hosting a Scanning Party and want to see you there!
A Scanning Party is an informal photo collection session where community members bring their photographs to be scanned at the event and then taken back home with them the same day. From the 19th century to the 1990s, we’re looking for photographs of Cow Head and the surrounding area.
Location: Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum & Craft Shop

3:00pm
Recitations, Stories & Music
Join special guests Don Dunphy, June Finley and more!
Location: Outside the Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum & Craft Shop (In the event of inclement weather, it will be held at St. Mary’s Anglican Church)

5:00pm
Moose Supper & Sides Dishes with live music - sponsored by St. Mary’s Anglican Church Women.
Location: St. Mary’s Church Hall
Price: $15

5:00pm to closing
Supper
Restaurant specials - Steak Dinner, Fisherman’s Platter (specials include dessert, tea & coffee)
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

8:00pm
Musical/Comedy Show
Shaun Majumder, opening with AcaBella
Location: Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts
Price: $50

10:00pm
Neddy’s Shed Party - Open Mic and Karaoke
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

Saturday, September 20

9:00am-11:00am
Beans, Bologna, and all the Fixins’ Breakfast
Wash it all down with a good dose of Traditional Newfoundland Music. Sponsored by War Memorial Committee
Location: St. Mary’s Church Hall
Price: $10

9:30am-4:00pm
Moose Tufting Workshop with Duncan Chisholm resumes

10:00am
Heart and Soul Hike (hiking, music, history, and cuisine)
Tour Cow Head Summerside with Glenda and some musical guests. Approx. 2 1/2 hrs.
Register at the museum at 709 243-2023 or email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com
Location: Meet at the amphitheater parking lot (Summerside). Limited capacity
In the case of light rain, the event will proceed as scheduled - in case of heavy rain, the hiking portion of this event will not proceed, and the music/history/cuisine
portion will happen at the Dr. Henry N Payne Museum.
Price: $40

10:00am-1:00pm
Sand Bowl Workshop
Learn to make decorative sand bowls using sand and glue.
Ages: open to all ages
Location: Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts
Price: $10 - pre-registration is required by calling 709-243-2899

11:00am to end of day
Little Red Truck
Photo op for those who wish to take pictures with the little red truck
Location: Fish shed near Seabreeze B&B

12:00pm-2:00pm
Dinner with local musicians
Homemade fishcakes with side salad, carrot cake, tea and coffee
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

12:00pm
Dinner with local musicians
Seafood platter special
Location: Gros Morne Restaurant and Gas Bar

1:00pm-3:00pm
Mystery Hike and Kite Flying
Join Cedric Davignon of the Parks Canada Western Field Unit and Niki Foley from Western Health on a mystery hike, followed by kite flying fun!
Location: Meet at Shallow Bay Day Use Area

1:00pm-5:00pm
Introduction to Framed Weaving Workshop with Denika Kelly
Learn the basic principles and techniques of weaving using a variety of natural materials.
Location: Cow Head Public Library
Price: $100

3:00pm
Kitchen Party
Traditional Music and Song
Location: Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum & Craft Shop garden (St Mary’s Church Hall in the event of poor weather)

2:00pm
Traditional Vegetable Harvesting - come harvest with us!
Location: St. Mary’s Botanical Garden

3:00pm-4:30pm
Crafting Demonstrations
Experience a variety of local craft, featuring fly-tying with Gary Shears, rug making with Charlotte Cryderman, thrummed knitting with Paula Whelan and more!
Location: Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum & Craft Shop

5:00pm
Special Dinner with Jake Meade
Reservations required - visit the Shallow Bay Motel Facebook page or our What’s Happening section for menu details.
Location: Shallow Bay Motel 709 243-2471

8:00pm
Musical Concert
The Irish Descendants, opening with The Misfits
Location: Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts
Price: $50

8:00pm
Songs and Stories of the Stars - with Bonnie-Lou Hutchings, Parks Canada Western Field Unit
Location: meet at Shallow Bay Campground Kitchen Shelter
Price: free of charge

9:00pm
Stargazing - with Bonnie-Lou Hutchings, Parks Canada Western Field Unit
Location: meet at Shallow Bay Day Use Area
Announcement of any changes will be made in the case of inclement weather.
Price: free of charge

9:30pm
Neddy’s Shed Party - Open Mic and Karaoke
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

Sunday, September 21

9:30am
Moose Tufting Workshop with Duncan Chisholm resumes

10:00am
Cycling the Scenic Run (30km return trip) - with Gabrielle and Angie, rain or shine
Location: Meet at the Dr. Henry N Payne Community Museum & Craft Shop - please book by calling 709-243-2023 or email grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

10:00am-4:00pm
Craft Fair
Silent Auction (10:00 am-3:00 pm)
Pause Cafe - At Craft Fair
Cafeteria service will be open to the public
Location: Long Range Academy

11:00am to end of day
Little Red Truck
Photo op for those who wish to take pictures with the little red truck
Location: Fish shed near Seabreeze B&B

12:00pm
Dinner - with Local Musicians
Fish ‘n Chips, Lasagna
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

12:00pm
Dinner
Location: Gros Morne Restaurant and Gas Bar

1:00pm-4:00pm
Musée Ambulant
Discover Musée ambulant's artworks and create your own! Family-friendly.
Location: Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts
Price: Free of charge

2:00pm-4:00pm
Music and Song - An Old Fashioned Kitchen Party with Daniel Payne, Calvin Payne, Rick Biggin, Wayne Finley & Friends
Feel free to bring your instrument and jam with us
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

7:00pm
Gospel Concert
Location: St. Mary’s Anglican Church
Price: By Donation

8:30pm
Fun Darts
Location: Shallow Bay Motel

For more information:
Contact us: 709 243-2023/2466
email: grosmornefallfest@gmail.com

Feel free to view any of our workshops

Accommodations available at:
Shallow Bay Motel - 709 243-2471
Seabreeze B&B and RV Park - 709 243-2888
Starfish Suites - 709 638- 3821
Shallow Bay Campground - https://reservation.pc.gc.ca
Sunrise Bakery, Cafe, and Cabins - Parsons Pond - 709 243-2305
The Turnip B&B - Parsons Pond - 709 638-1854

Golf - Gros Morne Golf Course
Hike - the Old Mail Trail at Shallow Bay
Stroll along Shallow Bay Beach (very therapeutic)
Cow Head Summerside Lighthouse Trail
Meditate at the Botanical Garden
St. Paul’s Walking Trail
St. Paul’s / Cow Head Heritage Trail
Gros Morne National Park Trails