Events
Arts at the Dock is one of the largest and longest-running multimedia art shows in the district, which began in 1986. It is held annually on the third Sunday of July.
The Hilton Beach Summer Festival is a classic car show with about 50 cars, plus arts and crafts vendors and the Coureurs de Bois encampment held annually on the fourth Saturday of July.
Hilton Beach Community Night is an annual event that has been held for over 100 years in various forms. For the past few decades, it has included a cold plate supper, followed by a parade down Hilton Road and Marks Street. After the parade, a crowd numbering in the high hundreds plays various games of chance and enjoys barbecued food along Marks Street until dark. During community night a new hot dog stand was set up that is very popular
Old Town Hall Concerts is a series of three concerts that began in 1995. This series is well known for bringing in some of Canada's best musical talent. Usually held on the first three Wednesdays of August.
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“As I look at the human story I see two stories. They run parallel and never meet. One is of people who live, as they can or must, the events that arrive; the other is of people who live, as they intend, the events they create.”
—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)