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Kelly Holinshead
Downtown Huntsville offers a shopping
experience you’ll not soon forget. Arrive by
boat at the Town Docks or come by car
and park at one of our many designated
spots and take a stroll down our tree-lined
streets to find over 120 unique boutiques,
shops and services. Or, if it’s delicious
food you crave, Downtown Huntsville’s
incredible array of restaurants, pubs and
cafés is sure to have a delectable treat or
two just waiting to tickle your tummy.
As you stroll along, be sure to enjoy
the colourful and eye-catching murals
in our year-round Group of Seven
Outdoor Gallery. Tom Thomson’s
images of the north have always been
deeply representative of Algonquin Park
and the Huntsville area. In celebration
of the Group of Seven and Thomson’s
contribution to our heritage, some of
the best-loved paintings of the Group
of Seven have been replicated by mural
artists and framed by our Downtown
shops and services. Come enjoy the
over 30 beautiful murals sprinkled
throughout Downtown and surrounding
area. Watch, interact with the artists,
and experience art in the making as
seven Canadian artists gather for ten
days to create seven murals during our
Annual Group of Seven Mural Festival,
In July 2012. Plus, YOU can help paint
too with our Annual ‘Add Your Brush
Stroke’ Community Mural. Visit www.
groupofsevenoutdoorgallery.ca for
more details.
Are you starting to plan your summer?
Make sure that you include these great
Downtown events on your calendar!
Come Celebrate Canada Day on July 1,
2012. Canada Day has never been more
exciting with so many fantastic events
being held in Downtown! Get a slice
of Canada’s birthday cake at the Town
Docks, enjoy a Muskoka Concert Band
performance, take a leisurely stroll through
our unique shops, savour the local cuisine,
then join us at dusk for the fireworks
extravaganza brought to you by the
Huntsville Fire Department and the Town
Kelly Holinshead
Downtown Huntsville offers
a shopping experience you’ll
not soon forget
of Huntsville. Fireworks will be launched
from Hunters Bay behind the Huntsville
Fire Hall, so you’ll have a great seat from
anywhere in Downtown Huntsville!
In the heat of the summer, enjoy Nuit
Blanche North on July 14. This event is
an eclectic mix of street theatre, buskers
and interactive art installations under the
theme ‘The Times They Are A Changing”.
Downtown Huntsville brings you the
highly anticipated Huntsville Firefly Festival
on July 20, 2012. Huntsville’s quaint Main
Street is closed to cars and opens to
everyone’s eyes at the Friday evening
of family fun, live music, great food and
shopkeeper specials. So come live the
adventure, meet old friends and new, and
enjoy the night! The fireflies dance until
midnight and so will you!
You won’t find a better place than at
the Annual Summer Sidewalk Adventure
on August 18, 2012. Fantastic bargains
will be waiting for you as the shops of
Downtown Huntsville spill their goods
onto Main Street for a day of shopping
and family adventures, including children’s
activities, great food, live demonstrations,
live music, and more.
If four wheels are your passion,
the Classic and Custom Car Show on
September 15, 2012 is an adventure that
will accelerate your heart rate. 300+
exhibits up and down the main drag,
trophies and door prizes – this is one
automotive competition that you can take
in on two feet.
Ladies – get your mother, daughters,
aunts, and girlfriends together for the
Annual Girlfriends’ Getaway Weekend in
Downtown Huntsville on November 8
to 11, 2012. For one weekend a year,
Huntsville pulls out all the stops for you –
special adventures in shopping, pampering,
entertainment and culinary delights await
all girlfriends in Downtown Huntsville!
So be sure to come and be entertained
in Downtown Huntsville!
For more information on Downtown
Huntsville and these events, visit www.
downtownhuntsvilleadventures.
ca or call 705-789-1400.
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