SPECIAL EVENTS

To complement our summer season, the Blyth Festival hosts a number of special events held throughout the year. In addition to providing year-round opportunities for our audience to participate in arts and cultural activities locally, these special events generate revenue vital to the Festival’s operation.

Under the umbrella of special events, annual presentations include a theatre-for-young-audience performance each October for students JK through Grade 8, and several theatrical and musical events in the spring and fall months. As well, the Blyth Festival hosts a number of events with a direct fundraising focus, such as the Annual Book Sale in June, and the Gala Auction held every second October.     

In 2010, we are delighted to bring back performer Rod Beattie, who is no stranger to the Blyth Festival audience, as the critically acclaimed Walt Wingfield. In April, Beattie delighted crowds in Wingfield’s Folly and will return September 17 for Wingfield Unbound. The Wingfield series is written by Dan Needles and directed by Douglas Beattie. Also this year, we are pleased to present Jake’s Gift by Julia Mackey for a special performance on September 27. This one-woman show is a powerful, yet funny, look at the unlikely friendship between a cantankerous WWII veteran and ten-year old Isabelle, who lives above Juno Beach.  

For more information on Blyth Festival special events, please contact Heather Black, Interim Director of Marketing & Development