Steamshow rolls into Cookstown this weekend
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Posted By Miriam King
Posted 1 month ago
COOKSTOWN — The air will be alive with clanking, chugging, popping and hissing during the August long weekend.
The 45th annual Georgian Bay Steam, Auto, Gas & Antiques Association Family Farm Demonstration Festival takes place all weekend in Cookstown.
With a name like that, the festival clearly covers all the bases.
Steam engines, classic and antique cars and tractors, working models, diesel engines and more will be on display, and in action.
There will also be tractor pulls, horse-drawn plows, an old-time threshing machine and portable sawmill, plus vendors, live entertainment, wagon rides, square dancing and live entertainment.
Every morning starts with a pancake breakfast, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., followed by the children's talent contest on stage at 10 a.m.
The kiddies' tractor pull takes place at 1 p.m. with slow tractor races every afternoon. There will be members' tractor pulls on Saturday and Monday, and the feature tractor pull will be at 6 p.m. on Friday.
New this year will be a sanctioned tractor pull of the Central Ontario Tractor Puller's Association on Sunday, August 1 at 1 p.m. These are the pros who make the circuit. Come out and be impressed by the power.
There will be a parade of antiques, cars, tractors and steamers at 4 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and 2 p.m. on Monday, weather permitting.
And on Sunday morning at 10 a.m., there will be an inter-denominational service, with hymns and songs of praise.
This year, everyone is invited to enter the talent contest. The open category for ages 17 and older takes place on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; the junior category (16 and under) will be on Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. To register, call Wayne Lowdon, 905-833-5269 or Ellen Hickson, 705-458-1336.
There will be a square dance on Sunday evening, following the junior talent show as well as a threshers' supper on Saturday and Sunday at the Cookstown Curling Rink.
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