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Take your Big DADDY out for Halton Hills' treat to the Dad in your life!

Festival on Main - Big Daddy Festival!

A day full of fun and entertainment

Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19 (Times to be determined )

Main Street in Downtown Georgetown

In 2010, as part of the Halton Hills Cultural Roundtable’s new initiative to build a Halton Hills Festival, the Festival on Main was part of the Big DADDY Festival held Fathers’ Day Weekend. For more information on the BIG picture of the Big DADDY Festival to to Big DADDY Festival

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Downtown Georgetown welcomes you and invites you to The Festival on Main. Two days full of fun and entertainment including:

2010 EVENTS SCHEDULE INCLUDED:
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Chill Zone Stage (Main Street Parking Lot)
3:00 – 3:45 Second Wind: Vocals, instruments
4:00 – 4:30 Tune Up Tune Out: High school jazz
4:35 – 4:50 Entropy: Guitar, vocals, harmonica
5:00 – 5:45 Ablett and Cooper: Guitar, vocals
6:00 – 6:45 The Playford Players: Guitar, dulcimer
7:00 – 7:45 Random Roads: Eclectic Folk
8:00 – 8:45 Jenikz : Guitar, vocals
9:00 – 10:45 Lewin, Gittings and Gabel: Piano, guitar, vocal

Wesleyan Street Square Stage
Saturday June 19
3:00 Curves – Demonstration(s)
3:30 Chantal Garneau –Stress Management
4:00 Halton Hills School of Dance
5:00 Freckled Lion – Storybook Time
5:30 Harnoor – Indian Dance Performance
6:00 McGinley Academy of Irish Dancing

In Downtown
3pm Georgetown Unicycle Club
3 to 11pm Vendors
10 to 4pm Knox Church Doors Open & Lunch
3 to 8pm Tribal Thunder
3 to 8pm Circus Jonathan
3 to 5pm Olympics – Soccer, Basketball, Hole in One Golf, Twister & Checkers
3 to 11pm Chill Zone
7:30 PM Shepherd’s Crook Traditional Irish session, with Phil McMahon and Friends
9 to 11pm Firedancer
3 to 8pm Wesleyan St. Stage Fashion Shows, Dance Demonstrations etc.
3 to 8pm Children’s Activities Sidewalk Chalk, Hoola Hoops etc.
3 to 8pm Sidewalk Sales & Instore Events
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Chill Zone Stage (Main Street Parking Lot)
12:00 – 12:45 The Playford Players: Guitar, dulcimer
1:00 – 1:45 Ablett and Cooper: guitar, voice
2:00 – 2:45 Brown Ale: Celtic and East Coast
3:00 – 3:45 Second Wind: Vocals, instruments
4:00 – 4:45 Lewin, Gittings and Gabel: Piano, guitar, vocals

Wesleyan Street Square Stage
Sunday June 20
10:00 Freckled Lion – Storybook Time
10:30 Ensemble Kids – Dance Performance
11:30 Ensemble Kids – Dance Performance
12:00 Center Stage – Daddy Dance
12:30 Blessing of the Dads
12:30 Center Stage – Daddy Dance
1:00 Center Stage – Daddy Dance
1:30 Ensemble Kids – Dance Performance
2:00 Daddy Long Legs – Father’s Day Contest
3:00 My Dad Can Take Your Dad – Arm Wrestling Tournament
4:00 Halton Hills School of Dance – Dance Performance
In Downtown

12 to 4pm Sandy Stompers Dixie Land – 3 piece band
12 to 5pm Chill Zone
10 to 5pm Vendors
10 to 5pm Children’s Activities Sidewalk Chalk, Hoola Hoops etc.
10 to 5pm Sidewalk Sales & Instore Events

We are looking for festival volunteers, call 905-873-4970 if you would like to get involved with this committee.

Picture courtesy of Dean Defazio - SNAP Milton

Our 2010 Festival on Main Sponsors were
Olympic Sponsor: Media Pull
Festival Entertainment:
Heather’s Bakery Cafe, Party Balloons and Gifts
Children’s Entertainment:
Friend of the Festival: Bare Image Electrolysis, Canterbury Gourmet Foods, Creature Comfort Co., Feet in Motion, Foodstuffs, Freckled Lion Bookstore, Get the Scoop Creamery and Confectionery, Main Video & Variety, McMaster Meats, The Spa on Main, Trendz Hair Studio and the Way We Were

DG EVENT LISTING

October 2010
02: International Flavours
30: Masquerade on Main Street
November 2010
20: Georgetown Santa Claus Parade
December 2010
02: Holiday Magic on Main (& Mill)
June 2011
19: Festival on Main - Big Daddy Festival!
August 2011
19: Rock 'n' Roll 'n' Classics