Rum-Running Festival
Music, dancing, food and high spirits at Glenaladale
This year’s Rum-Running Festival in Tracadie will take place over three days, September 27–29, with events at the Glenaladale Schoolhouse and Tracadie Community Centre.
Festival goers can expect a barndance, a speakeasy, a ceilidh, art in the Glenaladale Estate woods trails, disc golf, a birding activity, house tours, a rum-running video series, a story circle, and more.
The popular Here We Go Barndance will kick things off on September 27 at the Tracadie Community Centre at 8 pm, with music by Richard Wood and Jason Roach. Free admission for youth under the age of 16.
On September 28, Birds of Glenaladale Heading South will get things started at 10 am, followed by a Story Circle with Dutch Thompson in the Glenaladale Schoolhouse at 1 pm.
Dress like it is the Roaring ‘20s and head to the Speakeasy at The Brick. This event will begin at 7 pm with rummy cocktails by Leslie Quinn, oysters and charcuterie with Chef Robert Pendergast, and musical entertainment provided by Johnny Ross on the piano.
The Rum-Runners Ceilidh will begin at 2 pm on September 29 at the Glenaladale Schoolhouse, closing the weekend’s festivities with music by Mike Pendergast & Friends and storytelling by Alan Buchanan.
For more information, email info@glenaladalepei.ca or call 902-380-3334.