Get Your Tickets NOW at MadeInHaliburton.ca!
Announcing this year’s performing artist line-up for the unique musical festival in the middle of a private forest in the Haliburton Highlands, Ontario, Canada. Buy tickets online at MadeInHaliburton.ca and get a coupon for $10 off the shipping on an order for visual arts products (some conditions apply).

The Forest Festival Press Release 2013
Tickets are now on sale for 2013 Forest Festivalat the Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve, Haliburton, Ontario. Outstanding, all-Canadian, performing artists in a spectacular wilderness setting: this is The Forest Festival. Buy tickets online at MadeInHaliburton.ca and get a coupon for $10 off the shipping on an order for visual arts products (order value $100 or more).
Imagine sitting in the middle of a forest, away from the lights of the city, in an amphitheater overlooking a lake listening to live music as the sun sets. One of last year’s performers was so moved by her experience on the floating stage that she realized she had tears in her eyes at one point in the show.
Or imagine listening to incredible musicians while sitting in a place of historic significance to the forest that surrounds the venue: A Historic Logging Museum.
Either venue provides the concert-goer with an unforgettable and unique experience that elevates the spirit and soothes the soul.
Consider giving tickets for this unforgettable and unique concert experience as a gift for someone special or someone who is hard to buy for: perhaps a Mother’s Day Gift or Father’s Day Gift, Anniversary Present or Birthday Present.
The 2013 Forest Festival lineup represents no fewer than 18 Juno Awards. Opening the evening of Wednesday August 14, 2013, this annual festival of concerts that links nature, and music, will run for 5 days and features eight unique musical performances. The talent assembled for the 2013 season follows in the tradition that the Forest Festival has established over the past 6 years of offering outstanding shows.
The Forest Festival 2013 Lineup full details -
KISS ME IN THE KITCHEN — Wednesday, August 14 – 8:00 pm
The Good Lovelies — Bone Lake Amphitheater
BEAT IT – Thursday, August 15 – 8:00pm
The Heavyweights Brass Band — Bone Lake Amphitheater
ONE FINE EVENING – Friday, August 16 – 8:00pm
Lighthouse — Historic Logging Museum
LUXURY MOTEL — Saturday, August 17 – 2:00pm
New Country Rehab — Historic Logging Museum
CAPE BRETON GIRL AND LAKEFIELD LAD — Saturday, August 17 – 8:00pm
Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy — Bone Lake Amphitheatre
SCAT-IN-THE-HAT — Sunday, August 18 – 11:00am
Fiddlefire — Historic Logging Museum
COFFEEHOUSE DAYS — Sunday, August 18 – 2:00pm
David Woodhead’s Confabulation — Historic Logging Museum
SWINGING ON A STAR –Sunday, August 18 – 8:00pm
Murray McLauchlan — Bone Lake Amphitheatre
Remember to buy the tickets online at MadeInHaliburton.ca soon in order to avoid disappointment. Note that a discounted season’s pass is available for the avid concert-goer who wishes to take in all 7 of the adult shows.
MadeInHaliburton.ca is an online art gallery representing the work of visual artists, literary artists and performing artists who live or cottage in the Haliburton Highlands, Ontario, Canada.
The sale of tickets for local performing arts events is part of the support provided to the local performing arts community.
The Complete Guide to Haliburton Highlands area Activities and Weather for the Upcoming Week and Beyond!

Kawagama Lake Ontario
March 29 2013 (Cr: Weather Network)
Well, there’s no denying that spring is here, though Mother Nature seems to be slightly uncertain as the temperatures flit upward in the normal range and then flutter down, slightly below normal. (This applies to both the high and low temps this week.) Though the calendar assures us that it is indeed spring, in truth we are beginning the transition between winter and spring and so will continue to experience weather that can best be described as ‘unpredictable.’

14-day Haliburton Highlands’ Weather Outlook: Simply unpredictable?

Steenburg Lake Gilmour Ontario – March 29 2013
What you can plan for however, is what you like to do to occupy your time and there is plenty to experience this week and in the weeks to come. Have a look:

What’s Happening This Week in the Haliburton Highlands Credit:

Sugar Shack Shuffle

Maple Syrup Production in the Highlands

Dorset Book Club
There is much more coming up this week and well into April in the Haliburton Highlands area so please click the thumbnails (below) to enlarge them and read all about it!


Niagara Falls Ontario – March 29 2013 (PHOTO)
Indoors or Out, There’s Always Something Fun To Do or See in the Haliburton Highlands!

Sir Sam’s Ski Resort – West Guilford Ontario – March 1 2013

Sir Sam’s Ski Report

Fifty Things to See & Do This Winter in the Haliburton Highlands

What’s Happening in the Haliburton Highlands March 1-9 2013

Haliburton Sunset 2013 (Credit: the Weather Network)
Watching the unparalleled-in-beauty Highlands’ sunsets is always a free, year-round option that never gets old.

Shelled Life of Ontario Turtles
At the Haliburton Highlands Museum learn about the habitats and characteristics of not only the eight Ontario turtle species but of the species specific to Haliburton County! It’s a FREE lecture but please consider a donation.

Valdy – Canada’s Musical Storyteller
This sounds like a super-enjoyable evening. At $20 a ticket, you really can’t beat the price for a nice evening out.

Maple Syrup Harvest
Tapping Sugar Maples is a guaranteed good, if not slightly sticky time. Maple Syrup Harvest traditions continue as sap is gathered wearing snowshoes, carrying the harvest in bucket and boiling down the sap on a wood-fired evaporator.


Haliburton Highlands Weekend Forecast March 2-3 2013

Haliburton Highlands long term Weather Forecast


Sir Sam’s Ski Resort West Guilford, Ontario
March 1 2013


Boler Mountain Ontario Canada Skiing January 25 (PHOTO)
Things to do this weekend/upcoming events in the Highlands Region

Canadian-Pond-Hockey-Championship – Haliburton Highlands
Canadian Pond Hockey Championship, The Peppermill Anniversary Party
No matter what the weather there is always something fun to do in the Haliburton Highlands. My pick from the many great choices is the Canadian Pond Hockey Championship which is happening NOW!
My dad, who is now in his 80′s, has entertained us with stories of his younger days when he played pond hockey. It sounds like a massively fun time to attend the The Canadian National Pond Hockey Championship, an event which celebrates the grass roots of hockey. Over 230 teams (1300 players) from all over Canada will descend on the Haliburton Highlands for this two weekend event. Canada’s National Game was conceived over a century ago on frozen ponds, rivers and lakes across the country… Pond Hockey requires speed, strategy and teamwork and of course the courage to battle Mother Nature…As hosts, the Haliburton Highlands will make this a truly community event benefiting various area businesses and generate thousands of dollars for various local community groups. Join us for this celebration of grass roots hockey at its finest.

I remember when my mom and dad took me to their ‘new favourite restaurant’ –The Peppermill

Current conditions – Sir Sam’s – Haliburton Highlands (Cr: weathernetwork.com)

Haliburton Highlands’ Weather 14- Day Forecast – Jan 26 – Feb 8
The Haliburton Highlands’ 14- Day Weather Forecast for Jan 26 through Feb 8 2013 pretty much speaks for itself. High temperature for much of this period will be on the low side–yet not extraordinarily so, as we saw this past week (thank goodness!). Overnight temperatures however, will continue in the pattern of being notably above normal some of the time, and normal-to-above most of the rest of the time. January apparently, shall go out like a lion with a snap of cold–but the extra cold is gone within a day or so–to the point of low temperatures reaching above normal high temperature numbers (see graph).
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Kawagama Lake – Dorset 1.25.13
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Click on the thumbnails above to be able to read full-size about some of the many Highlands events over the weekend and beyond.