All you need to do to discover
why St. Marys is called Stonetown
is to drive down the main street,
Queen Street. The beautiful limestone
buildings are everywhere — homes,
businesses, churches, the library.
And this is just some of the
heritage celebrated at this year’s
Stonetown Heritage Festival,
July 9, 10 and 11. For the 15th
year,
St. Marys opens its hearts, streets
and businesses to visitors for
a weekend of family fun, much
of it free. Festival highlights
include Aerial Angels, an artisans'
way, classic car show at Stone
Willow Inn, Apple Land Train,
Drumanticks, town-wide yard sale,
family street dance and a fireworks
display!
Owing to the town’s “stony” background, one of the more popular features of the weekend are walking garden and architecture tours that will introduce newcomers to the incredible architecture—not all stone, but also incredible exterior millwork, wooden screen doors, fretwork, porches, gingerbread trim — and the superior gardening talents of St. Marys citizens.
You should also make a point of
grabbing the shuttle that will
take festivalgoers between the
Stone Willow Inn, host of the Cruising
Classic Car Show, where many of
the area’s finest vehicles
will be shined up and showing off
and The Canadian Baseball Hall
of Fame Museum
Queen Street comes alive with
sidewalk sales galore, buskers
of all kinds, including face painters
and balloon artists. Educational
aspects of the festival are aimed
at kids, with museum displays and
hands-on activities. Everyone can
ride the horse-drawn wagon ride.
Food vendors of all kinds are on
hand offering a delectable array
of food choices. Live music takes
place on Queen Street at various
times, with local bands during
the day and an all-ages family
street dance in the evening to
the music of “Decades”.
JULY
8- 10
