The 19th Annual Mahone Bay Classic Wooden Boat Festival in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia is scheduled for July 31-August 3, 2008.  Check out the Wooden Boat Festival website www. woodenboatfestival.org . 

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Great Scarecrow Festival and Antique Fair in Mahone Bay is scheduled for October 3-October 5, 2008.  Click on the above link at the Mahone Bay website for more information about this exciting event.

265 Petite Riviere Road, RR#1,  Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia B0J 2P0
Tel/Fax: (902) 693-1544 Toll Free: 1-877-624-4513
E-mail: saltbox@eastlink.ca

Studio Rally Weekend for 2007 took place on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday May 27th.  Artists' studios were open from 10-5 each day all across the province.  Remember, most studios are open most of the year, so this can be an all year adventure. Go online to see the Rally Map, www.studiorally.ca or click on the graphic above.  Choose a route and find your favourite studios.    Maritime Painted Saltbox is listed under the Lighthouse Route #49. The new map for 2008 is being prepared and will be available early spring. 

Original Scarecrow created by Tom Alway and Peter Blais

The Father Christmas Festival of Mahone Bay
was held November 24 through December 2, 2007
 Click on the above graphic to find out more about the Festival.

The map below provides a route and  description to the "Arts, Artisans, Antiques, Wine and Points of  Interest  In and Around Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia".  Also there is a list of Special Events in Petite Riviere for the summer season.   A PDF version can be downloaded from the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg website.  www.modl.ca .  Click on the map  to take you there.  Click on Tourist Information at the right of the page. Scroll down to the map, click the map for the two page PDF version.  The Maritime Painted Saltbox is #3 on the map.

Click on the above graphic for further information

Peter Blais from the Maritime Painted Saltbox is one of the Participating Folk Artists at the Festival.