This weekend is Battleford's busiest summer weekend, with the Saskatchewan Handcraft Festival beginning Friday at noon and a parade and fireworks that evening.
The Handcraft Festival is in its fourth decade, presented by the Saskatchewan Craft Council and sponsored by the Town of Battleford.
The market will be held at the Alex Dillabough Centre, with exhibitors offering jewelry, pottery, clothing, sculpture in metal, stone and glass, visual arts, stained and fused glass and turned wood. There will be 26 booths including a Saskatchewan Craft Council information booth, plus a nut vendor outdoors.
The hours of the festival are: Friday, noon until 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This year's festival will be complemented by Kids Dance and Craft Workshops presented by Dance Saskatchewan, scheduled to be held Friday at 1 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. for children six and older.
Each two-hour workshop, at a cost of $10 (which includes admission into the market for one adult) will include instruction by a pottery artist and two dancers. The workshops leaders will be Teresa Gagne (pottery), Mike Mirlin (hip hop) and Lawrence Roy (hoop dance).
Friday evening at 8, the Town of Battleford's 32nd annual parade will begin its trek along the streets of the town. Forming up at the Fort Battleford parking lot, the parade will move down Central Avenue from the Fort to 15th Street, where it will turn and move west to 2nd Avenue. It will follow 2nd Avenue to 22nd Street, where it will turn east and travel back to Central Avenue, then return by Central to the Fort. This year's theme is the RCMP Musical Ride.
Fireworks are scheduled for dusk.
Saturday is Fort Fest ’15, with bouncy castles, a petting zoo, wagon rides, black powder cannon and rifle demonstrations, live music and more at the fort. Included will be the Second Annual Disc Golf Tournament.
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