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Apple season is almost here, and so is one of the sweetest signs of fall in Summerside 🍎🍨

Once the first Island apples arrive, Holman's Ice Cream Parlour will be bringing back their Apple Crisp Sundae: a slice of homemade apple crisp topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a caramel drizzle 😋

Available for $10.50 through apple-picking season!

Consider this your reminder to add a cozy fall stop at Holman’s to the list 🍂

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Fall fun is on the way at Kool Breeze Farms! 🍂🎃🚜

From climbing into firetrucks and tractors to wandering through the corn maze and seeing some seriously giant pumpkins, there are a few family-friendly events coming up in Summerside to add to your calendar:

🌾 Annual Scarecrow Festival & PEI Open Farm Day
📅 Sunday, September 20 | 1–4 PM
Spend an afternoon on the farm with straw bale creations, a corn maze, games, activities and a scarecrow costume contest.
🎟 Free admission

🎃 33rd Annual Giant Pumpkin & Squash Weigh-Off
📅 Saturday, October 10 | 10 AM–2 PM
See some of PEI’s biggest pumpkins, squash, gourds and more hit the scales! There will also be wagon rides, kids’ activities, the Field of Fun, food, contests and a corn maze.
🎟 Free admission

📍 Kool Breeze Farms | 231 Read Drive, Summerside

Which one would your family be most excited for? 👇

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Sip your way through Summerside during Craft Trail Weekend! ✨🍹

From September 17–20, participating Summerside restaurants will be putting their own spin on the weekend with a Craft Cocktail Trail, featuring one specialty cocktail and one specialty mocktail created just for the occasion.

Stop into each participating location throughout the weekend and discover a different locally inspired creation:

📍 The Summerside Shipyard

🍸 Campfire S'mores Espresso Martini
A chocolate espresso martini with toasted marshmallow syrup, a crushed graham cracker rim and toasted marshmallows on top.

🔥 Campfire S'mores Espresso Mocktail
A zero-proof take on the original, made with zero-proof rum, espresso, toasted marshmallow syrup and chocolate syrup, finished with a graham cracker rim and toasted marshmallows.

📍 Evermoore: Island Dining & Brewing

🚉 Rail Line Rhubarb Collins | $13
PEI gin from Deep Roots Distillery, rhubarb syrup, fresh lemon, honey, orange bitters and soda, finished with a rosemary sprig.

⚓️ Harbour Bloom Fizz | $7
Cranberry, fresh lime, honey syrup, ginger beer and soda, finished with mint and a dried orange wheel.

📍 Brothers 2 Restaurant

🍁 Maple After Dark | $12
Deep Roots Maple Cream Liqueur, maple liqueur and coffee, shaken and strained into a chocolate-drizzled martini glass and finished with a piece of chocolate maple bark.

☕️ Maple After Dark Mocktail | $10
Iced coffee, milk, cream and maple syrup served in a chocolate-drizzled glass and finished with chocolate maple bark.

📍 Bogside Brewing - Summerside

🍎 Apple Mule
A crisp cocktail - spiced just right and crafted with Bogside's Spark Ginger Lime, Foxe Vodka, fresh lime juice and Apple SNAP Vodka Soda. Served in a cinnamon-rimmed glass and garnished with a house-made dehydrated apple slice.

🫧 Apple Orchard Fizz
A crisp mocktail - refreshing blend of locally crafted Spark Ginger Lime, Spark Fizzy Apple and fresh lime juice. Served in a cinnamon-rimmed glass and garnished with house-made dehydrated apple.

📅 September 17–20
📍 Participating restaurants throughout Summerside

Try one, try a few, or make your way through the full Craft Cocktail Trail during Craft Trail Weekend!

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From Dolly to ABBA, September at Harbourfront Theatre is stacked! 👇

🎶 Fascinating Ladies of Country
📆 Sunday, September 13 at 2:00 pm
A celebration of the women who helped shape country music, featuring songs made famous by legends like Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Shania Twain.
🎟️ Tickets starting at $22

🎸 Big Love: The Music of Fleetwood Mac
📆 Friday, September 18 & Saturday, September 19 at 7:30 pm
A Craig Fair Music Productions show with bluesy beginnings to some of the most iconic songs in rock history, this full-stage concert brings the music of Fleetwood Mac to life.
🎟️ Tickets: $68.25

🎬 Harbour Filmworks: Tuner
📆 Monday, September 14 at 7:00 pm
Starring Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall, Tuner follows a gifted piano tuner whose extraordinary hearing pulls him into a dangerous world of safecracking.
🎟️ Tickets: $10

🪩 SOS - The ABBA Experience
📆 Sunday, September 20 at 7:30 pm
The harmonies, the costumes, the glitter and all those songs you know every word to. This one might require your dancing shoes.
🎟️ Tickets: $55

A pretty good excuse to plan a September getaway to The City By The Sea 🍂

See https://harbourfronttheatre.com for more details 👀

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Summer, you looked so good on us ☀️🌸🦞

Fresh flowers, seaside strolls, sunny afternoons, picnic lunches and plenty of reasons to stay outside just a little longer.

But we’re not calling it quite yet…

There’s still time to squeeze in a few favourite Summerside activities before things wrap up for the season!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

🚘 Classic Car Nights | 6:30 - 9:30 pm
🎶 Music Trivia at The Knot Beach Bar & Rentals | 6 - 8 pm
🎤 Silvia Dee & The Boyfriend live at Brothers 2 Restaurant | 7 - 10 pm
🍺 Dave Woodside live at Bogside Brewing Summerside | 6 - 9 pm
🎨 Open Studio Activities at Art Buds

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

🥕 Summerside Farmer's Market | 9 am - 1 pm
🎻 Celtic Jam at Evermoore: Island Dining & Brewing | 1:30 - 4 pm
🎸 Madjoy live at Bogside Brewing Summerside | 6 - 9 pm
🎙️ Nick Hann at Spinnakers' Landing | 9 pm - 1 am
🎨 Open Studio Activities at Art Buds

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30

🎶 Lisa Birt live at Bogside Brewing Summerside | 2 - 5 pm
🪄 Disney Trivia Afternoon at The Knot Beach Bar & Rentals | 12:30 pm

It’s the last official weekend of summer, so make it count! ☀️

There's always something happening at Bogside!

Summer isn’t over yet 😎🌊

There's still plenty of warm afternoons, waterfront walks, patio stops, and ice cream runs waiting for you in .

And if you’re looking for an excuse to head to the waterfront today, catch live music from Blu Robin at Spinnakers' Landing from 6 - 8 pm 🎶

Maybe grab a quick lobster roll while you’re there to enjoy it with? 🦞

Soak up these last few weeks of summer while they’re here 💙

What’s still on your Summerside summer bucket list? 👇

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🚨 The Craft Trail Weekend Line-Up is HERE 🚨👇

From September 17 - 20, Summerside will be filled with creative, delicious and hands-on activities happening all weekend long, leading up to the Craft Trail on Sunday.

Here’s a look at what’s happening:

🍦 Knit One, Scoop Two at Holman's Ice Cream Parlour
A limited-edition ball of yarn sundae complete with ice cream “strings” and Pocky stick knitting needles.

🍸 Craft Cocktail Trail
Participating restaurants will each be serving one specialty cocktail and one specialty mocktail created just for the weekend.

🥃 Exclusive Distilled Spirits Tasting at The Summerside Shipyard
Join Atlantic Canada sommelier Lesley Quinn of Stellar Somm Wine Experts for a special ticketed tasting on Thursday, September 17.

🍺 Craft Beers & Live Music at Bogside Brewing Summerside
Spend Friday and Saturday evening at Bogside with craft beers and live music from 6 - 9 pm.

🍫 Learn to Crochet + Fab Fudge Friday
Stop by Red Island Knits Craft Café on Friday to learn the basics of crochet, taste some fudge and get a free piece when you spend $30 or more.

🎨 Miniature Painting with Art Buds
Drop in on Saturday to create your own 4" x 4" miniature painting for $10, then visit Art Buds at their working craft table during Sunday’s market 👋

🎻 Craft on Tap & Celtic Jam at Evermoore: Island Dining & Brewing
Settle in for an afternoon of craft beer and live Celtic music on Saturday from 1:30 - 4 pm.

🥕 Summerside Farmer's Market
Start your Saturday with local products from PEI artisans and producers from 9 am - 1 pm.

🌊 Beachside Loving Intentions Yoga by Smooth Yoga with Greg
Start Sunday morning with slow yoga flows by the sea from 8:30 - 9:30 am, followed by creating your own necklace with loving intentions.

🧶 The Craft Trail
And of course, the weekend wraps up with the main event!

Explore a trail filled with quality, handmade PEI crafts on Sunday, September 20 from 11 am - 3 pm.

🌧️ Rain date: Sunday, September 27
📅 September 17–20, 2026
📍 Summerside, PEI

For all the details, visit our event page: https://exploresummerside.com/event/summerside-craft-trail-experience/

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Need weekend plans? 👀 Summerside has a full few days ahead, with live music, local markets, creative drop-ins, waterfront events and plenty of good reasons to get out around .

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

🎶 Music Trivia at The Knot Beach Bar & Rentals
🎤 D’Arcy & Moe live at Brothers 2 Restaurant 7–10 pm
🍺 Ethan MacPhee live at Bogside Brewing Summerside 6–9 pm
🎨 Open Studio Activities at Art Buds

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

🥕 Summerside Farmer's Market 9 am–1 pm
🎻 Celtic Jam at Evermoore: Island Dining & Brewing 1:30–4 pm
🎸 Brothers MacPhee live at Bogside Brewing Summerside 6–9 pm
🤘 Rock the Dock at Spinnakers' Landing featuring Gin N’ Tonic, Roundabout, & Down With Darby 9 pm - 1 am
🎨 Open Studio Activities at Art Buds
🇫🇷 Acadian Day celebrations at Holman's Ice Cream Parlour and La Belle-Alliance Summerside

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

🎶 Floyd Gaudet live at Bogside Brewing Summerside 2–5 pm

Pick your plans, grab your people and make a weekend of it 💙

Please note: Friday’s Classic Car Night and the Young Millionaires Market at Holman’s have been cancelled.

Find even more happening around Summerside at ExploreSummerside.com.

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Only TWO nights left to catch Highland Storm: The Elements! 🔥🌊🌎💨

Tonight and tomorrow night are your final chances to see this reimagined production from the College of Piping, bringing the elements of air, water, earth and fire to the stage through Highland and step dancing, pipes, drums, fiddle and more.

If you haven’t made it to the show yet, this is your sign 👀

📅 Tonight, August 12 & tomorrow, August 13
⏰ 7:30 pm
📍 The Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping

Grab your tickets before the final curtain! 🎟️👇
https://smpac.ca/event/highland-storm-the-elements/

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