Local Talent. Local Flavour. Local Flair!
That’s what’s has been promised and that’s what is being delivered at the 2009 Waterfront Festival – A Celebration of the Ottawa Valley.  This year’s festival will be filled with music, locally produced arts and crafts, products from the farm, field, and forest, and family games and activities to benefit local charities.

The 100 Mile Festival – Keeping it Green
Wherever and as much as possible, the mandate for this year’s festival is Local – so over 95% of the acts booked are coming from within 100 miles of Pembroke in an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint.

Opening each daily music line-up will be a local Ottawa Valley’s Got Talent contest winner –who will be determined over the months of June and July as the contest plays out every Thursday evening at the Riverwalk Amphitheatre in Pembroke.

Daily Activities and Demonstrations
This year’s festival is filled with lots of “edu-tainment” as Pioneer Re-enactors set up camps at the Waterfront and live life as it was enjoyed in the 1800’s. Also on hand, will be local logging historian, Tom Stephenson to demonstrate, among other things, how to make rope. There will be a Festival Drumming Circle, canoe rides and kayaking demonstrations on the water, and once again, the Timber Crib will be on display - paying massive tribute to logging days of yore while local, but world famous, woodcarvers will create a Carver’s Corner.

Come out and enjoy the annual Kinsmen Kid's Fishing Derby, held in association with the Bob Izumi's Kid's, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Program. Kinsmen Club members team up with the Pembroke Police Department to bring their annual fun filled derby to the Pembroke Marina on August 8th from 9 a.m. till Noon. The derby has been running now for over 20 years.  more info

Auto buffs can take a trip down Memory Lane, as the Antique Car Club is putting on a huge display of old, well loved cars, Saturday from 11am until 4pm.

Food service at the Festival will be provided by the Kiwanis Club of Pembroke, with all profits being put towards local community projects. They are going green and local as well, serving food produced in the Ottawa Valley wherever feasible, and using paper plates, instead of plastic.

It’s a whole new branding for the Pembroke Waterfront Festival, as it highlights all that’s great about the Ottawa Valley – and you should plan to be there, August 7th, 8th and 9th!  G’day!