The Annual Fall Fair!
Celebrating rural living in Knowlesville New Brunswick
Save the Date: October 10th – 11th, 2025
2025 Jamboree Night: Friday, October 10th from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Take part in our Jamboree Night! This is a evening of music, dancing and food to kick-off the annual fair and celebrate rural community life, culture and arts!
2025 Country Fair: Saturday, October 11th from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
This day-long fair is packed full of vendors, games, competitions, food, workshops and more!
Fair Rain Date: Saturday October 18th
2025 Events
Workshops & Demonstrations
10:00 AM
Portable Sawmill Demonstration with Adam
Learn about running a sawmill, ask questions and see how a log becomes lumber!
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Beginner Restoration Yoga with Seven
Focus on healing and loving ourselves with this easy going beginner-friendly session of restoration yoga.
11:30 Am – 12:30 Pm
Canning with Shaun
Learn about this easy method of food preservation; water bath canning! A convenient way to store high acidic foods such as fruit, berries, pickles and tomatoes.
1:00 Pm – 1:45 pm
Beginner Fiddle with Tegan
Bring your own fiddle/violin or guitar and learn a couple beginner friendly songs!
2:00 PM – 3:00 pm
Wild Ferments with Spirit
Explore the world of wild fermentation with Spirit! Wild fermented drinks use naturally occurring microorganisms on the skin of the fruit, rather than commercially added ones or cultured bacteria, to transform ingredients into a delicious probiotic rich bubbly drink!
3:00 PM
Forest Walk & Talk with Rob
Take a walk through our wonderous Wabanaki Acadian forest and learn about the diversity of trees and shrubs that call this place home. Come prepared with your tree questions and let’s discuss!
12:00 pm & 2:00 pM
Armond School Tour with Tegan
Tour of Armond School House with Tegan, and the future site of the Knowlesville Nature Campus! Learn about this historic building, now moved onto it’s new home at the KANC.
ALL DAY!
Pottery Wheel Demonstration with Jenna
Jenna is a local potter who creates wheelthrown and handbuilt functional stoneware pottery, with care from her offgrid home.
She also regularly teaches through the McCain Art Gallery in Florenceville. She will be making pottery with her pottery wheel all day! Stop in to ask questions and check out her handmade stoneware pottery.
ALL DAY!
Spinning Demonstration with Gaby
Spinning is the process of drawing out fibers from a mass and twisting them together to form a continuous thread or yarn. Join Gabby for a demonstration on how to spin and get your chance to try out a new skill!
Activities & Competitions
12:00 pm
Cider Pressing
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Cross-cut Saw Competition
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Strength Competition (4 different challenges!)
12:00 pm: Husafell Stone
12:30 pm: Farmers Carry Race
1:00 pm: Classic Arm Wrestle
1:30 pm: Strawbale Flip!
2:45 pm
Best Homemade Hat Competition Judging
3:00 pm
Water-boil Competition
11:30 PM – 4:00 pm
Kid’s Corner – henna, kids activities, free play
10:00 am – 4:00 PM
Fairlight Farm & Forest Centre – Animals to visit and Nature Table
2025 Musicians:
Tegan Wong-Daugherty
James Turner, Hassan Haghani, Leland Wong-Daugherty
George McGuire
Sparrow & Pippa
Seven
Melissa White and Company
Brandon Cringan
Rachael Claire
Danny D
Iris Lloyd
Colin Brewer
Michael Daugherty
2025 Sponsors:
Win a prize through our raffle draw! $5 per ticket at the gate.
Raffle Draw Sponsors: More to come!
Mallory Hayden RMP – Gift Certificate for 45 minute tarot card reading or 30 minute Reiki session – valued at $60.00
Jenna’s Wheelhouse – Medium Sized Pottery Mug – valued at $38.00
Katie’s Creations – Crocheted Jelly Fish valued at $15
Vibe Chocolate Vibe Gems – Crystal valued at $5.00
KANC Forest Restoration Tree Bundle
Country Fair T-shirt!
2025 Vendors and Tables!
Golden Ridge Orchard
Jenna’s Wheelhouse
Moose Mountain Rustic Crafts and Creations
La joie de la bille
Brian’s Hotdogs & Burgers
Grammy B’s Preserved Goods
Vibe Gems, Vibe Chocolate
Azam’s Kitchen
Lou’s Chocolate
Katie’s Creations
Pebble Patch
Mallory Hayden RMP
KANC Hot drinks; Coffee & Tea
Carol’s Creations
Become a Vendor!
We are now accepting vendor applications! If you or someone you know, is interested in vending please fill out a form and send it to info@knowlesvillenature.ca. We are looking for booth holders, artisans, farmers, crafts persons, food vendors and musicians interested in showcasing their work and skills in a festival celebrating rural life and traditions. Help us make this the best community country fair by coming and taking part.
Vending fee is $30. Children who would like to set up a small table are welcome as well. We encourage children vendors to give 10% of their sales, as an alternative to the vending fee. Informational tables are free (must not be selling products or services).
Vendor Applications will be reviewed by our committee before approval.
This Event is Organized By…
Our Country Fair committee is a group of volunteers who are committed to making this event the best it can be. Their support of time, ideas, donations and enthusiasm help to make this event possible. A big thank you to our 2025 committee members: Tegan Wong-Daugherty, Sammy Murphy, Seven, Becky Hodgson, Victoria Clavijo and Aimee Cringan as well as all of our day of musicians, event hosts, and additional volunteers including; our entrance/front-booth, set-up/clean-up and vendor support teams, sound person, etc.
Entrance Raffle
Entry to the Fair is by donation. Donations go towards making this event possible and supporting the school and community. Every $5 donation buys you a ticket into our door-prize raffle draw that includes items from some of the vendors, as well as donated prizes from our sponsors! You can find a list of our current Raffle draw prizes above.
This is drawn at the end of the day on Saturday the 5th, and winners will be contacted in the following days to receive their prize.
Community
Support and Sponsors
Our Fall Fair Committee is made up of volunteers who offer their ideas, time, assistance and enthusiasm in order to make this event the best it can be. The KAN Centre is grateful to all the hard work the fair committee and other volunteers put towards making this event possible.
We not only rely on volunteers, but the help of local sponsors and prize donations towards our competitions and raffle draws. If you’re interested in volunteering or sponsoring the Knowlesville Country Fair, please don’t hesitate to get in contact at sammy@knowlesvillenature.ca or by phone at (506) 375-6400.