Bikes & Blues Festival 2024
A music festival to celebrate water, cycling and community in the Upper Grand River. Join us on Saturday, August 24 in Elora-Fergus for a day of cycling, music, food and family fun.
Free community bike rides for all types of riders
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Trestle Bridge Triangle (Family 10km)
This 10km ride will follow a loop along the Elora-Cataract Trail and Trestle Bridge Trail. This ride is geared for families and those interested in a cruiser ride.
12:30pm start time
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The Grand Shand (30 km)
This 30-35km ride will follow the Elora-Cataract rail trail and non-technical gravel roads, exploring historic bridges and rural heritage along the Grand River and Irvine Creek with a snack stop at the Shand Dam.
11:30am start time
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Luther Marsh Lasso (90-100km)
This 90-100km ride will follow gravel roads through Grand Valley until reaching the Luther Marsh Conservation area circumnavigating the Marsh, and returning through Belwood, where we will take a break for some famous butter tarts.
9am start time
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*All routes in our Water Cycles library are freely available for the public. If you choose to follow these routes on a self-guided ride, you do so at your own risk. Be aware that road conditions may change, and that some turns can be hard to find!
celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Grand River as a Canadian Heritage River
In the afternoon we groove to bluegrass and folk music from some local favourites. 2pm start.
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Tragedy Ann
Tragedy Ann is a Forward-looking Folk duo from Guelph, Ontario. Braiding organic vocal harmonies with organ, accordion, singing saw, and guitars, Tragedy Ann’s arrangements are as delicate as they are driving. Their concerts emanate “…the honesty and enthusiasm of people who can’t help but create and perform.” (Jon Farmer, Georgian Bay Roots).
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Kristine Schmitt & Andrew Penner
Toronto's Kristine Schmitt and Andrew Penner make music that's warm and charming and rowdy, and just a little bit unpredictable. Longterm mutual admirers, they made a record together called "Dear Me" in the wild outer reaches of Toronto, pairing Kristine's unusual songs with Andrew's hefty multi-instrumentalist skills and brilliant production. With combined backgrounds in early acoustic country, folk-rock and theatre, they share a shouty sense of fun that is the absolute only thing to listen to after a long bike ride.
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Wellington County Museum and Archives
0536 Wellington Road 18 Fergus, ON N1M 2W3