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Labour Day was created to celebrate worker’s achievements by giving them a day off of work to spend some time resting and relaxing. There is plenty to do on this long weekend in and around St. John’s to celebrate Labour Day while you spend quality time with your family and friends.
Other Women Walk
Bannerman Park, St. John’s
August 30 and September 2, 2019
$10 per person, Children under 12: $5 (cash preferred)
Experience Art!
Head to The Rooms for a fun, drawing exercise. Create your own postcards, and then mail them to your friends or family. You can also learn how to do blind contour to ‘see’ what you are drawing. This technique is used by artists around the world. No experience is needed for you to take part in this creative activity.
9 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
August 30 & September 2 from 10 am to 5 pm
Included in Admission price to The Rooms
The Grey Sky Boys
Get ready to clap your hands and stomp your feet on Friday nights as The Grey Sky Boys are at the Rocket Bakery. Their ‘Happy Hour’ special is a fish cake & a pint for $10. It is going to be a fun night packed with old country and bluegrass tunes.
Rocket Bakery & Fresh Food, 272 Water St, St. John’s
August 30, 2019 at 6 pm
It’s Yesterday Once More
A Musical Comedy Tribute to the Carpenters Dinner & Show. Featuring the stunning vocals of
Natalie Noseworthy with Miranda Macdonald, Peter Halley, John williams, Evan Smith and more, with the Spirit of Newfoundland Band.
Spirit of Newfoundland Productions, 6 Cathedral Street,
St. John’s
August 28 to 31, 2019
$72.00
Dream Board Workshop: Let the Manifesting Begin
Turn your dreams into reality at Bodhi Hot Yoga. Dream boards give you a vision about what you want your life to be. Start the workshop with the guided meditation to calm down and open yourself to the Devine/Source/Universe. All you need to bring with you is a magazine, glue, and scissors.
25 Kenmount Rd., St. John’s
August 30, 2019 from 7 pm to 9 pm
$20(plus tax)
St. John’s Farmers’ Market
Spend a relaxing Saturday morning seeing what farmers, growers, and crafters have been up to at the St. John’s Farmers’ Market. Enjoy great prepared food for breakfast, brunch or lunch, and wander around the stalls. It is a great way to support local producers while getting great food and other items.
245 Freshwater Rd.
August 31st, 2019 from 9 am to 4 pm
Outdoor Airsoft Open
Get ready for a day of exciting outdoor fun at Frontline Action every Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. Challenge your friends and family to a game of Airsoft, and find out who has the best shot. Pizza and drinks are available for lunch, which is a 20-minute break around noon.
54 Duffett’s Rd., St. John’s
August 31st, 2019 from 10 am to 2 pm
Furry Meetings
Make friends with a Newfoundland Dog this Labour Day weekend at The Rooms. They are very friendly and love meeting everyone. Just be ready for some dog drool, especially if you do some major dog petting.
The Rooms Café, 9 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
August 31st, 2019 from 2 pm to 4 pm
Included in Admission price to The Rooms
Fairy Door Tours
Explore Pippy Park and see if you and your kids can spot fairies, elf, and gnome’s homes along the beautiful nature trail. Children will love writing a letter and leaving it in the fairy mailbox, and making wishes along the Fairy Door Tours. Treasure bags will be provided for the children, which will contain small gifts to leave for the fairies.
Pippy Park, St. John’s
August 31st, 2019 at 11 am and 1 pm
$9 per person, Children under two are Free
ROCK for YACC
Spend a fun evening helping young adults and their loved ones affected by cancer, while enjoying a great night of music by Dave Whitty Band, Paul Brace Band, and the Nick Earle Trio. 100% of the proceeds are going to YACC. It is going to be a rocking night full of good times and good karma at The Rockhouse.
The Rockhouse, 8 George St., St. John’s
August 31, 2019 at 9 pm
$20
Guided Fossil Site Visits
Join for on a walk through time, to an age when trilobites dominated the seas. Our Guided Fossil Site Visit leads down the Ocean Trail from the Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre, exploring the natural history along the way, and ends at a 500 million year old fossil locality. There we will investigate the natural rock fall and look for the fossilized remains of the trilobites, brachiopods and other animals that lived in the shallow sea which covered this area half a billion years ago.
The Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre, Conception Bay South
August 31, 2019 at 10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Hike Only: $15+HST adult, $9+HST student/senior/youth.
Lunch & Hike: $25+HST adult, $20+HST student/senior, $15+HST youth (kids meal)
Scuffchata Picnic Social
Hit the grass dance floor at Bowring Park and learn how to bachata, kizomba, salsa, and merengue all afternoon. Have fun with your partner and make new friends at the bi-weekly Scuffchata Picnic Socials.
Bowring Park, 305 Waterford Bridge Rd., St. John’s
August 31, 2019 at 3 pm
$6
Future Possible
Celebrate the 70 anniversary of the Confederation with Canada at The Rooms. The Future Possible exhibit gathers close to 100 artworks, images and objects from The Rooms gallery, museum and archive collections to explore Newfoundland and Labrador’s history and look forward to future of the island and Canada.
The Rooms Café, 9 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
August 31st, 2019 from 3 pm to 3:30 pm
Included in Admission price to The Rooms
Memories of the First World War
The First World War had a huge impact on Newfoundland. Thousands of Newfoundlanders made the long trip to Europe, which dramatically altered life on the island. The Memories of the First World War exhibit at The Rooms shares the hopes, fears, thoughts, and sacrifices of Newfoundlanders who experienced the ‘Great War’.
The Rooms Café, 9 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
September 1, 2019 from 3 pm to 4 pm
Included in Admission price to The Rooms
Messed Up Mondays
Spice up your Labour Day Monday with this weekly stand-up comedy show at The Rose & Thistle Pub. Messed Up Monday features great local comedians. Everyone is welcome, and it is a ‘Pay what you can’ show. Jameson and Martinis are on the Monday special drink menu.
Grapevine & The Rose 208 Water St., St. John’s
September 2, 2019 at 8:30 PM
Fishing for Cod
It could be said that Newfoundland and Labrador exists because of cod fish. At one time, you could dip your bucket over the side of a boat and it would be filled with cod in just a few seconds. Explore the two exhibits at The Rooms, ‘From This Place: Our Lives on Land and Sea’ and ‘Here, We Made a Home’ to learn about the salt cod trade in Newfoundland.
The Rooms Café, 9 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
September 2, 2019 | 3 pm to 3:45 pm
Included in Admission price to The Rooms
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