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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-08-26, Page 181 Page A18 - Goderich Si9nalSlar, WeOnestlaY, August 26.2009 Taste of Huron celebrates community with corn and pig roast On August 28, the Taste of Huron weekend of food and fun starts off with a good ole- fashioned barn dance on Airport Line in Hensall. Everyone is invited to bring their gang down to the Country Corn and Pig Roast for good local •eats and great country -style musi- cal entertainment. The masters of the grill, Pineridge BBQ Company will be serving up succulent barbequed pork, fresh corn - on -the -cob and a side of baked beans. Guests can fill up, let loose and go back up for more as food service will be available until 10 p.m. The licensed bar offers Steelback Beer's brand new award winning drafts and Pelee Island wines by either the glass • or by the pitcher. Our headlining act on stage is the critically -acclaimed and good time Ca- nadian -Cajun band, Swamperella. They Presents Friday, Sept. 4th FREE BLUES CONCERT 6:00 to 8:00 p. m. - Courthouse Park, Goderich featuring: SAM HURRIE BAND Sponsored by The Goderich & District Chamber of Commerce WALk-A-BOUT BLUES 8:30 p,m. to 12:30 a.m. All within an easy walk -a -bout distance in the historic downtown Goderich core. 6 Great Blues Acts! 6 Great venues: • PADDY O'NEIL'S - 92 Courthouse Square featuring: THE BEARCATS (5pc.) • GODERICH GRILL _ 33 Kingston Street featuring: MIKE MacDONALD (duo) Doors open at 8:00 p.m. • BAILEY'S FINE DINING -120 Courthouse Square featuring: PAUL LANGILLE (single) • J'S BISTRO =10 Courthouse Square featuring: CHRIS MURPHY & TIM TYLER • WICKED .WILLY'S - 42 West Street featuring: BOBBY LEE JUSTICE BAND (5pc.) • THE PARK HOUSE -168 West Street featuring: TIM 'WOODCOCK (3pc.) Evening admission to all six (6) venues: Only $10.00 Admission wristband required by 8:30 p.m. Available at Ticket Seller locations, Band Stand from 6 - 8 pm .and at any of the participating venues just before show time. are the real two -stepping deal with up- right base, fiddle and accordion, an au- thentic musical experience bound to get you on your feet. The Wheel n' Dealer Square Dancers from Clinton will show everyone how to Allemande Left and Do -Si -Do your partner. Young Huron County fiddler, Devon Martene, starts things off by showing everyone what they can expect from next -generation of local fiddlers Saturday, Sept. 5'h FREE BLUES CONCERT 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.- Courthouse Park, Goderich featuring: CHRIS MURPHY BAND Sponsored by The Goderich BIA THE BIG EVENT Doors Open at 7:00 p.m. Huge Party Tent, The Livery Parking Lot South Street Goderich, just off the Square. Featuring: Internationally Renowned STEVE STRONGMAN BAND and Blues Harp Sensation DAVID ROTUNDO BAND , with special guest MEMPHIS TIM Of special note: Steve Strongman and Memphis Tim performed at the 2009 International Blues Competition, held in Memphis, Tennessee. Only 150 blues performers play each year at this inter- national competition so it's a great honour to compete, and they did Canada proud) If you missed Tennessee, we've got them booked for September 5th... a show you won't want to missl Licensed Event w/ on-site Food Vendors The Big Event Tickets 0niy$25.00 Weekend Pass: evil $30.00 Sept. 4th, Sept. 5th or. Weekend Pass tickets available at: • Ernie King Music - 70 The Square, Goderich 519.524.4689 • • 104.9 The Beach - Suncoast Drive, Goderich • • 519.612.1149 • On-line CO www.westcoastblues.ca • The Door, for The Big Event @ 7:00 The Corn and Pig Roast starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 28 night and will run until 11 p.m. Tickets are just $20 and can be purchased in advance through the Blyth Festival Box Office at 1-877-862-5984. A limited number of tickets can also be purchased at the door on a first-come basis. Things continue on into Saturday with The Village Market on Saturday, August 29, from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Bayfield Town Hall. An entrance to this event is free and visitors can check out displays by local organizations and listen to some live music. Best of all, a number of local establishments will be offering tasting samples for the minimal coast of $2 each. Sit down in our onsite cafe and enjoy a little bit of everything on offer. Television personality and cookbook author, Ken Kostick will be our special guest at the Village Market at 3 p.m. Kostick will be talking about his soon to be published cookbook as well as sharing stories from his career in television and food and signing au- tographs. The celebrations wind down on Sunday, August 30 with the Locavore Brunch at Bluewater Shores Resort near Bayfield from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Guests will be spoiled with an exceptional Eggs Benedict -a -la -Huron with peameal bacon or a mouth-water- ing vegetarian frittata. Second course is a scrumptious creme brulee French toast served with maple infused fruit. All the food is prepared using local in- gredients by some of the County's best young chefs. Renowned Canadian chef, Michael Stadtlander will be our special guest speaker for the event. Stadtlan- der will be sharing his stories about running Eigensinn Farm, his success- ful combined farm and restaurant, and about the importance of using locally produced ingredients in Canadian cui- sine. Tickets for the brunch are $25 and can be purchased in advance by call- ing the Blyth Box Office at 1-877-862- 5984 or reserved through the Taste of Huron website. Taste of Huron is a seven-day festival of flavours and feasts on Ontario's West Coast from August 24 to 30 promoting locally produced foods. For more infor- mation about events and locations, visit www.tasteofhuron.ca. Taste of Huron weekend events •August 28 - Corn and Pig Roast and Dance Airport Line in Hensall $20 Tickets •August 29 - Village Market Bayfield Town Hall Free entrance. Local establishments provide taste samples for $2. •August 30 - Locavore Brunch Bluewater Shores Resort $25 tickets. • All tickets are available at the BVlyth Box Office at 1-877-862-5984