The heat continues, but so do the events.
Here is what’s on in Medicine Hat and area this weekend, from July 19 to 21:
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Friday and Saturday, varying ticket prices
Dubbed the “greatest outdoor party on dirt”, the annual Quonset Days festival officially kicks off Friday night and runs until Saturday.
Gates open at 5 p.m. on Friday. There will beer gardens, a silent auction, a tractor race and several music artists, including George Canyon.
Saturday gets underway with a pancake breakfast at 9 a.m. on Saturday and ends off with the Fox and the Hounds band at midnight.
The long-running festival is a fundraiser for Lou Gehrig’s disease research through the ALS Society of Alberta.
READ: Quonset Days gets underway
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Saturday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., free to attend
Towne Square block parties are running all summer long.
This weekend’s theme is celebrating sport and movement, back after a week hiatus due to the chili cook-off last weekend.
There will be no block party next weekend as the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede is on.
READ: Here’s what the block parties are about
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Multiple days, free
The Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede’s famous roster of free pancake breakfasts get started on Saturday morning.
The first pancake breakfast runs from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Homestead Market.
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Sunday, free
Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz is hosting a free public barbecue on Sunday afternoon.
Registration is not required for the free event. It runs from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Kin Coulee Park band shelter.
READ: Medicine Hat MP hosting community barbecue
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Monday, free to attend
The bi-annual Family, Fun and Flight event runs from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Medicine Hat Regional Airport on Monday.
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If you have an event taking place this weekend or next that we have not listed here, please email CHATNews@pattisonmedia.com to potentially get your event added.
