2026 Workshop Registration is live!
Dive into the River Clyde Pageant creative community! Whether you're drawn to performance, music, puppetry, design, or the health of Island’s ecosystems, our workshops welcome everyone to shape this summer's riverside spectacle, which runs July 23-26 and July 30-August 2, 2026.
All ages are welcome, and no previous experience is required, just bring your curiosity, an open spirit, and a readiness to get creative!
Scroll down to find the workshop that’s right for you!
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Pageant workshops are offered to the public free of charge. Free arts programming is important to us - it’s a way to give back to the community that helps build the Pageant each summer. Spaces are limited in these workshops, and they fill up on quickly and usually have waitlists. With that in mind, we ask that you consider the following:
If you register for a workshop,make the commitment to attend - put the dates in your calendar and show up.
If you sign up and realize you can no longer attend, email us to withdraw your registration so someone on the waitlist can participate.
Please consider a donation to River Clyde Arts to assist with the administration and material costs of these workshops. Your contributions help us ensure we can continue to offer high-quality, accessible arts programming to the community.
Can't commit to workshops? Join our volunteer team or donate instead!
More workshops on the way!
Meet the Land
A Writing Workshop with Mike Geither
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River Clyde Arts has a new home in New Glasgow, and with that comes the opportunity to connect creatively with this place, and discover the lively ecosystems present on the land. In this multigenre writing workshop we'll explore this new space, and consider how we meet the land through writing assignments and creative prompts. We'll dig into the connections between ourselves, the land, its history and its present. Through optional readings we'll explore where nature writing is today, where it has been, and where your voice might take it. A creative writing workshop for writers at any level of experience. Be ready to touch grass.
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Sunday June 14, 2-5pm
Tuesday June 16, 6:30-8:30pm
Thursday June 18, 6:30-8:30pm
Sunday June 21, 2-5pm
WORKSHOP LOCATION: The Mill in New Glasgow, 5592 Route 13, New Glasgow and River Clyde Arts’ new home in New Glasgow (location to be shared closer to workshop date). Some time will be spent outdoors, and registrants will receive advance communication about what to expect!
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Mike Geither is a playwright, solo performer and stand-up comic whose work has been seen in San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, New York and London. He is a four-time Ohio Arts Council fellow and has served as a resident artist at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. Recent works include Thick, a play (U of Ottawa, 2024), The Body is the Best (Lit Youngstown, The River Clyde Pageant, NACL, Chicago Dramatists, 2022), Heirloom (convergence-continuum, 2019), Ismene (U of Ottawa, 2017), The Events of the Warren County Fair as Observed by a Young Astronaut (Independent Production, 2017 - 2019), Objectively/Reasonable (Playwrights Local, 2016/17), Creation Myth(convergence-continuum, 2016), how small, how far away (Zuppa Theatre, Halifax, 2016), Flame Puppy (Playwrights Local, 2015), Tear It Off (convergence-continuum, 2015), and Loki and Lucy (Talespinner, 2014). He is currently a Professor of English at Cleveland State University where he teaches in the Northeast Ohio MFA (NEOMFA) in creative writing and a life-long birdwatcher. His current work focuses on fragmentation, non-traditional narrative and climate change.
Bird Watching
With Mike Geither
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Come learn about bird watching & bird identification on the Pageant’s new site! We’ll walk together and learn to identify birds through song and sight. Bring binoculars if you have them (some extra pairs will be available) and be ready to walk. Workshop leader Mike Geither is a life-long birder who has been birding Central and Eastern PEI for the past seven years during his summers spent here as part of the River Clyde Pageant. This workshop will appeal to everyone from those new to birding, to advanced birdwatchers.
Open to participants of all ages. Kids under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Saturday June 20, 10am-1pm
The new Pageant site in New Glasgow (location to be shared closer to workshop date)
Introduction to Stilt Walking
A beginner-friendly introduction to Stilt Walking with Laura Astwood
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A beginner-friendly introduction to Stilt Walking with Laura Astwood
Have you ever watched our stilt performers and wondered what it feels like to walk above the crowd? Here's your chance to find out! This beginner-friendly workshop introduces the fundamentals of stilt walking in a supportive, encouraging environment.
Led by stilt teacher and Pageant collaborator Laura Astwood, you'll learn how to balance and walk on stilts. By the end of the workshop, you'll have experienced the unique perspective and joyful sensation that comes from standing tall on stilts, just as our Pageant stiltwalkers do!
No previous experience required—just come with a sense of adventure and willingness to try something new. All equipment is provided, along with plenty of guidance and support from our experienced instructor.
Open to participants ages 12 and up. Teens, adults, and seniors are all welcome! No previous experience required, and all equipment is provided.
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Saturday June 20, 2-5pm
Sunday June 21, 2-5pm
Gulf Shore School, 185 Hilltop Ave, North Rustico
The Bee Workshops
A drop-in crafting workshop for the River Clyde Pageant
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The Bee workshop returns for 2026, offering drop-in opportunities for easy, collaborative crafting in a welcoming and creative environment. Like a quilting bee, we'll gather weekly to work together on simple projects that will bring this year's Pageant to life – we’ll have accessible and fun projects related to costume creation, set design, sewing, and more.
Led by different members of our creative team, the Bee offers a relaxed environment where conversation and creativity flow naturally together. No expertise needed – just bring your curiosity and willingness to be part of our community creation process.
Open to ages 10 and up. Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult. Sessions are drop in, so you can come once, or come to all the sessions. Please register in advance so we can prepare materials for everyone.
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Friday June 12, 4-6pm
Friday June 19, 4-6pm
Friday June 26, 4-6pm
Saturday July 4, 2-4pm
Saturday July 11, 2-4pm
WORKSHOP LOCATION:
New Glasgow Christian Church, 617 Route 258, New Glasgow, PEI.
Thank you to the generous sponsors of
the 2026 River Clyde Pageant!
