A slightly revised Sharing the Field, with all the same spirit!

In the wake of Hurricane Fiona, The River Clyde Pageant has revised its plans for the second edition of Sharing the Field, a festival of food, art and community at The Mill in New Glasgow. 

The festival is being scaled back to a one-day event on Sunday, October 2, from 2:00-6:00pm. Some aspects have been canceled, but its spirit remains the same: gathering with friends and neighbours to share food, distribute the harvest from the Pageant Community Garden, and enjoy live music and entertainment. 

The revised program begins at 2:00pm with a by-donation Farm Stand at the Mill parking lot, live music on the Mill’s verandah, and barbecued food and soup cooked over a fire, available by donation. At 4:00pm, Becca Griffin will present her puppet play for all ages, Catching Fish, followed by Gathering, a short crankie theatre piece by North Barn Theatre’s at 4:35pm. From 4:45 til 5:15, Tanya Davis will share a set of music and poetry. Admission for the entire event is by donation, and all proceeds will be split between The River Clyde Pageant and The North Rustico Food Bank.

Artistic Director Megan Stewart is thrilled that the festival can go ahead, despite the challenges of the past few days. “We have all experienced significant losses from this hurricane, but we have also seen the best side of our communities - people coming together to help each other out, share food & resources, and find moments of joy and light. This spirit is what we want to celebrate on Sunday with Sharing the Field.”

Admission by donation tickets can be reserved on The River Clyde Pageant’s website. Audiences will also be welcomed onsite on the day of the event if advance booking is not accessible to them. For tickets and full schedule, click here.

Sharing the Field is funded by the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative, Innovation PEI, and the PEI Climate Challenge Fund.