Spring Tide Schedule

Concert featuring Fredericton's award-winning fiddler Katherine Moller and Saint John's Before the Mast. This concert is free for children12 and under.

Enjoy live music and learn about the different types of sea shanties. Come ready to sing! Hosted by Saint John's Before the Mast.

Carrick Knots with Daryl Caines: Join us for a 90-minute workshop where participants will make and take home their own decorative knot (casserole dish placemat). *also offered on Saturday*

(1 of 2 different events @ 4pm) Join rum enthusiast Graham MacKenney, The Atlantic Rum Connection, as he presents a variety of rums from around the Atlantic Provinces in this 75-minute presentation.

(1 of 2 different events @ 4pm) Step into the lively world of Irish social dancing with Emily Peacock and Paige LeClair from Celtic Roots Dance Academy! This engaging and fun-filled 50-minute workshop is designed to introduce you to the vibrant and communal spirit of traditional Irish dance. In this workshop, participants will learn popular group dances such as the Ceili and Set dances, which are the heart of Irish social gatherings. Dancers will experience the joy of dancing in a group, moving in sync with others, and enjoying the lively music. No experience necessary and open to all ages. **Participants should wear comfortable clothing and shoes that allow you to move freely. No special dance attire is required. *also offered on Saturday*

Join us for a delicious Seafood Chowder Supper. Enjoy live sea shanty entertainment.

Featuring Ottawa's Bytown Sea Shanty Collective and New Brunswick's Dram and A Draw.

(1 of 3 different events @ 11am) Carrick Knots with Daryl Caines: Join us for a 90-minute workshop where participants will make and take home their own decorative knot (casserole dish placemat).

(1 of 3 different events @ 11am) "What do you never find on board a ship in the golden age of sail -WOMEN" Join Eric for this 50-minute presentation as he presents historical facts that will dispel this long perpetuated myth with dramatic and often funny true stories of what these remarkable women encountered on board these wooden sailing vessels. Come and hear what life was like for "Nelson's women" and Captains' wives on the "hen frigates". Eric Bartlett is a retired carpenter/cabinetmaker/teacher and corporate trainer who volunteered for over 15 years at the Quaco Museum. He turns the complex history and shipbuilding methods of the Golden Age of Sale into entertaining lectures and stories, in his words "edutaining"

(1 of 3 different events @ 11am) Step into the lively world of Irish social dancing with Emily Peacock and Paige LeClair from Celtic Roots Dance Academy! This engaging and fun-filled 50-minute workshop is designed to introduce you to the vibrant and communal spirit of traditional Irish dance. In this workshop, participants will learn popular group dances such as the Ceili and Set dances, which are the heart of Irish social gatherings. Dancers will experience the joy of dancing in a group, moving in sync with others, and enjoying the lively music. No experience necessary and open to all ages. **Participants should wear comfortable clothing and shoes that allow you to move freely. No special dance attire is required.

Join us at The Hilton for a delicious Seafood Chowder Supper. Enjoy live music with Fredericton's Corsa.

(1 of 3 different events @ 1pm) Flintknapping is the art of shaping rocks into stone tools, art objects, and jewelry. Your guide is Brian Blaze Palmater, an indigenous artist and flintknapper from Tobique First Nation (Neqotkuk). His interests in nature, geology, and archaeology led him to research, excavate, and create flint tools and art pieces aligned with the traditions of his ancestors. This is a 3 hour workshop and all materials are provided. And storytelling too.

(1 of 3 different events @ 1pm) Join Harold Wright for this informative 50-minute presentation. Saint John was eastern Canada's principal shipbuilding site for both the 19th and 20th centuries. Shipyards rimmed the inner harbour and Courtenay Bay, as well as the Indiantown waterfront. More than 6,000 ships were built in NB with the majority in Saint John. The 20th century saw shipbuilding concentrated in Courtenay Bay.

The oldest surviving wooden ship still in the water is a 1859 Saint John ship. The first ship built at the Saint John shipyard in 1923 is still in the water. Along with the stories of these two ships and the yards which built them, other Saint John related vessels will be explored including the SS Saint John, the warships HMCS Saint John and HMS Jervis Bay. The 19th century shipbuilding Troop family story will be explored and where part of its namesake ship still survives in California.

This presentation will also talk about the Marine Lot at Fernhill cemetery where 445 mariners are buried, many having died in Saint John harbour and on the Bay of Fundy. This presentation will include historic and contemporary images and film.

(1 of 3 different events @ 1pm) Participants will walk with David Goss around Harbour Passage and a bit of Prince William Street for 50 minutes, explore the exploits of sea going men, and perhaps a woman or two from the era when Saint John was a leading shipbuilding port. There are many tales of violent gales, treasure hunts, sea monsters, ghosts and fortunes made and fortunes lost.

(1 of 3 different events @ 2pm) Learn to play the Tin Whistle with Bob Burgess in this 50-minute workshop. Whistle included! Ages 8+

(1 of 3 different events @ 2pm) Join Ottawa's Bytown Sea Shanty Collective for this musical experience. Participants will be taught a handful of sea shanties and their respective harmonies. Come and get your shanties on.

(1 of 3 different events @ 2pm) Step into the lively world of Irish social dancing with Emily Peacock and Paige LeClair from Celtic Roots Dance Academy! This engaging and fun-filled 50-minute workshop is designed to introduce you to the vibrant and communal spirit of traditional Irish dance. In this workshop, participants will learn popular group dances such as the Ceili and Set dances, which are the heart of Irish social gatherings. Dancers will experience the joy of dancing in a group, moving in sync with others, and enjoying the lively music. No experience necessary and open to all ages. **Participants should wear comfortable clothing and shoes that allow you to move freely. No special dance attire is required.

(1 of 4 different events @ 3pm) Learn to play the Tin Whistle with Bob Burgess in this 50-minute workshop. Whistle included! Ages 8+

(1 of 4 different events @ 3pm) Join Harold Wright for this informative 50-minute presentation. Saint John was eastern Canada's principal shipbuilding site for both the 19th and 20th centuries. Shipyards rimmed the inner harbour and Courtenay Bay, as well as the Indiantown waterfront. More than 6,000 ships were built in NB with the majority in Saint John. The 20th century saw shipbuilding concentrated in Courtenay Bay.

The oldest surviving wooden ship still in the water is a 1859 Saint John ship. The first ship built at the Saint John shipyard in 1923 is still in the water. Along with the stories of these two ships and the yards which built them, other Saint John related vessels will be explored including the SS Saint John, the warships HMCS Saint John and HMS Jervis Bay. The 19th century shipbuilding Troop family story will be explored and where part of its namesake ship still survives in California.

This presentation will also talk about the Marine Lot at Fernhill cemetery where 445 mariners are buried, many having died in Saint John harbour and on the Bay of Fundy. This presentation will include historic and contemporary images and film.

(1 of 4 different events @ 3pm) "What do you never find on board a ship in the golden age of sail -WOMEN" Join Eric for this 50-minute presentation as he presents historical facts that will dispel this long perpetuated myth with dramatic and often funny true stories of what these remarkable women encountered on board these wooden sailing vessels. Come and hear what life was like for "Nelson's women" and Captains' wives on the "hen frigates". Eric Bartlett is a retired carpenter/cabinetmaker/teacher and corporate trainer who volunteered for over 15 years at the Quaco Museum. He turns the complex history and shipbuilding methods of the Golden Age of Sale into entertaining lectures and stories, in his words "edutaining"

(1 of 4 different events @ 3pm) Carrick Knots with Daryl Caines: Join us for a 90-minute workshop where participants will make and take home their own decorative knot (casserole dish placemat).

(1 of 3 different events @ 4pm) Moosehead Brewery will present 4 different products in this 50-minute event. Come and enjoy a combination of beverages and education by one of our sponsors.

(1 of 3 different events @ 4pm) Join Ottawa's Bytown Sea Shanty Collective for this musical experience. Participants will be taught a handful of sea shanties and their respective harmonies. Come and get your shanties on.

(1 of 3 different events @ 4pm) Participants will walk with David Goss around Harbour Passage and a bit of Prince William Street for 50 minutes, explore the exploits of sea going men, and perhaps a woman or two from the era when Saint John was a leading shipbuilding port. There are many tales of violent gales, treasure hunts, sea monsters, ghosts and fortunes made and fortunes lost.

An 1880 Shanty Concert will feature Moncton's Riversong and Ottawa's Bytown Sea Shanty Collective. It will also offer a preview of a sea shanty contemporary dance work titled, Come All Ye . . . and dance, which will be premiered in St Martins in August 2026! Let's step back in time together. (This concert is free for children 12 and under).