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Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips

By Emily Landau
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Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
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Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
The Elora Festival features a lineup of jazz and classical concerts in an open-air barn near Guelph. July 10 to 26, 136 Metcalfe St., Elora.
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
 1.5-hr drive Pit stop: The carrot-hued Cheltenham Badlands off the Bruce Trail, now sadly only viewable from a distance.

Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
The Tree Museum showcases art designed to live beneath a leafy Muskoka canopy. 1634 Doe Lake Rd., Gravenhurst.
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
 2-hr drive Pit stop: A crème brûlée milkshake at Ice Dreams Soda Shop in Bala.
Millbrook
4th Line Theatre stages new Canadian dramas on a creekside farm. June 30 to August 29, The Winslow Farm, Millbrook.
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
 1.5-hr drive Pit stop: The 300-foot Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge in Ferris Provincial Park.
Aylmer
The JamJam Forest Festival transforms a woodsy treescape into a hippie indie music commune. Sept. 5, Springwater Conservation Area, Aylmer.
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
 2-hr drive Pit stop: A tour of Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese in Woodstock.
Niagara
Jackson-Triggs’ moonlit amphitheatre welcomes Sam Roberts Band, Stars and Joel Plaskett. June 12 to Sept. 11, 2145 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara.
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
 1.5-hr drive Pit stop: A trolley ride through the vines at Small Talk Vineyards.
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
Hayloft Dancehall features honky-tonk hoedowns and indie concerts all summer long. From May 15, 311 Salmon Point Rd., Picton.
Road Shows: a wanderluster’s guide to bucolic cultural day trips
 2.5-hr drive Pit stop: Fresh local asparagus from Greenridge Farms’ roadside stand.

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