Medicine Hat weekend lineup includes Grains to Glory festival, Cars and Guitars
A mix of sunshine, local smoke and a chance of showers is expected as Medicine Hat hosts several festivals and tours from August 7-9.
Medicine Hat has a busy weekend planned for August 7-9, with Environment Canada forecasting a sunny Friday reaching 29 C, mainly sunny Saturday near 28 C with a 60 per cent chance of evening showers, and a sunnier Sunday around 25 C.
Events include the Sunshine Trolley guided city tour running all three days from the Visitor Information Centre, with children 12 and under riding free. The Grains to Glory Festival takes place Friday and Saturday at the former Ogilvie Flour Mill site, featuring an adult-only Dead Man's Dinner murder mystery event Friday and a free Saturday event with a market, beer gardens, food trucks, a kids zone and a $10,000 hole-in-one bucket golf challenge, with donations collected for the Root Cellar.
Saturday also brings Cars and Guitars at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede grounds, combining a car show with an evening concert featuring Jimmy Buffett tribute act Volcano and opener HalfKatz. Other Saturday activities include the Historic First Street Southwest Walking Tour, exploring former homestead land beyond the city's original boundaries, and the Dean Wakshinsky Memorial Race at Medicine Hat Speedway, featuring Mini Cups, V6 and Baby Grands classes among others.
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