Medicine Hat weekend guide: Tigers camp, circus, trolley tours and movies
With the last weekend of August bringing warm days and evening showers, Medicine Hat has a packed schedule before students return to school.
The Medicine Hat Tigers are holding their training camp at Co-op Place through the weekend, with players split into four teams for a round-robin tournament open to the public. Games run Friday and Saturday, including a championship matchup Saturday at 2 p.m., before an intrasquad game wraps things up Sunday morning. The Tigers open their preseason Sept. 1 in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes and host their first home preseason game Sept. 5.
The Sunshine Trolley offers guided city tours Friday through Sunday, departing twice daily from the Medicine Hat Visitor Information Centre and stopping at landmarks such as Medalta and the Ewart-Duggan House. Children 12 and under ride free, and the trolley is wheelchair accessible.
Cirque Italia's Water Circus Nautilus sets up in the Medicine Hat Mall parking lot for seven shows over four days, featuring a water stage holding 35,000 gallons alongside aerial and contortion acts. Tickets are available online.
The newly renovated Monarch Theatre screens Grease on Friday, Practical Magic on Saturday and The Parent Trap on Sunday, its first full weekend of movies since reopening, with $5 cash-only tickets. Weekend weather is expected to be warm and sunny early on, with highs near 30 C giving way to showers Saturday evening and Sunday.
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