Griz Days
Date/Time
Date(s) - 27/02/2015
All Day
Location
Downtown Fernie
Category(ies)
Griz Days welcomes visitors and locals to the biggest, snowiest party of the year.
Highlights Include:
- The Fernie Museum Griz Wiz- A Griz Adventure through time
- Timbits Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena
- CP Station Square Street Party- downtown with live music, concessions & beverage garden
- Commit 2 Pain Rail Jam in downtown Fernie
- Griz Days Craft Fair, Pancake Breakfast & Baby Griz Crawl
- ‘Bacon Spectacular’ charity breakfast, cooking contest and bacon eating challenge
- Annual Classic Canadian Street Hockey Tournament
- Fireworks display
- Raging Elk Dummy Downhill
- Griz Days family dance
- Griz Days Parade
- Extreme Griz Competition including:
- Pancake Eating, Snow shoe races, GT snowracer race, Log Sawing, Axe Throwing, Log Tossing, Jeep Pulling, Fire Starting, Giant Twister, Leg Wrestling and Hockey Shoot Out
2015 Tentative Schedule:
Friday Feb 27th
10:00am – 5:30pm Griz Wiz Scavenger Hunt – The Fernie Museum
4:00pm – 7:00pm Novice Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena – Free Admission!
7:00 pm Fernie Museum Event – Road to the Olympics. Presentation by Canadian Olympic curler Kevin Martin.
– Limited comp tickets available at Fernie Museum.
7:00pm – 11:00pm Fire and Ice Dance Party – Aquatic Centre Parking Lot
– DJ Jeff McCrae
– Refreshment Garden 19+
– Concessions
– Commit 2 Pain Rail Jam preliminaries- hosted by Commit Snow & Skate
Saturday Feb 28th
7:00am – 6:00pm Novice Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena – Free Admission!
8:00am – 10:00am Christian Youth Association Pancake Breakfast – Fernie Community Centre
9:00am – 2:00pm Griz Days Craft Fair at the Fernie Community Centre
10:00am & 2:45 Senior Citizens Drop In Centre – $25 (Includes 2 bridge sessions and lunch)
10:00am – 5:30pm Griz Wiz Scavenger Hunt – The Fernie Museum
11:00am – 12:00pm Extreme Griz pancake eating contest at the Fernie Community Centre
11:00am – 7:00pm 16th Annual Classic Canadian Street Hockey Tournament at Park Place Lodge
-Pre-register at The Pub, up to 10 teams, beer gardens and BBQ available
11:00am Bacon Spectacular charity breakfast (pancakes, bacon, ham, sausage) at The Northern- all proceeds benefit the Heart & Stroke Foundation
11:00am – 5:00pm Bacon Spectacular games outside The Northern & Boardstiff on 2nd Avenue
All Day Pulled Pork meals for $10 at The Fernie Hotel
12:00pm Baby Griz Crawl at the Fernie Community Centre
12:30pm-2:30pm Extreme Griz Competition at Fernie Alpine Resort
1:00 pm Improve your Curling with Kevin Martin – $15 student/$25 adult
– Curling Clinic organized by Fernie Curling Club; Registration online at eventbrite.ca Search Fernie or at the Fernie Museum
2:00pm Bacon Spectacular best bacon dish/drink, professional & amateur categories Outside The Northern & Boardstiff on 2nd Avenue
4:00pm Bacon Spectacular 3 Pound Bacon Eating Challenge!
– $5 entry fee- pre register at The Northern or Boardstiff.
5:00pm Hot wing eating contest at The Fernie Hotel
6:30pm Griz Days “Fire & Ice” Parade down 2nd Avenue
7:00pm The Road to the Olympics – Draw Weight: Banquet & Presentation by Canadian Olympic Curler Kevin Martin at Fernie Curling Club
– $50 Banquet tickets available online at eventbrite.ca Search Fernie, at the Fernie Museum and from Fernie Curling Club executive
7:00pm-11:00pm Fire and Ice Dance Party – Aquatic Centre Parking Lot
– DJ Jeff
– Live Music: Scenic Route To Alaska
– Refreshment Garden 19+
– Concessions
– Crowning of Extreme Griz winner(s)
– Commit 2 Pain Rail Jam finals (hosted by Commit Snow & Skate)
8:00pm Fireworks display!
9:30 pm Griz Days Dance Party at the Fernie Hotel
Sunday March 1st
7:00am – 4:00pm Novice Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena – Free Admission!
10:00am – 5:30pm Griz Wiz Scavenger Hunt – The Fernie Museum
1:00pm Raging Elk Dummy Downhill at Fernie Alpine Resort
2:30pm – 4:00pm Griz Days family dance w/DJ Jeff at the Community Centre
