Guide to Entertainment in Cobourg
For a list of recommended single day events, see the Featured events page.
The Town has issued a Fall and Winter Leisure Guide for 2023/2024
It's available online as:
The previous one is still on the Town's web site here: Download 2023 Cobourg's Spring Summer Leisure Guide 24 MB PDF
There are two major events each summer:
There were four but the Highland games has moved to Port Hope and the Sandcastle Festival has been discontinued.
Waterfront Festival 29 June to July 1 - 2024 - mostly in Victoria Park
Rib Fest - August 16, 17, 18 - 2024 - a fundraiser for Rotary - in Victoria Park
Major Shows with Multiple performances
2024
Web sites by Entertainment Organizations
Organizations with Multiple Events
Entertainment in Cobourg is provided by a number of organizations - some are more active and prolific than others. Here are the most active organizations:
Rainbow Theatre (First run Movies) - at Northumberland Mall
Northumberland Players (Dinner Theatre at Best Western, intimate specialty theatre at Firehall Theatre, Christmas special in Victoria Hall and annual Musical Comedy at the Capitol)
Loft Productions - events produced by Ken Prue - live Jazz - venue is Victoria Hall
Les Amis Concerts (World class quality Classical) - Venue is Trinity Church
Northumberland Film Sundays - Alternative films from TIFF - Venue is Rainbow Cinema
VOS (live Musicals) - Venue is Victoria Hall
Northumberland Learning Connection
And here are the others (fewer events).
- Film Access Northumberland - one 3 day event in June
- Northumberland Orchestra and Choir
- New Ventures Band
- Oriana Singers
- La Jeunesse Choir
- Venture 13 - mostly educational
- NHH Hospital Foundation Fundraising Events - Check with web page.
General Calendars
| Concert Hall | It is actually their booking calendar but they manage bookings for many of Cobourg’s events - good source of info. |
| Town of Cobourg | Only Town managed events. Not very useful. Dominated by Library events and includes many educational events. |
| Northumberland County | As you'd expect, covers whole county |
| Northumberland News | Newspaper site - Covers Northumberland County - one of the better calendars |
| My FM Radio Station | One of the better calendars |
Victoria Park Events - Free
Concert Band in the Park
Concerts Tuesdays in summer: 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Movies in the Park 3 evenings in summer 8:30 pm
Parades
- July 1st Parade each Year
- Santa Parade at 6:00 pm
Mailing Lists for Entertainment
Some organizations have free mailing lists to let you know what they have on. Here are their links:
- Town of Cobourg - Experience Cobourg newsletter
- Cobourg Loft Productions
- Northumberland Film Sundays (TIFF films at Rainbow)
- Northumberland Learning Connection - bottom of page - quite active
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