Palmer River Fest

LEGENDARY Biannual Whitewater Festival – May 16th, 17th, 18th 2025

Join us for our exciting semi-annual weekend festival that connects our paddling community together and refreshes our paddling skills.  Join a clinic with friends to end off your paddling adventures for the year with the incredible instructors at Fall Palmer River Fest!

 What a typical festival weekend looks like:

• Friday arrival, registration, welcome & music @ 4 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday registration @ 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
• Saturday & Sunday: 4 instructional whitewater clinics (high quality, safely facilitated) Saturday a.m./p.m. & Sunday a.m./p.m.)
• Packafting! A fun introduction to whitewater
• Kid-friendly whitewater canoe & kayak clinics
• On-site camping Friday and Saturday night (tent only – we’ll be tight for space!)
• Live music Saturday night – featuring The Valley Cats
• Local food (bring your cash)
• Radical raffle: sweet prizes & swag!
• PRF proceeds go towards our youth programs and burning the mortgage on Paddler Co-op property payments!

This Year:

• You asked, we delivered, this year we have separate Intermediate and Advanced clinics in all disciplines!
•  A new clinic offering: Kayak Stroke Refinement and Rolling Clinic. Join for an on-water Saturday with stroke refinement in the morning and rolling & bracing in the afternoon. PLUS you have the option of joining the down river trip (a.k.a. The Day Run on the Lower Madawaska) on Sunday. Camping and Saturday lunch are included with this clinic.
• Friday Fun Day

Perfect for EVERYONE: non-paddlers, brand new, experienced or expert paddlers! Who doesn’t like river fun, good music, good food, good friends new and old? Exactly!

May 2025  Palmer River Fest Itinerary

Friday:

Registration outside office: 5:00 – 8:00 pm

Equipment Rental Pick up @ Boathouse: 5:00 – 8:00 pm

Merch Booth 5:30-8:00pm

Saturday:

Registration @ office: 7:30 -8:30 am 

Equipment Pick Up: 7:30-8:30 am

Walk on Rentals: 9:30 am – 10

Breakfast: 7:00 am & onward

AM Clinics: Canoe – 9:15 – 11:30

                     Kayak – 9:30 – 11:45

    Hiking -10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Lunch: 12:00 – 1:15 pm

PM Clinics: Canoe – 1:15 – 3:30 pm

                     Kayak – 1:30 – 3:45 pm

**Intermediate &Advanced clinics load boats on trailer**

Dinner: 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Merch Booth/Raffle tix: 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Talent Show: 5:00 – 6:00 pm

Raffle @ Stage: 6:15 – 7:00 pm

Music @ Stage: 7:30 – 11:30 pm

Quiet Hours: 12:00 am

Sunday:

Equipment Pick Up: 7:30-8:30 am

Walk on Rentals: 9-9:30 am

Breakfast: 7:00 am & on

Am Clinics: C – 9:15 – 11:30

                     K – 9:30 – 11:45

                     Day Run – 9:00 departure (drive yourself, carpool if possible, co-op will shuttle drivers back to Aumonds Bay)

      Hiking – 10:00 am – 2 pm

Lunch: DR pack lunch 

            12:00 – 1:15

PM Clinics: C – 1:15 – 3:30

                     K – 1:30 – 3:45

River Trip Return: 4:00 pm

Closing Ceremony: 4:15 – 4:30 pm

Gear Return: 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Merch Booth: all day!

Campsite Check out time: 5:30 pm

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