Palmer River Fest

LEGENDARY Annual Whitewater Festival – Sept 16-18, 2023

Join us for our exciting semi-annual weekend festival that connects our paddling community together, refreshes our paddling skills and supports Paddler Co-op’s youth programs.  Join a clinic with friends to put the finishing touches on your paddling progression 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
• *Hiking/Medicinal Plant Walks!* Explore the Madawaska Valley from shore!
• 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 and kids programs fund
• Exhibitors & vendors

*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!*

September 2023  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

**Inter-Adv clinics load boats on trailer**

Dinner: 4:30 – 6:00 pm

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

River Regatta: 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

Call to book (saves you $) or book online with an small fee.