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Friday Feb 7, 2025 Sunday Feb 16, 2025
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Laura Pearson, LPearson@SLCchamber.org, 315.386.4000
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CANTON WINTERFEST
February 7 - February 16, 2025
The tradition continues! The St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce is proud to host the 29th annual Canton Winterfest taking place on February 7 - February 16, 2025. Canton Winterfest is an annual town-wide event filled with 10 days of community programming, shopping discounts, and recreational activities to highlight local businesses and celebrate everything that makes Canton, NY a great place to live.
BUSINESS PARTICIPATION + SPONSOR OPPORTUNIES
Canton based businesses have the opportunity to be showcased in within 2025 Winterfest promotions by: hosting your own event(s), offer special deals or discounts, selling Winterfest buttons, or becoming a sponsor to raffle prizes! If your business/organization would like to participate or receive more details, please complete the 2025 Winterfest Business Registration Form here. Event Contact: Laura Pearson at: Laura@SLCchamber.org or 315.386.4000 x3.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Details are added as finalized. Check back soon for more information!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7
- 10am - 4pm | Valentine's Day Card Making @ St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
- 4:00-7:00pm | Wine & Spirits Tasting @ Riverside Liqour & Wine, 33 Riverside Drive
- 5:30pm | SLU Women's Basketball vs RIT @ SLU
- 6:00pm | SLU Women's Hockey vs Quinnipiac University @ Appleton Arena
- 7:00pm | Screening of "Need to Grow" @ Canton United Methodist Church
- 7:00pm | SUNY Canton Women's Hockey vs Oswego State @ Roos House
- 7:30pm | SLU Men's Basketball vs RIT @ SLU
- 7:30pm | Canton Boys Varsity Hockey v. Potsdam
- 8:00am - 12:00pm | All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast @ Canton UMC
- 10:00am - 1:00pm | Cardboard Sled Races with Nature Up North @ SUNY Canton
- 10am - 4pm | Valentine's Day Card Making @St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
- 11:30am | Shuffleboard Tournament @ Canton VFW Post 1231
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Little River Winterfest @ Little River Community School
- 2:00pm | SLU Women's Basketball vs William Smith College @ SLU
- 3:00-6:00pm | Wine & Spirits Tasting @ Riverside Liqour & Wine, 33 Riverside Drive
- 3:00pm | SLU Women's Hockey vs Princeton University @ Appleton Arena
- 3:00pm | SUNY Canton Women's Hockey vs Oswego State @ Roos House
- 4:00pm | SLU Men's Basketball vs Hobart College @ SLU
- 5:30pm | Winter Trivia Night @ St. Mary's Church
- 7:00-8:20pm | Free Open Skate at the Canton Pavilion, sponsored by County Seat Realty
- Time TBA | SLU Men & Women's Squash vs Liberty League Championships @ SLU
- Time TBA | SLU Men & Women's Squash vs Liberty League Championships @ SLU
- 10am - 4pm | Valentine's Day Card Making @St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
- 5:00pm - 7:00pm | STLC Business After Hours @ 11 West
- 10am - 4pm | Valentine's Day Card Making @St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
- 7:00pm | State of the Rivers talk, St. Lawrence Land Trust @ Grasse River Heritage Room, 30 Court Street
- 7:30pm | Canton Boys Varsity Hockey v. Ogdensburg Free Academy
- 10am - 4pm | Valentine's Day Card Making @St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
- 12:00 - 2:30pm | Propagating Native Plants @ Cornell Cooperative Extension
- 10am - 4pm | Valentine's Day Card Making @St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
- 4:00-7:00pm | Wine & Spirits Tasting @ Riverside Liqour & Wine, 33 Riverside Drive
- 5:30pm | SLU Women's Basketball vs Ithaca College @ SLU
- 5:30pm | SUNY Canton Women's Basketball vs SUNY Potsdam @ Roos House
- 6:00pm | Valentine's Dinner & Comedy Event @ Best Western University Inn
- 6:00pm | Valentine's Day Evening Salsa Dance @ UNited Universalist Church of Canton
- 7:00 | Romantic Movie Trivia Night, presented by Going to Tahiti Productions, One Steep at a Time, and Canton Apples @ Canton Apples Cider House
- 7:00-8:20pm | Free Open Skate sponsored by County Seat Realty @ Canton Pavilion
- 7:00pm | SLU Men's Hockey vs Harvard University @ Appleton Arena
- 7:00pm | SUNY Canton Men's Hockey vs SUNY Morrisville @ Roos House
- 7:30pm | SLU Men's Basketball vs Ithaca College @ SLU
- 7:30pm | SUNY Canton Men's Basketball vs SUNY Potsdam @ Roos House
- 10am - 4pm | Valentine's Day Card Making @St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture
- 1:30pm | Canton Boys Varsity Hockey v. St. Lawrence Central
- 2:00pm | SLU Women's Basketball vs Union College
- 2:00pm | SUNY Canton Women's Basketball vs Plattsburg State @ Roos House
- 3:00-6:00pm | Wine & Spirits Tasting @ Riverside Liqour & Wine, 33 Riverside Drive
- 4:00pm | SLU Men's Basketball vs Union College
- 4:00pm | SUNY Canton Men's Basketball vs Plattsburgh State @ Roos House
- 5:00-7:00pm | Local Foods Winter Social @ Cornell Cooperative Extension
- 7:00pm | SLU Men's Hockey vs Dartmouth College
- 10:00am | Tracking Tracks @ Heritage Park
BUSINESS DISCOUNTS EFFECTIVE 2/7 - 2/16
Best Western University Inn 90 East Main Street15% Food Discount for anyone wearing a Winterfest Button.
Cellar 25b 25 Main Street
$1 off drafts from 4-5pm at this NEW underground Bourbon Bar! Open: Wednesdays/Thursdays from 4pm-11pm & Friday/Saturdays from 4pm-12am.
Coakley Home & Hardware 2535 NY-68
Wear your Winterfest button and bring a non-perishable food item to Coakley's during Winterfest to be entered into a separate drawing to win a Coakley gift card!
Gallery of Art & Learning (GOAL) 101 Main Street
10% off purchase for anyone wearing a Winterfest Button.
Grasse River Outfitters 45 Main Street
10% off with a Winterfest Button. Enjoy great deals on XC ski packages, snowshoes and more at the Mid-Winter Gear Sale. + Mid-Winter Gear SALE, Feb. 15th & 16th 10am-6pm.
Nature's Storehouse 21 Main Street
10% off total order to customers wearing a Winterfest Button.
Riverside Liquor & Wine, 33 Riverside Drive
10% off sampled items at Wine & Spirit Tasting events (see events list for dates and times)
St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture 3 E. Main Street
10% in gift store during Winterfest
WINTERFEST BUTTONS
2025 Canton Winterfest Buttons grant the holder access to exclusive deals and discounts AND an entry to win some great raffle prizes! Buttons will be on sale for $3 each or 2 for $5 at Canton businesses through Sunday, February 16 (raffle drawing date TBD). One entry per button purchase.
- Best Western University Inn 90 East Main Street
- Canton Animal Clinic 2750 State Hwy 68
- Cellar 25b 25b Main Street
- Coakley Home & Hardware 2535 NY-68
- Community Bank N.A. 80 Main Street
- Gallery of Art & Learning (GOAL) 101 Main Street
- Grasse River Outfitters 45 Main Street
- Nature's Storehouse 21 Main Street
- NBT Bank 5 Park Place
- Oot & Associates, PLLC 63 Main Street
- Palmer Realty 29 Main Street
- Riverside Liquor & Wine, 33 Riverside Drive
- Stadium Sports Bar 35 Main Street
- St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture 3 East Main Street
- Waste Not Perma, Inc. 5 1/2 Stevens Street
- White Silo at Saphead Complex 5355 County Road 27
- White's Flowers 35 Miner Street
- + more sales locations TBA!
2025 RAFFLE PRIZES
GRAND PRIZE: BEST WESTERN ROMANCE PACKAGE
Package includes overnight accommodations, a $50 dining credit to the County Seat Restaurant & Lounge, and 1 bottle of champagne valued up to $269!
INDIVIDUAL PRIZES: + MORE TBA!
GRAND PRIZE: BEST WESTERN ROMANCE PACKAGE
Package includes overnight accommodations, a $50 dining credit to the County Seat Restaurant & Lounge, and 1 bottle of champagne valued up to $269!
INDIVIDUAL PRIZES: + MORE TBA!
- $500 gift card from Coakley Home & Hardware
- $300 of lottery scratch tickets from Oot & Associates, PLLC
- Gift Certificate for perennial landscaping evaluation from Waste Not Perma, Inc.
- Deuter Freerider Pro 28 SL Backpack (women's fit backpack designed for winter sport, valued at $160) from Grasse River Outfitters
- $100 gift card from Save A Lot
- Floral Basket from White's Flowers
- Gift certificate and Zip Up Jacket from Boyden Brook Body Works
SPONSORS
THANK YOUR 2025 WINTERFEST SPONSORS!
MacFadden Dier Leonard Agency, Inc.
SLIC Fiber - Westelcom Company
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