Puppets Elora Workshop
for ages 5 and up. 2PM
Wellington County Museum
Puppets Elora brings the puppet theatre experience of by-gone days to the Wellington County Museum with a short play for all ages and a workshop for ages 5 and up.
A traditional Punch-and-Judy style theatre will be the stage for the troupe's beautiful hand-made puppets, as they perform one of Puppets Elora's popular folk-tale adaptations.
Following the 20-minute show, the action will move to the Museum Sunroom for a one-hour workshop,where participants will learn how socks, household scraps, a little glue, and some creative inspiration can be the basis for puppet theatre. Participants will leave with their own mouth puppet and a willingness to talk with their hands!

Drawing Workshop – 11 years +
Elora Centre for the Arts
Take a trek in and around the Centre for the Arts, armed with paper and graphite, looking for interesting surfaces to create rubbings from. Great for making collages! No experience necessary.
Time: 10:30AM - Noon
Fee: $20.00

Harvest Home
12 noon - 4 pm
Wellington County Museum and Archives
The Harvest Home festival is a celebration of the county's rich rural agricultural past - we have the sights and sounds of tractors, threshers, the feel of gain, animals, the taste and smell of fresh produce and the vision of our rural location. For the past 2 years we have partnered with the Buy Local, Buy Fresh farm program to operate a farmers’ market on site - highlighting some local products from cheese to meat to garlic and pumpkins. $2

Short Cuts to the Senses: A Digital Film Festival
Fergus Grand Theatre
Date: Sundays, October 5th and 12th
Time: 7:00 PM
Over a two-month period, people from around the world will be invited to submit very short digital films, which reflect the joy they take in their individual communities. Films will be juried by an international group of film experts.
Fee: $10

In Motion Week in Centre Wellington
Free Circuit Training Class and Weight Room
Open House 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Part of the “In Motion” Campaign, this is a terrific opportunity to get introduced to Circuit Training. To be held at the Fergus Sportsplex NC
Follow-up to the Circuit Training Class will be and 3 hour open house in the Weight Room of the Fergus Sportplex. Find out how to use the equipment safely and for the most healthful benefits.

Sophie Hogan Photography Studio Open House
Sophie Hogan, renowned Elora photographer, has built the most charming little photography studio next to her home. Now she welcomes you to visit it, see her photographs and, perhaps, take a sneak peak at her new book.
Time: Noon - 5:00 PM
Location: 48 Mill Street East, Elora
Fee: NC

Elora-Fergus Studio Tour
Here's your chance to get a look behind the scenes. Take a self-guided tour and meet artists where they live and work. Thirty-nine artists and craftspeople will open their studios for two consecutive fall weekends.
The 2007 Studio Tour, now in its 21st year, is completely free of charge. You'll get a chance to meet directly with the artists, and often see work not shown in gallery settings. You'll visit the working spaces of both established and emerging artists, from basements to self- contained studios.
During the tour, the studios will be open from 10 am to 5 pm

ECFTA Studio Tour Show
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
What a wonderful way to begin the Studio Tour than to visit the Elora Centre for the Arts, where a group exhibition of all the Elora-Fergus Studio Tour participants’ work is featured in the Minarovich Gallery.
Available at the Centre:

• maps and directions
• tours of the heritage building
• public washrooms
• free parking

Ongoing

Empty Bowls
In August a group of local area potters will gather together and throw or build and decorate upwards of 500 small bowls. These bowls will be sold during Sensational Elora at various locations around the Village and each will come with a coupon for a “Scoop of Soup” from participating area restaurants. All proceeds from the sales will go to the Food Bank.
Bowls - $25

The Bangkok Project
October 2 – 13 in Elora, on the bridge
The Bangkok Project will occur over the duration of Sensational Elora. This project is an exciting collaboration between Julie Rene de Cotret a local artist and Jung-Chul Hur an established video artist working out of Bangkok.. The Bangkok Project features a recording of the day skies of Bangkok, which will be projected onto the Grand River from the bridge at night. If you could see through the earth it might look like this. The installation will start after dark, weather permitting, and shut off at an appropriate time.

Eleven Pieces in Eleven Days
– an exploration of the senses in metal, clay and glass.
The six feature artists of Styll Gallery will exhibit 11 pieces created specifically for the Sensational Elora Festival. Each work will engage the public by speaking to the senses. In addition to the works on display, the artists will be featured in a video loop, depicting the creative process.

Monster Month
October is time for the ghoulish monsters to return to downtown Elora for Monster Month. The Elora BIA is promising a wildly-decorated downtown and monster specials at local businesses. Monster master Tim Murton will be offering spider-making workshops.

Neighbourwoods’ Poetree
A built “tree” will be “planted” in a public place. “Leaves” will be available for people to write Poems, Earth Messages, Five Word Obituaries (life summations) or other sentiments. These leaves will then be hung on the branches of the tree, sending thoughts to the Universe. This will be a permanent installation for the duration of Sensational Elora.