EcoFest ,Sat May 23rd 2026, 10am, Westport Ontario.
The 4th Annual Celebration: Regenerate · Reciprocate · Inspire
EcoFest returns to Westport with new energy and partnerships, to celebrate and advocate for the natural world, honor all living beings, and showcase those who call us toward sustainability, reciprocity, regeneration, and connection.
The Cove Inn: A hub for music and community in Westport, home to EcoFest 2026. Together, we’ll bring events to the Cove’s indoor and surrounding outdoor spaces.
Makers and Innovators, Stewards and Trusts
Come and see the wonderful vendors and presenters with unique products and ideas to take home. Visit and chat with the people who volunteer to safeguard our ecosystems health.
Performances
10 am Next Step Cloggers
11:30-12:45, 2-2:45
Nepean Panharmonic Steel Band
Noon; Parlor, Darien Smith, Poet
1pm: Parlor The Shenanigans Poet/musician
12-2pm Patio Rivermen- Rob Rainer, Mary Lou Caroll, Dave Ramsen
5-9pm The Cove Inn presents: River City Junction
Speakers
10:00 1000 Island Master Gardeners:Elsabe Falkson: The Elephant in the Room: How to deal with uninvited invasive species
11:00 Nate Morris: Deploying Biochar for Carbon-neutral Housing and Wastewater Treatment.
12:00 Climate Concierge Program: Local Resources for Your Home
1:00 Mike Nickerson, More Fun, Less Stuff,
2:00 Mireille LaPointe, Indigenous Community Helper:
Knowledge Sharing
Around Town
Trail Walk/hike- Randal Goodfellow
Net Zero Homes
Green building tour- Kacee Kudrinko
Voyageur Canoes
Tour the Westport Pocket Forest, Cove
A star-gazing pad for Dark Sky viewing at the Cove.
Display of Electric Vehicles
Dark Skies Initiative: With the Perth-to-Chaffey’s Locks region moving toward Dark Sky Preserve designation, EcoFest joins in celebrating this commitment to protecting the night for all living beings.
May 21; kicking off EcoFest Westport
Together, we’ll ally with creativity and ideas to celebrate the natural world and those who inspire us to steward it.
sponsor
We are very grateful to our sponsor for covering the entire bill so this event can be enjoyed for free and artists and speakers can be paid.
The Better Together Circle acknowledges that we are on the land that has been inhabited by Indigenous Peoples from the beginning. As settlers, we're grateful for the opportunity to meet, work and play here, and we thank all the generations of people stretching back in time who have taken care of this land. In particular, we gratefully acknowledge the Algonquin (Omàmìwininìwag) Anishnaabeg whose unceded territory this is. BTC is dedicated to taking action towards reconciliation and a harmonious relationship with the land.
"What we do to the land, we do to ourselves." Chief Seattle.
