Griz Days welcomes visitors and locals to the biggest party of the Winter.

Highlights Include:
-The Fernie Museum Griz Wiz- A Griz Adventure through time
-Timbits Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena
-CP Station Square Street Party- downtown with live music, concessions & beverage garden
-Commit 2 Pain Rail Jam in downtown Fernie
-Griz Days Craft Fair, Pancake Breakfast & Baby Griz Crawl
-‘Bacon Spectacular’ charity breakfast, cooking contest and bacon eating challenge
-Annual Classic Canadian Street Hockey Tournament
-Fireworks display
-Griz Days family dance
-Griz Days Parade
-Extreme Griz Competition including:
-Pancake Eating, Snow shoe races, GT snowracer race, Log Sawing, Axe Throwing, Log Tossing, Jeep Pulling, Fire Starting, Giant Twister, Leg Wrestling and Hockey Shoot Out

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Griz Days Final Schedule
Friday Feb 27th
10:00am – 5:30pm Griz Wiz Scavenger Hunt – The Fernie Museum
4:00pm – 7:00pm Novice Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena – Free Admission!
6:30pm Country Stomp presented by the Elk Valley Hospital
7:00 pm Fernie Museum Event – Road to the Olympics. Presentation by Canadian Olympic curler Kevin Martin. Limited invitations available at Fernie Museum.
6:00pm – 11:00pm Activities – Aquatic Centre Parking Lot
– DJ Jeff McRae
– Refreshment Garden 19+
– Concessions including hotdogs, popcorn and chili
New! Bouncy obstacle course for kids, craft tent, Chiclet & the Roosters 7:00pm

Saturday Feb 28th
7:00am – 6:00pm Novice Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena – Free Admission!
8:00am – 10:00am Christian Youth Association Pancake Breakfast – Fernie Community Centre
10:00am & 2:45 Senior Citizens Drop In Centre – $25 (Includes 2 bridge sessions and lunch)
10:00am – 5:30pm Griz Wiz Scavenger Hunt – The Fernie Museum
9:00am – 2:00pm Griz Days Craft Fair at the Fernie Community Centre
All day Pulled pork meals for $10 at the Fernie Hotel
11:00am – 12:00pm Extreme Griz pancake eating contest at the Fernie Community Centre
11:00am – 7:00pm 16th Annual Classic Canadian Street Hockey Tournament at Park Place Lodge
*Pre-register at The Pub, up to 10 teams, beer gardens and BBQ available
11:00am Bacon Spectacular charity breakfast (pancakes, bacon, ham, sausage) at The Northern- all proceeds benefit the Heart & Stroke Foundation
11:00am – 5:00pm Bacon Spectacular games outside The Northern & Boardstiff on 2nd Avenue
12:00pm Baby Griz Crawl at the Fernie Community Centre
12:30pm-2:30pm Extreme Griz Competition at Fernie Alpine Resort
1:00 pm Improve your Curling with Kevin Martin – $15 student/$25 adult
Curling Clinic organized by Fernie Curling Club; Registration online at eventbrite.ca Search Fernie or at the Fernie Museum
2:00pm Bacon Spectacular best bacon dish/drink, professional & amateur categories Outside The Northern & Boardstiff on 2nd Avenue.
3:30pm New!! Rocky Mountain Lumberjack Show
2:00-6:00pm Live music including the band “Thar Be Dragons”
4:00pm Bacon Spectacular 3 Pound Bacon Eating Challenge!
$5 entry fee- pre register at The Northern or Boardstiff.
4:00-6:00pm Fat Bike Log Drag at the Aquatic Centre
4:30-6:00pm ‘Bacon Spectacular’ Salute to Bacon talent show- outside The Northern & Boardstiff on 2nd Avenue
5:00 Hot wing eating contest – Fernie Hotel
6:30pm Griz Days “Fire & Ice” Parade down 2nd Avenue
7:00pm The Road to the Olympics – Draw Weight: Banquet and Presentation by Canadian Olympic Curler Kevin Martin 7 pm Fernie Curling Club; $50 Banquet tickets available online at eventbrite.ca Search Fernie, at the Fernie Museum and from Fernie Curling Club executive
2:00pm-11:00pm Fire and Ice Dance Party with DJ Jeff – Aquatic Centre Parking Lot
Concessions open 2:00-11:00, refreshment gardens open 4:00-11:00
– New! Thar Be Dragons band
– New! Bouncy obstacle course for kids, craft tent, and more to come.
3:30 & 7:30 New! Rocky Mountain Lumberjack Show
8:00 FIREWORKS!
8:30 Crowning of Extreme Griz winner(s)
8:30 Live Music: Scenic Route To Alaska

Sunday March 1st
7:00am – 4:00pm Novice Hockey Tournament at the Fernie Arena – Free Admission!
10:00am – 5:30pm Griz Wiz Scavenger Hunt – The Fernie Museum
1:00pm Raging Elk Dummy Downhill at Fernie Alpine Resort
2:30pm – 4:00pm Griz Days family dance w/DJ Jeff at the Community Centre