Friday in Freddy · Issue #4 · 2026-05-22
Plant Sale weekend in Freddy
The summer-starts-now energy is real. Botanic Garden Plant Sale Saturday and Sunday, Garrison Sk8Fest running all day Saturday, Touch A Truck Sunday morning out in Hanwell. Three different ways to be outside this weekend. Below: the full lineup, what's coming next week (Ballet Kelowna, an Alan Jackson tribute, and Locksmith at the Cap), and a Featured Friday Business for anyone planning to put road miles on the car.
This weekend in Freddy (May 22-24)
Fri May 22
Core Dance Collective: Spring Spectacular
Fredericton Playhouse, 686 Queen St
Season 4 recreational dancers showcase with Company guest performances. 6 PM. $19 + tax.
Fri May 22
Spring Jazz Night with Solina
Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte St
Jazz performance featuring Solina. Check the venue site for time and cost.
Fri-Sat May 22-23
Elm City Presents: 30 Years of Quilting
Capital Exhibition Centre, 355 Smythe St
Three decades of quilting on display. A long-running Fredericton show worth a walk through.
Fri-Sat May 22-23
Maritime Draft Horse Sale
Capital Exhibition Centre, 361 Smythe St
Annual draft horse sale. If you've never seen one, it's worth the look.
Sat May 23
Boyce Farmers Market
665 George Street
7 AM to 1 PM. 200+ stalls, named one of Canada's top 10 farmers markets. Free, busy, worth the early start.
Sat May 23
Fredericton Botanic Garden Spring Plant Sale (Day 1)
10 Cameron Court
10 AM to 2 PM. Native plants, ornamentals, the people who actually grew them on hand to answer questions. Members get an advance hour 9-10 AM.
Sat May 23
Garrison Sk8Fest 2026
Garrison Skate Park
12 PM to 9 PM. Skate, scooter, blade comps all day. Food trucks on site. Free, no registration, all ages.
Sat May 23
Asian Heritage Society Cultural Gala
Fredericton Playhouse
6:30 PM. Folk and traditional dance from Fredericton's Asian communities.
Sun May 24
Plant Sale Day 2
10 Cameron Court
12 PM to 4 PM. If Saturday is sold out of what you wanted, Sunday afternoon is your second shot.
Sun May 24
Touch A Truck 2026
Yard Gear, 9 Greenview Dr, Hanwell
10 AM to 2 PM. Kids climb on fire trucks, dump trucks, excavators. Proceeds split between the Sara Burns Forever Fund and the Rob Costello Fund. Local fundraiser worth showing up for.
Sun May 24
New Maryland Market
754 New Maryland Hwy
Sunday market, easy stop on the way back from Touch A Truck.
The week ahead (May 25-28)
Mon May 25
Ballet Kelowna
Fredericton Playhouse
National-circuit contemporary ballet.
Wed May 27
The Alan Jackson Experience
Fredericton Playhouse
Tribute show for fans of the Alan Jackson catalogue.
Thu May 28
Locksmith (Hip Hop)
The Capital Complex
Touring hip-hop show. Doors and ticket info on the Cap's site closer to the date.
Looking ahead
Flourish Festival May 29-30
Next Friday's issue is the Flourish issue. If you have a band, art show, or pop-up in the lineup and want a featured spot, hit reply this week.
Featured Friday Business
Speedy Auto Service
With Sunday road trips back in season, Speedy Auto is where Frederictonians make sure the car doesn't ruin the day.
Plant-sale weekend means trunks loaded with perennials, families heading out to Hanwell for Touch A Truck, day trips down the river. The car gets put to work, and the first warm weekend after a Maritime winter is when small things you've been ignoring start to actually matter. Speedy Auto Service in Skyline Acres handles the work that doesn't need a dealership visit. Brakes, oil, the noise you've been hearing for three weeks, the tire that's leaking slow. Local, straightforward, the kind of place where they tell you what actually needs doing now and what can wait. Worth a call before you point the car at anywhere that isn't Fredericton this summer.
See Speedy Auto Service on the directory →New in the directory
Picaroons Roundhouse
Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge, north end
Patio season is open on the river. Saturday and Sunday standard hours. The long-weekend traffic across the bridge starts now and doesn't stop until October.
Strange Adventures Comic Bookshop
Independent comic shop now featured on the directory. Worth flagging for any kids in the Sk8Fest crowd who'll want to spend their allowance after Saturday afternoon.
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