What?

What is T-Day?

If you know what Townshippers’ Day is, you don’t need to be told.  If you don’t know what it is, words don’t fully do it justice.  Imagine market day in medieval times, or May Day celebrations in the square of an 18th century village, and transpose those images to the here and now.

Townshippers’ Day is a wondrous mixture of essential elements.  It’s a gathering that allows old friends from far-flung corners to come together, and total strangers to strike up new friendships.  It’s a day that almost vibrates with a sense of excitement, yet exudes a sense of calm and relaxation.  It’s a showcase event for musicians, dancers, artists, writers and photographers, but equally a time for entrepreneurs and artisans to display their wares and community groups to explain what they’re about.  It’s a day that salutes the vitality and creativity of the Eastern Townships English-speaking community but a day that’s shared with our French-speaking neighbours.  Most remarkable, it’s an event that is recognizably similar from year to year, yet molded quite differently every year by the host town.