TUPPER LAKE – The Fire and Ice Festival will return to the village, celebrating the winter with events at the Municipal Park and the golf course.

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SCHEDULE OF?EVENTS

Friday, Feb. 19

9 p.m. Fire & Ice Festival Weekend Opener, featuring live music from Trench Town Oddities at Trail’s End Tavern

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Saturday, Feb. 20

All day, sledding hill and outdoor skating rink open at the Municipal Park

11 a.m. to noon, Fire & Ice Festival Reading Hour at the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library

11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bonfire, ice Bar, and P2’s beer, wine and food shack open at the Municipal Park

11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Clydesdale sleigh rides in the Municipal Park (Free)

Noon to 3 p.m., Sixth annual Fire and Ice Golf Tournament at the Municipal Park (awards ceremony will follow event at P2’s Irish Pub on Main Street)

1 to 3 p.m., Free public skating at the Tupper Lake Memorial Civic Center on Santa Clara Avenue

2 p.m., Ice carving demonstration in the Municipal Park

3 p.m., Building concludes on team snow sculpting contest (Theme “Magical/Mystical Creatures”)

4 p.m., Chicken BBQ begins at the Moose Lodge on Cedar Street

6 p.m., Bonfire and fire dancing show by Fire Magick at the Municipal Park

6 p.m., Final poker hand of the Snowmobile Fun Run hosted by the Tupper Lake Snowmobile Association at the Moose Lodge on Cedar Street

7 p.m., Fireworks at the Municipal Park

8 p.m., Full moon ski and bonfire – enjoy Tupper Lake’s free, groomed cross-country ski and snowshoe trails by moonlight. Meet up at Cranberry Pond

8 p.m., Live acoustic set from HammerLok at P2’s Irish Pub on Main Street

8 p.m., Live music by Brock Gonyea at the Grand Union/Woodsmen’s Tavern on Depot Street – snow sculpture awards announced

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Sunday, Feb. 21

All activities will take place at the Tupper Lake Groomed Cross Country Ski Center, 141 Country Club Road

11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dogsled rides from Call of the Wild ($25)

11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Zorb ball races

1 p.m., Ski/Shoe/Sled Relay presented by the Tupper Lake Recreation Department

2 p.m., Green Sledding

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