The Russell Beef & Barley Festival

Don't forget The Russell Lion's Car Rally tomorrow, October 11th! The Russell Lion’s Car Rally starts from the Russell Visitor's Centre! Arrive any time between 11:30am and 1pm TOMORROW to start your adventure! Bring your car load and thinking cap for this adventure! $20 per team/carload. For more information, visit the Russell & Area Lions Club facebook page!

Have YOU voted yet? Today is the last day to vote and enter the draw for $50 Russell Bucks! Download your map here! https://www.beefandbarley.ca//pu/images/files/2020-MAP.pdf... Alternatively, or pick one up at Reavie's Pharmacy or TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co.! Please have your voting forms into Reavie's Pharmacy or TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. before 5pm TODAY for your vote to count and to be entered for a draw for $50 Russell Bucks!

Maps are now available for the Scarecrow Contest! https://www.beefandbarley.ca//pu/images/files/2020-MAP.pdf Alternatively, maps will be available to pick up now (or right shortly) in front of the Assiniboine Valley Recreation office door (Main Street side of the Russell Memorial Multiplex, center door), or tomorrow at Reavie's Pharmacy or TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. during business hours!... Please have your voting forms into Reavie's Pharmacy or TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. before 5pm on Friday for your vote to count and to be entered for a draw for $50 Russell Bucks!

Remember! The Beef & Barley Festival's Scarecrow Competition goes LIVE tomorrow at 4pm! Stop by here, https://beefandbarley.ca/ or alternatively, pick a map and voting sheet in front of the Assiniboine Valley Recreation office door (Main Street side of the Russell Memorial Multiplex, center door), or Monday through Friday at Reavie's Pharmacy or TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. during business hours! Please have your voting forms into Reavie's Pharmacy or TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. before 5pm on Friday for your vote to count and to be entered for a draw for $50 Russell Bucks!

We have talked to many people and decided that while the main events for The Russell Beef & Barley Festival will need to be postponed, we have decided to continue two events which we can maintain safe distances and still have fun! The Scarecrow Competition will be a go, as well as the Russell Lion's Car Rally! Grab your participation number & register your Scarecrow at Tinhouse Coffee or Reavie’s Pharmacy until the deadline of NOON on Friday October 2nd! Scarecrows must be re...ady for display by Sunday, October 4th at 4pm. Maps will be available outside the Assiniboine Valley Recreation Office (Main Street side of Russell Memorial Multiplex) on Sunday, October 4th; Reavie's Pharmacy and TinHouse Coffee starting Monday, October 5th; or downloadable on Sunday, October 4th from the Russell Beef and Barley Festival Facebook page! Votes must be handed in by 5pm on Friday October 9th to either Tinhouse or Reavies! The Russell Lion's Car Rally will be hosted on Sunday, October 11th! More details to come on this event!

The 2020 Beef & Barley Festival committee is looking for members to join our board. If you or someone you know is interested in helping out this year, please plan to attend our meeting tonight. If you are unable to attend but are interested in helping out this year, please contact Tyler Kilkenny Sadie McCauley or Pam Laferriere

CORRECTION: October 11th from 11:30am to 1:00pm! (SORRY!) The Russell Lion's Car Rally will be on OCTOBER 11th! Arrive any time between 11:30am and 1pm to start your adventure! Bring your car load and thinking cap for this adventure! $20 per team/carload. For more information, visit the Russell & Area Lions Club on Facebook!

The Russell Beef and Barley Festival is pleased to be able to provide a donation to the ongoing Expanding Community Cancer Care project. This project is vital to our community and a much needed addition to our health care center. We would like to tell the Expanding Community Cancer Care team we appreciate their continued efforts with this project. Tyler Kilkenny and Sadie McCauley, Russell Beef & Barley Festival committee members present $3,000 to Pam Burton on behalf of the Expanding Community Cancer Care.

Last chance to enter the Scarecrow Competition! Contact Pam Laferrière till 9pm tonight to get registered!

For the past 3 years the Major Pratt Grade 8 class has hosted the Kid’s Amazing Race during the annual Russell Beef and Barley Festival. They develop and implement fun activities for students aged 4-12 to participate in at various locations around the community. The Beef and Barley Committee is pleased to present them with a cheque for $250 to be put towards their class trip. L-R Brittany Pushka and Sadie McCauley of the Russell Beef & Barley Festival, the Grade 8 students and teachers from Major Pratt School.

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that you have until noon TODAY to register and pick up your number for the Beef & Barley Festival Scarecrow Competition! Please register at TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. or Reavie's Pharmacy before NOON today! There's no specific theme this year, so have fun and let your imagination go wild! ... REMEMBER! People will get the map Sunday, October 4th at 4pm and the camera person will be around after 4pm, so PLEASE make sure your Scarecrow is show-ready!

The Russell Beef & Barley Festival this year will have two events, the Scarecrow Competition and The Russell Lion's Car Rally! Scarecrow competition! Grab your participation number & register your Scarecrow at TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. or Reavie's Pharmacy until the deadline of NOON on Friday October 2nd! There is no theme this year, so go crazy! (Keep it kid-friendly please :) )... Scarecrows must be ready for display by Sunday, October 4th at 4pm, as that maps will be available starting then as well as our photographer will be going around. Maps will be available outside the Assiniboine Valley Recreation Office (Main Street side of Russell Memorial Multiplex) on Sunday, October 4th; Reavie's Pharmacy and TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. starting Monday, October 5th; or downloadable on Sunday, October 4th from the Russell Beef and Barley Festival Facebook page! Votes must be handed in by 5pm on Friday October 9th to either Tinhouse or Reavies! The Russell Lion’s Car Rally will be held on Sunday, October 11th starting at the Russell Visitor Centre! Arrive any time between 11:30am and 1pm to start your adventure! Bring your car load and thinking cap for this adventure! $20 per team/carload. For more information, visit the Russell & Area Lions Club on Facebook!

Only a couple more days to register for the Scarecrow Contest. Grab your sign from either TinHouse Designs & Coffee Co. or Reavie's Pharmacy by noon on Friday. Prizes will be awarded for:... Best Household Scarecrow - $100 Russell Bucks Best Business Scarecrow - $100 Russell Bucks Most Creative Scarecrow - $100 Russell Bucks Most Traditional Scarecrow - $100 Russell Bucks All participants will be entered into a draw for $50 Russell Bucks & all Voters will be entered into a draw for $50 Russell Bucks!

L-R Brittany Pushka & Sadie McCauley of the Russell Beef & Barley Festival committee present Rachel Chipelski of the Russell Library - Russell & District Regional Library a cheque for $250. The library ran the canteen for the movie night as well as cleaned up following the event during Beef & Barley.

With another successful festival under our belt, the Russell Beef & Barley Festival’s committee has decided to provide our local Russell & Area Food Connections with a cheque of $1000. With the season of giving upon us, if you would like to contribute to families in our community in need, please feel free to drop off your donation at the Parkland Regional Community Linc building. Sadie McCauley & Brittany Pushka of the Russell Beef & Barley Festival committee presented Georgette Bowley of Russell & Area Food Connections a cheque.

There are a few prizes still left from the Beef & Barley Tradeshow, they can be picked up at the Chamber Office between 9 am - 1pm Monday through Friday Tracey Keating Cheryl Reavie Avery Burton ... Kyle Junkin Mary Moan D Falkevitch Leslie Tait Nate Fingas & Ardena Page

Lost & Found items that have not been claimed from the Beef & Barley weekend

Call 204-773-2116 to get your tickets!!

Scarecrow Contest Participants We are still missing some numbered signs. Please return these so that we can continue running this popular free event in future years! Return your Scarecrow Contest signs to either Tinhouse, Reavies or the Chamber Office ASAP as it is now past the Nov 2nd deadline. ... Thank You!

Scarecrow Contest Participants Don’t forget to return your Scarecrow Contest signs to either Tinhouse, Reavies or the Chamber Office by November 2nd. Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who made the Beef and Barley Buckin Charity Celebrity Rodeo the huge success! We were able to raise $16,710 for local charities! Here is a highlight reel for all of you to enjoy featuring clips of the funny moments as well as the final buck-off to determine the winner!

THANK YOU to everyone involved in organizing this years 47th Annual Russell Beef & Barley Festival. Thank You to each and every volunteer throughout the busy week, and to everyone who attended and participated in the events. This annual event could not, and would not be what it was without each and every one of you. Despite the weather and some bumps along the way, we are happy to announce that this years Russell Beef & Barley Festival was a huge success! ...Continue reading

Thank YOU very much for the awesome dinner! We are so happy you could join our Festival with your awesome food! Check out the photos from the dinner on Saturday night! FIl-Russ Convenience Store