Yellowknifers gathered outside of Harley’s Hardrock Saloon on 48 Street for a day of fun on Saturday.
Harley’s hosted it’s second Show & Shine event with hopes of bringing out the “spirit of this town,” according to organizers Blaine Talbot and Scott Yuill.
Talbot and Yuill said they wanted to host a family-friendly event where people could get out and enjoy themselves with music, food and fun to boot.
People from all walks (and slithers) of life came out to enjoy the street festival.
“It turned out better than what we thought. It was a struggle getting it going, but man, Blaine’s been a big help getting this thing off the ground,” Yuill said.
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The Show & Shine featured many kinds of vehicles including classic cars and trucks, and even a boat.
Four-wheeled vehicles weren’t the only ones featured. All kinds of bikes ranging from pedal bikes to Harley Davidsons and Kawasakis were on display.
Saturday’s event featured a face painter and many kids enjoyed the realistic-looking temporary tattoos provided by organizers. (Harley’s is home to Yellowknife Tattoo, which offers less temporary body ink to patrons.)
“They’re getting tattoos done, temporary tattoos and face painting. They’re loving it.” Yuill told Cabin Radio.
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The festival also featured food from local vendors, a barbecue and live music.
Organizers said all proceeds from the barbecue were donated to the NWT SPCA.
Organizers said they hope this year’s Show & Shine will be the start of a larger street festival, reminiscent of Caribou Carnival and Raven Mad Daze of years’ past.
“After everything with Covid, the evacuations, we need that spirit of this town. The town has it, we just want to bring it out,” organizers said.
“We need more people involved in this community. We’ve kind of lost the community touch of everybody getting along, having a great time, and that’s what we want, to bring that back.”
