The Noreen Young Award for the Arts
The Noreen Young Award for the Arts celebrates the life and legacy of Noreen Young, OC (1939–2025)—a visionary puppeteer, television creator, and noted Almonte resident. Her whimsical characters, seen on Under the Umbrella Tree and beyond, shaped Canadian childhoods, while her founding of the Puppets Up! festival brought international acclaim to her hometown. For decades, Noreen continued to […]
Building the next generation of puppet talent at PuppetCon 2023
ALMONTE – Levi Home Hardware Building Centre has partnered with Puppets Up! to present PuppetCon by Puppets Up!, presented by Levi Home Hardware Building Centre, coming to downtown Almonte August 11-13, 2023. “When we heard our friends at Puppets Up! wanted to put on a new event that really focused on education and building the […]
Puppets Up! lays out plan for its future after successful return in 2022
The much-beloved festival returned to Almonte after a six-year hiatus this summer ALMONTE (October 21, 2022) – The Puppets Up! board of directors is pleased to announce that the festival is back to stay, after a successful return to the streets of Almonte August 12-14. The full festival – complete with multiple performance venues, street […]
OHTO Announces Support for Tourism Recovery in Ontario’s Highlands
Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization (OHTO) delivers over $3.6 million to 61 businesses and organizations, with support from the Government of Canada’s Tourism Relief Fund, to attract visitors and support future growth. (la version française suivra.) Beachburg, ON (October 12th, 2022) – Today, Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization (OHTO) announced support for 61 tourism businesses and organizations […]
Neilcorp Homes joins Puppets Up! as title sponsor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Neilcorp Homes joins Puppets Up! as title sponsor July 22, 2022 ALMONTE — Neilcorp Homes, a homebuilder based in Almonte serving Ottawa Valley communities west of Ottawa, has signed on to be the title sponsor of Puppets Up!, the international puppet festival making its return to the streets of Almonte this August. […]
Government of Canada supports Puppets Up! through the Tourism Relief Fund
News Release For Immediate Release Government of Canada supports Puppets Up! through the Tourism Relief Fund Puppets Up! receives $75,000 from Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization through FedDev Ontario to help bring visitors to Mississippi Mills this summer June 30, 2022 Mississippi Mills, ON The tourism sector is vital to the economy and jobs in Mississippi […]
MILLSTONE: Puppets Up! – The April Shows
The kind folks over at The Millstone have written just the nicest preview of our upcoming Saturday Series shows! “The Puppets Up! festival is an ongoing event right up to the festival itself which will happen on the weekend of August 12, 2022. This April will see three fundraiser Saturday puppet shows for children and […]
Millstone: Puppets Up! – The Volunteers
The lovely folks at The Millstone featured a few of our dozens of hardworking volunteers today! It is vital to emphasize that no one, except the puppeteer performers, is paid or compensated for their volunteer time. Everyone from the executive director to the artistic director to the board and committee members and those who contribute […]