Agricultural and Home Economics Exhibitions have played an important role in Prince Edward Island history. There is nothing like some good old-fashioned competition with the neighbours to instil the desire to do better. A trip to the 1873 Prince County Exhibition in Summerside divulges the diversity and prosperity of the county’s agarin culture. This radio drama was recorded as part of the Summerside Arts Festival in July, 2023 and performed live at the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping. This is a Wyatt Heritage Properties Inc. production.

“Swindler and shark” are damning words to label a man. Yet prominent Summerside politician John Lefurgey was unfazed by such language as scandal swirled about him in the great railway debacle that forced PEI into Canadian Confederation in 1873. This radio drama was recorded as part of the Summerside Arts Festival in July, 2023 and performed live at the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping. This is a Wyatt Heritage Properties Inc. production.

1873 Summerside, Prince Edward Island was a lawless place. People complained about the problems created in the village by ruffians and thieves yet when the Island government announced the building of a jail and courthouse for the community, citizens were miffed. Really? This radio drama was recorded as part of the Summerside Arts Festival in July, 2023 and performed live at the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping. This is a Wyatt Heritage Properties Inc. production.

The year is 1873 and Prince Edward Island finds itself the seventh province of Canada. But mud was as hot a topic in the seaside village of Summerside as was Confederation. Not just mud, but red sucking mud that could down horses and steal a grown man’s boots. This radio drama was recorded as part of the Summerside Arts Festival in July, 2023 and performed live at the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping. This is a Wyatt Heritage Properties Inc. production.

The residents of the small village of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, had few entertainment options in 1873. If a bloody nose, a swollen black eye, or a split lip could relieve the boredom of the masses then who was to judge. This radio drama was recorded as part of the Summerside Arts Festival in July, 2023 and performed live at the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping. This is a Wyatt Heritage Properties Inc. production.

Canada's Famous 5 National Leadership Tour Vignette created by Culture Summerside Marking Summerside, PEI visit Summer 2023

Culture Summerside, in partnership with The Lest We Forget Committee, presents “A Symbol of Courage: An evening of music and drama marking the 100th anniversary of the Prince County Soldiers’ Monument”, which pays tribute to the men of the county who lost their lives in World War I. The live presentation of “A Symbol of Courage” took place Wednesday, November 9th at the Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside.

Music and video original work by Peter Gallant. Commissioned by Culture Summerside for "A Symbol of Courage": A night of music and drama, which occurred on November 9th, 2022 at the Harbourfront Theatre. A Symbol of Courage marked the 100th anniversary of the Prince County Soldiers Monument located in Memorial Square, Summerside. The monument went under a restoration through funding from Veterans Affairs Canada and the City of Summerside.

The book, Lighting the Way: The Story of Summerside Electric 1920 -2020, was launched on November 5th, 2021. For the past year and a half, the staff of Culture Summerside have been engaged in putting into print the 100-year history of Summerside Electric, the municipal utility that serves 11 percent of Prince Edward Island’s electric customers. The book tells the amazing story of how the 1920 Summerside Town Council purchased a rundown private electric company and turned it into a municipal asset that has proven of great benefit to the community for over 100 years. Being in the electric business has not been a smooth ride for the only municipally owned electric utility on the Island. The journey has been one of drama, intrigue, ingenuity, and sheer determination. The book is in part a social history of how electricity has influenced the lives of humanity, becoming the behind-the-scenes workhorse of civilization.