(photos by Ryan Lambert/BattlefordsNOW staff)

By Ryan Lambert

Fall Festival 2025

2025 North Battleford Fall Festival, a Successful Day in the Community

Sep 15, 2025 | 6:00 PM

A Saturday afternoon in North Battlefords gathered many people from around the community downtown on 101st street for the Fall Festival. The event included various attractions for all ages which included a 3-on-3 kids hockey tournament with the Battlefords North Stars, live music from multiple local acts, food trucks, kids games, Indigenous activities, a petting zoo and much more.

At the helm of everything was North Battleford BID executive director and event organizer Kori Hummeni, who described the event as “very nostalgic” when asked about how it was to see the community come together for the event.

“I’m born and raised in North Battleford and coming downtown was always something that we did on the weekends. It was like a treat, so I really am trying to focus on rebuilding that for our community. Having events like this is just part of that effort.”

Hummeni also noted the importance of all of the volunteers and sponsors who were able to make the whole thing happen.

“I have helpers from Concern for Youth, that is one of our downtown nonprofits and they’ve set up the craft table and facepainting. So just having volunteers within our community to help out with the event is huge. It’s a lot of work and it’s a lot of planning. It takes up months but totally worth it when you see the kids out having fun and the families enjoying it… we are a non-profit and we run on a very small budget, so super thankful to the sponsors that come back every year and help.”

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The sponsors included Danish Home Bakery, Swanson and Gryba, and SIIT, Tim Hortons and BATC Health Centre.

At the centre of the street festival was the 3-on-3 hockey tournament which featured players from the Battlefords North Stars refereeing, scorekeeping, playing, helping out and meeting members of the community. North Stars captain Anthony Campbell was around the tournament all day and enjoyed being out in the community.

“You get to see the kids that are going to be at the games and you interact with them, it’s nice. It gets to motivate us to do what we do and make them happy,” he said.

North Stars head coach Connor Logan, who was taking in the event with the team and his family also spoke about what it means for the team to connect with the town.

“In Battlefords, the community is a big part of our team, and you just see the support that we get every single night at the rink,” he said. It’s great for us to get out in the community and put some faces to names that they watch on a nightly basis. I think it’s a lot of fun too, just to get a little bit more comfortable with the area and it’s a great partnership. We love getting in the community when we can.”

North Stars office manager Kennedy Schmidt oversaw organizing the tournament, and spoke about the importance of events like these for the team and North Battlefords.

“It’s really good to get the boys out early before we start our season to get the kids to meet all the new guys. Getting excited about the season, coming out, and then of course we love the component of giving back to our community as well as helping get some fund into KidSport this year.”

The top three teams from both divisions of the tournament brought home different prizes and they had a raffle for a game worn jersey as well as multiple draws for a round of golf at Jackfish Lodge. All the proceeds from the raffle will be going to former North Star Brett Harrison and his family as Harrison is going through a battle with cancer.

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Just down the road from the tournament, North Battleford residents were able to enjoy some live music all day which was headlined by three sets from Stereo Playground. Lead singer Justin Vany said the band always enjoys coming out and playing in the Battlefords.

“It’s awesome, it’s always fun… we started in 2010, so this is our 15th year and it’s awesome. Wouldn’t change a thing, it’s the best,” he said.

Stereo Playground wasn’t the only band who played. People were also able to take in the musical stylings of Addi Bennett, Smokerun and a dance performance from Annette’s School of Dance.

All throughout the day, each activity or attraction had a line or crowd and people were engaged from start to finish. Whether it was kids playing different games, people at the petting zoo, watching some good music, hockey or anything else, it was a crowded and busy Fall Festival in the Battlefords.

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ryan.lambert@pattisonmedia.com