April 26, 2024

Bingemans Gift of Lights aims to lift holiday spirits

Bingemans Gift of Lights is back for another holiday season with more than 300 light displays, including drive-thru tunnels. The attraction can vary in cost; depending on what night you go, it can be anywhere from $25 to $45. This attraction will be open all through the holiday season. Its last day is Jan. 9, 2022.

Music festival to feature Excision

BY PETER SWART One of Canada’s most highly anticipated music events, the Ever After Music Festival, is taking place in Kitchener June 8 to 10 at Bingemans, with Canadian EDM heavy-hitter Excision headlining the jam-packed lineup. The three-day extravaganza will also feature performances from Claude VonStroke, Flux Pavilion, Doctor P, Illenium and many more. Marking the unofficial kick-off to summer, Ever After Music Festival officials say the event is the … Continued

Blood-curdling screams heard at Screampark

By Tyler Medeiros The suspense grew as I walked through the pitch black forest. My only source of light was the dull moon as it peeked through the treetops. As I continued the faint sound of carnival music could be heard in the distance. I walked toward the music following the gravel path. Finally, I saw it, the entrance to an old carnival. The paint was chipped off of the … Continued

Screampark not for the faint-hearted

BY MARYSSA MCFADDEN Halloween has a different meaning for everyone. For some it means trick-or-treating, candy and costumes. For others it signifies the beginning of fall, pumpkins and colourful leaves. However, for the staff of Bingemans it means blood-curdling screams and a haunting experience for any guest planning to visit their park this month. Bingemans opened the doors to Screampark for the ninth year on Sept. 26. This marked the … Continued

It was the men, men, manly men show

BY MARK LORENTZ Mix a little bit of beer with some mixed martial arts and add a lot of testosterone and you’ll create the basic formula for the first-ever Total Man Show. Held at Max’s Golf Centre in Waterloo on April 5 and 6, the Total Man Show is a spinoff of the Total Woman Show held annually at Bingeman’s Conference Centre. Dana Demers, marketing and show co-ordinator for Grand … Continued

Bingemans has a wild weekend with creatures big and small

BY LAURIE SNELL Bingemans Conference Centre isn’t used to having such wild guests take over their banquet halls. However, on March 1 and 2, the exhibit, Dinosaurs Past and Present brought the outdoors inside for some strange sights and sounds – bird calls from owls, hawks and falcons, hops of a red kangaroo named Jack, slithers and hisses of a reticulated python and huffs from a mellow alligator called Crusher. … Continued

Grad at new location

BY JODY ANDERSON Conestoga College’s convocation ceremonies normally held in June will not be held in the rec centre due to the removal of the ice rink and construction. Convocation, which is scheduled for June 10-12, will instead be held at Bingemans,  a change of location that presents some planning changes and challenges. Paul Osborne, executive director of marketing at Conestoga, admits this is a bit of a puzzle but … Continued