Attraction

July 2025

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

Jul 16 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

This trip will travel to Big Valley and make a stop at the Country Hideaway on the return journey. Includes full course buffet barbecue steak supper with all the trimmings at the Community Hall in Big Valley. Live entertainment on the train in coaches and at Big Valley there will be time to visit Granny’s Fudge Factory and All That Buzz, the Canadian Northern restored station, the vintage automobiles, trucks and household artifacts at McAlister’s Garage Museum, and Big Valley’s world-class Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum. At the Hideaway hayrides, nature walks, children’s barrel train, old-time carnival games, and rubber duck races are all part of the excitement. Mine payroll on board increases the danger of being hit by the Reynolds Raiders horse-mounted outlaw gang.

Jul 18 2025

EXTENDED 2-STOP TRIP TO BIG VALLEY & HIDEAWAY (Diesel)

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

Jul 19 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

Big Valley Street Festival 2025! See you there! July 19, 2025 2:00pm - 11:00pm

Jul 19 2025

Big Valley Street Festival 2025

Big Valley, AB

Enjoy a little bit of “The Rock” right here in Alberta and feast on steak and lobster. Includes on board entertainment and a Down-East band at supper. And what would a Newfoundlander Special be without complementary “East Coast” beer and Newfoundland berry wine.

Jul 19 2025

NEWFOUNDLANDER SPECIAL TO BIG VALLEY (Steam)

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

No children please! Just for those who want to ride the train without the bustle and excitement of 13 and under. This trip lasts five (5) hours, and travels to the Village of Big Valley. This trip includes full course buffet style baked ham and scalloped potato meal at the Big Valley Community Hall, live entertainment in the coaches, time to visit Granny’s Fudge Factory and All That Buzz, and explore a fully restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station, the blue church on the hill – St. Edmund’s, the McAlister’s Garage Museum, Big Valley’s world class Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum, the Big Valley Museum Rail Car Museum, and the roundhouse and elevator interpretive centres. Please note the Reynolds Raiders have been spotted in the area.

Jul 20 2025

SENIORS/ADULTS ONLY SPECIAL TRAIN TO BIG VALLEY (Steam)

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

Jul 23 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

Trip includes round-trip train journey, full course buffet style Alberta roast of beef and gravy meal at the County Hideaway, live entertainment on site, and its beautiful natural park setting. Your stay at the Hideaway includes hayrides, nature walks, inside and/or outside dining, children’s barrel train rides, old-time carnival games, rubber duck races, and a high likelihood of attack by mounted train robbers.

Jul 24 2025

ROAST BEEF DINNER AT THE COUNTRY HIDEAWAY (Steam)

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

This trip will travel to Big Valley and make a stop at the Country Hideaway on the return journey. Includes full course buffet barbecue steak supper with all the trimmings at the Community Hall in Big Valley. Live entertainment on the train in coaches and at Big Valley there will be time to visit Granny’s Fudge Factory and All That Buzz, the Canadian Northern restored station, the vintage automobiles, trucks and household artifacts at McAlister’s Garage Museum, and Big Valley’s world-class Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum. At the Hideaway hayrides, nature walks, children’s barrel train, old-time carnival games, and rubber duck races are all part of the excitement. Mine payroll on board increases the danger of being hit by the Reynolds Raiders horse-mounted outlaw gang.

Jul 25 2025

EXTENDED 2-STOP TRIP TO BIG VALLEY & HIDEAWAY (Steam)

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

July 25 & 26 - 7p.m. daily Big Valley Rodeo Grounds Admission $15/day Trick Riding & Mutton Busting Pre Show 6p.m. Mounted Shooting & Beer Gardens both nights

Jul 25 2025

Big Valley Bust Out Rodeo

Big Valley, AB

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

Jul 26 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

Pull on your boots and cowboy hat and dine on barbecued steak, chuckwagon beans, potato, and Caesar salad meal at hall in Big Valley.

Jul 26 2025

BBQ Steak DINNER AT BIG VALLEY (Steam)

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