Coming to Writers at Woody Point?

So you're thinking about coming to Writers at Woody Point for the first time...or maybe the 21st time.

Here are a few things you should know.

Woody Point is located on Bonne Bay in the heart of Gros Morne National Park, approximately a 45-minute drive from Deer Lake airport. Deer Lake can be reached directly from Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, and St John's. In the summer tourist season, both airline seats and rental cars are at a premium. If you're coming, please plan to book early.

There are accommodations on the Woody Point side of the bay, though many of those are spoken for long before the festival – often a full year in advance. But if you can't find a room or a rental house in the village, you might try the nearby communities of Trout River, Shoal Brook, Birchy Head, Glenburnie and Lomond, all within a fifteen-minute drive of the Heritage Theatre.

You could also stay across the bay in Norris Point or Rocky Harbour. A pedestrian water taxi from Norris Point to Woody Point makes the trip several times a day, including sailings timed to coincide with the beginning and end of our evening shows.

Our tickets go on sale May 11 at 12:30 PM NDT via Ticketpro. Tickets are first come, first served. The Heritage Theatre's capacity is just over 200, which is part of what makes it such a wonderful performance space. However, that limited seating coupled with high demand means that not everyone is going to get the tickets they want, at least not right away. We do not offer refunds or exchange tickets. All sales are final.

On the Woody Point Exchange Facebook group, you may find people selling tickets right up until showtime. However, one caution – last year, sadly, several ticket scammers popped up online. Be very careful before giving anyone your information, let alone your money, online, and always ask for specific details only a genuine Woody Point ticket holder would know to verify the seller's legitimacy. If a ticket offer seems too good to be true – it probably is. We are not the Facebook group's administrators and are not accountable for any private ticket sales or exchanges. However, we do our best to report scammers and communicate any concerns around the issue.

If tickets become available at the last minute, we will sell them at the door on the night of the show.

We also run several free, un-ticketed events during the festival. They include the fabulous Writers in the Wild hike on Saturday morning, an afternoon pub reading at the Merchant Warehouse, an author meet-and-greet hosted by our friends from Blue Heron Books, our late-night music session at the theatre on Friday, and our New Voices event showcasing up-and-coming writers and musicians.

The Woody Point Public Library also hosts a series of free readings, and there will be pop-up music events around town. You can arrive without a ticket and still experience the festival.

Please stay tuned and keep checking our website, and social media channels as we continually add to our program.