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The Cabin is a wonderful space on our farm in the Alberni Valley, that we use for agri-tourism events and accommodation, and new for 2025, a wedding venue.

08/17/2026

An update on our Summer Market ☀️

We have made the decision to cancel our summer market for 2026 - the majority of our wonderful, regular vendors are unable to attend, for well deserved holidays, visiting family, and other various commitments.

We appreciate your understanding with this decision, and hope everyone is enjoying summer!

Looking for local products?
Check out the Port Alberni Farmer's Market Group on Saturday's from 9-1 out Cherry Creek, or the on Saturday's form 9-12 at the Harbour Quay.

You can also use the Alberni Valley Food Security Society website for local producers and farm stands!

08/10/2026

Gather & Graze 2026

The biggest thank you to all our guests, Neck of the Woods, Antidote Distilling, servers, and farm crew for rallying together to make our third annual Gather & Graze an amazing evening on the farm.

To our guests, new and returning, thank you for joining us, we love hosting this event, and are so thrilled to have you at The Cabin for a night out. If you have any photos of the evening you'd like to share, we'd love to see them!

Chef Martin and Thor in the kitchen - the food was simply stunning. Beautifully plated and tasted delicious.

Kailyn & Maya at the bar - beautiful cocktails, lovely flight presentations at each dinner course, and overall professionalism. Robin at DMB, thanks for the beer selections!

Kianna & Sarah - thank you so much for helping with service, last minute table prep, and everything else in between!

Farm crew - the behind the scenes; moving heavy items, and coordinating cows, thank you so much for accommodating this event around daily operations.

Local producers and fishermen - thanks for the never ending hard work of farming and fishing, to continue to supply us with local ingredients.

Alberni Valley Tourism - thank you being a sponsor towards this event.

Again, thank you all, excited to do this again August 14th, 2027!

Tanya

Neck of the Woods
Antidote Distilling Co.
Dog Mountain Brewing
Alberni Valley Tourism
Canada Culinary

08/05/2026

We're gearing up for a wonderful long table dining experience this weekend, and wanted to share some details about the evening.

Guests will enjoy cocktail hour for an hour (with served appetizers), followed by a four course, surf and turf dinner with drink pairings. Dinner will be served family style (one platter per four guests), and Chef Martin Dean will introduce each course when it comes out, chatting about preparation and where we've sourced ingredients. Proprietor and owner of Antidote Distilling, Nilo du Plessis, will then introduce each drink per course (cocktail, mocktail, craft beer or wine), and why each one complements the food menu for that course.

Dinner will be set up outside, underneath the lights and amongst the trees by our Cabin, for a beautiful setting to enjoy your meal.

At the time of ticket purchase, you'll be prompted to make your flight selection, so if you'd like wine pairings for the evening, you'd select wine flight.

Ticket sales close Thursday, August 6th at midnight, and there are very limited seats available.

https://the-cabin-at-shannon-farms.bloomtickets.ca/event/309?Gather&Graze

07/29/2026

✨ Gather & Graze - Long Table Dinner ✨

Join us on Saturday, August 8th, 5-8pm for an evening on the farm, with served appetizers followed by a four course, surf and turf long table dinner, served family style.

At ticket purchase, select your drink flight, which has been carefully selected by Nilo du Plessis of Antidote Distilling, and Robin Richards of Dog Mountain Brewing, to complement the dinner menu from Chef Martin Dean of Neck of the Woods Tofino.

Details on the menu and drink flights are in the photos, tickets can be purchased here:
https://the-cabin-at-shannon-farms.bloomtickets.ca/event/309?Gather&Graze

Please note there are eight seats available. We can't wait to host you! ✨

07/28/2026

Heifers & hors d'oeuvres 2026

Now that we're all wrapped up, I just want to express the biggest thank you to everyone to who came out to Heifers & hors d'oeuvres on Saturday night. Whether you were a new or returning guest, I'm so appreciative of the support of this growing event on the farm. (Also, taking the time to thank our neighbour Lisa of Stonehaven Farm for snapping some photos!).

This evening wouldn't happen without an amazing group of talented individuals, and I'm so thankful for everyone coming together to provide this experience at The Cabin.

Martin & Thor from Neck of the Woods prepared a stunning array of food, while Nilo & Maura from Antidote Distilling Co. kept the drinks flowing all evening. Huge thanks to Kianna and Sarah for helping with set up, food service, and clean up. Also, so appreciative that Adrienne joined us to pour welcome drinks, and share info about her locally made Wildkind Kombucha, as well as cider from Cherry Creek Cidery. To the guys on the farm - thanks again for helping move heavy items and help setting up tents (as we prepared for rain - while we're at it, thanks rain, for holding off!)

We were fortunate to have Alberni Valley Tourism provide some sponsorship for this event, that we gratefully used towards marketing. Tourism Vancouver Island, thanks for sending Nik to capture the evening with video and photography, we can't wait to see the images.

Not a huge thank you to the girls (🐄), we tried to bring you by to say hi to all the guests, and you didn't cooperate. We'll try again next year.

This was our third year hosting this small bites night, and we're constantly learning as this event grows - we always welcome your feedback as we go forward, to ensure this annual night out is a wonderful time each year!

We sourced ingredients/products for this event from the following:

Spirit Square Farmer's Market
Effingham Oysters/Eat Canadian Seafood
Cry Havoc Sauces
The Grower's Collective
Cox Lake Blueberries
No Rymer Reason Farm
Little Qualicum Cheeseworks
Pete's Mountain Meats
KJ Bees Honey
Naesgaard's Farm & Market
Rage's Farm
Tofino Ucluelet Culinary Guild
Cherry Creek Cidery
Wildkind Kombucha
Dog Mountain Brewing
Antidote Distilling Co

Thanks again everyone, see you for Heifers & hors d'oeurves July 24th, 2027! (Or on Saturday, August 8th, 2026 for Gather & Graze)

Tanya

07/19/2026

Our bar menu for Heifers & hors d'oeuvres this Saturday, July 25th, from Antidote Distilling Co. !

Nilo and the team from Antidote will be ready to serve all our guests with a menu of tasty drinks to choose from, with plenty of alcoholic and non-alcoholic options for the evening 🍺🍷🍹

While your ticket does include a tasting of your choice from Cherry Creek Cidery or Wildkind Kombucha at check-in, drinks from the bar are available for purchase (pricing will be available night of!).

Ticket sales will close on Wednesday, July 22, (or sold out) so if you haven't grabbed yours and would like to join us, grab yours now at https://the-cabin-at-shannon-farms.bloomtickets.ca/event/1102?Heifersandhorsd%27oeuvres

Heads up to our guests - we're excited to be working with Tourism Vancouver Island to highlight agri-tourism, so you'll see a videographer and photographer around during the evening. You won't be filmed or photographed if you don't want to be - we'll double check with you when we greet you!

See you Saturday!

Dog Mountain Brewing
Alberni Valley Tourism
Tourism Vancouver Island

Address

8865 Beaver Creek Road
Port Alberni, BC
V9Y8N8

Telephone

+12507205867

Website

http://www.shannonfarms.ca/, https://www.vrbo.com/en-ca/cottage-rental/p9692318?dateless=true

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