Watch a demonstration of traditional Chinese calligraphy and try it yourself.

Presented in partnership with Chinese Cultural Federation of Niagara.

Join us for a community walk in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This accessible walk will leave from the Fleming Centre and conclude with opportunities for education and reflection with Indigenous partners.

All are welcome; everyone is encouraged to wear orange. Non-perishable food donations will be collected for the Niagara Regional Native Centre food pantry.

Free; drop in

Presented in partnership with Niagara Regional Native Centre, Town of Lincoln, and Downtown Bench Beamsville.

Rachel Summers joins us to explore the evolution of her family’s dairy and grain farm in Thorold, ON over six generations. She shares from her own experiences growing up as a farm girl and stories collected from her family. 

Join us on Friday, September 26th for a delicious Pasta Dinner Fundraiser in support of community programs! By grabbing a plate of pasta, you'll be helping those in Thorold who can't always afford childcare, food and hygiene supplies, sport skills programs, art classes, and more.

Browse and shop artworks by the Lakeside Pumphouse Artists' Association on the lawn of this beautiful 18th century manor. 

Art Fest features the Grimsby Lakeside Pumphouse Artists Association show and sale.

Open hearth cooking demonstrations with a tour of Manor – $7.00 adult; $5.00 children 3 – 13 and $15.00 family (two adults and up to three children).

Free admission to the grounds of the museum. Donations welcomed.

Food Bank Tour at 1:30

Retail Store open 12-4:30 for our anniversary sale

Food trucks, face painting, live music, magic show, games, photo booth, silent auction, giveaways

Join the biggest street party in Downtown Beamsville! 

After a successful transition in 2024 from the King Street festival in previous years, Fling off King is back at the Fleming Centre back parking lot. Fling off King is packed with incredible entertainment, the King Street Kitchen, and kids' activities.

Join us for an engaging conversation with Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec about her brand-new book Bad Indians Book Club. Books will be available for purchase.

With gravestones dating back to 1800, St. Andrew’s graveyard has many stories to tell! Join the Grimsby Museum on a lantern tour and hear about Grimsby’s past residents. Learn about gravestone symbolism and other fascinating facts along the way.

Two tour dates: October 1^st and October 15^th 

Tours start at 6 pm and end about 7 pm *Please arrive at 5:45 pm to sign in.

Online pre-registration is required. Limited space. Groups are kept small to ensure a quality experience. 

$14.48 (total) per ticket. Recommended for ages 12+ (with an accompanying adult)

*Ticket sales in support of Grimsby Museum educational community programming and artifact collection care.

This is not a ghost tour and does not feature costumed actors. Tour information is collected from various historical records. Tours are always presented in a respectful manner.

Join us for the next talk in our Museum Speaker Series, featuring architectural historian George Duncan, author of "A Good and Sufficient Dwelling House – Log Houses of Old Ontario".

Duncan will share insights into the history, architecture and cultural significance of log houses across the province, exploring how these structures helped shape early communities and continue to tell important stories of Ontario’s past.

Handmade and many one of a kind.  Quilts Galore: Pot Holders; Placemats; Table Runners; Wall Hangings; Baby Quilts and Bed Quilts in a wide variety of colours; designs and sizes.

Families are invited to The Brown Homestead for outdoor autumn fun happening all day on Saturday, October 4. Youngsters can join a Storytime Circle at 10 a.m. led by St. Catharines Public Library, followed by nature-inspired arts, crafts and discovery. Families can drop-in anytime until 3 p.m. to take part in a craft with the Garden City Gardeners, help us harvest from our community-based garden, learn how to break and hackle the flax grown on our site with Historian Dr. Ali Macdonald, and explore our pastoral historic site with self-guided scavenger hunts and other activities. 

Our 2025 Barktoberfest walkathon fundraising event will take place on October 4, at Burgoyne Woods, St. Catharines. This annual event is an important fundraising effort for the Humane Society of Greater Niagara. A walkathon fundraiser with a variety of dog-friendly activities, raffle, 50/50, food and fun! Bring your dog or meet our adoptable dogs! 

Join Katy Sokoloski from the NPCA to discover the autumn flora and fauna of St. John’s Conservation Area (3101 Barron Rd, Fonthill). Recommended for ages 4+.

The Township of West Lincoln is holding an Artists’ Marketplace where local artists, crafters and makers will display and sell their creations.

Enjoy afternoon tea in a 1798 manor with savoury and sweet treats. 

Join us at Vieni Estates for a book launch and author talk with, Adam Shoalts. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Location: Vieni Estates 4553 Fly Rd, Beamsville, ON

6:45 pm: Doors open

7:30 pm: Author talk begins

$45/Ticket

Your ticket includes a glass of wine and light refreshment. Non-alcoholic options will also be available. Additional beverages can be purchased.

This is a fundraiser in support of Lincoln Pelham Public Library. A $20 tax receipt is included in your ticket purchase. All proceeds support future collections, programs, and services. Tickets are non-refundable.

Join the Grimsby Museum and psychic medium Kevin Whitaker at Southward Park on October 9, from 6:00 PM - 9:00pm and celebrate our 5th annual Spirits with Spirits event!

Doors open at 6pm, arrive early to get a good spot as there is no assigned seating. Psychic performance starts for 7:30pm

Your ticket includes:
Spiritual group reading with psychic medium Kevin Whitaker
(Please note: not everyone is guaranteed a personal reading as this is a group session.)
Food and Drinks (Ticket price includes dinner and one beverage—alcoholic and non-alcoholic options available. Additional drinks may be purchased at the event.)
Live music by Josh Coulter

From growing up on a small Quebec dairy farm; to undergrad and masters degrees in Agricultural Engineering and Engineering; to a career as an Extension Agricultural Engineer with OMAFA; and now in semi-retirement as a Sustainability Auditor with Ontario's grape and wine industry; Hugh has witnessed and participated in almost every technological change on the farm you can imagine. Hugh will show dozens of photos of what he’s seen on the farm over the past 50 years, and peer into what he sees coming.

GHS Speaker Series presents guest speaker Ev Page, PLCGS as she presents "Small Town, Big Courage: WWII Stories from Grimsby"

As a GHS Archives volunteer, Ev Page has been researching WWII stories relating to the Grimsby community and has uncovered many stories of courage, sacrifice and support. Ev will share those stories during the evening.

After what we hope to be a nourishing and rewarding growing season, join us in closing the Three Sisters Garden as a community. Together, we will offer our thanks and share in singing and drumming. All community members are welcome.

Learn how to cook using heritage methods for the open hearth at Nelles Manor. 

With gravestones dating back to 1800, St. Andrew’s graveyard has many stories to tell! Join the Grimsby Museum on a lantern tour and hear about Grimsby’s past residents. Learn about gravestone symbolism and other fascinating facts along the way.

Two tour dates: October 1^st and October 15^th 

Tours start at 6 pm and end about 7 pm *Please arrive at 5:45 pm to sign in.

Online pre-registration is required. Limited space. Groups are kept small to ensure a quality experience. 

$14.48 (total) per ticket. Recommended for ages 12+ (with an accompanying adult)

*Ticket sales in support of Grimsby Museum educational community programming and artifact collection care.

This is not a ghost tour and does not feature costumed actors. Tour information is collected from various historical records. Tours are always presented in a respectful manner.

When Tonya wrote Farm: Lot 23, she went back into her childhood memories of the farm where she grew up: “I let myself drop into the smells, sounds, feelings and the mystery of that place. In doing this work I was reminded that when we are anywhere, we are in relationship to all that is there. We are never only on the land, or working the land or extracting resources from it. We are with it and however we are with it affects us, just as it affects the land and all that lives there. I believe that we are always with the land in ways that fall outside of the narratives the dominant culture gives us.”

Tonya will share some poems and talk a little about her understanding of her relationship to the farmland where she grew up.

Then Tonya will invite those in attendance to spend time remembering and writing about a childhood relationship to land. Maybe it's one memory in particular, the way an apple eaten off the tree tasted, or the mourning doves that woke you up, the sticky feeling of dandelion milk drying on your fingers? 

Gillian's Place is excited to announce the 19th annual Walk a Mile in HER Shoes: The Men's March to end Violence Against Women. Are you Brave Enough? Prove it on Saturday, October 18th at The Niagara Pen Centre. 

Walk a Mile in HER Shoes is a symbolic march that gives men and male-identifying allies the opportunity to take a stand against violence against women. We are abundantly grateful to our corporate sponsors, walkers, ambassadors, and donors, who over the past 19 years have helped raise over $1,512,000 for Gillian’s Place. Beyond raising vital funds for Gillian’s Place, the men’s march has helped spread awareness about gender-based in Niagara, and beyond.

Gillian's Place relies on community support to sustain our life-changing programs and services. By walking and/or donating, you are raising awareness and ensuring that practical and compassionate services are there 24/7, 365 days. 

Spooky season is here! Join us for our second night market from 6 pm - 9 pm, with free hot cocoa for attendees. As the sun sets cozy up under the stars for a bewitching movie screening.

Join us for a fur-righting fun evening of yummy food, music and dancing, and fundraising in support of the Niagara Dog Rescue!

Join The Tattooed Historian and Shawna Jarman (Assistant Curator of the Museum) at The Irish Harp Pub in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for the first installment of "A Pint of History."

One Canadian and one American sit down to discuss the history and memory of the First World War just days before Remembrance Day. We'll chat about the Niagara Camp, the Polish connection, the US arriving on the Western Front (a bit late?), and more!
Audience members will have the chance to write down their own questions on slips of paper to be collected and drawn at random during the event! Whether you’re a seasoned history buff or simply curious, this is a chance to explore this pivotal era through fresh perspectives and lively discussion.
Admission is by donation. Funds that are raised goes to support the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Space may be limited—so arrive early, grab a drink, and be part of the dialogue.

Cash prizes are awarded for the top three teams!

Doors to Lobby area open at 6:00 p.m. Evening includes 7 rounds of questions (six of 15 and a final round of 10). Total of 100 questions over the night.

Questions start at 7:00 p.m. sharp. Questions cover general knowledge categories like science, history, sports, music, geography, local facts and more.

Cash Bar. Drinks will be available for purchase including wine, beer, pop and mixed drinks. Sorry NO outside drinks. Purchase your Drink Tickets at the main Bar ticket desk when you arrive.

During the evening we provide FREE hot dogs, popcorn, water, tea and coffee. You are welcome to bring your own food to compliment these items.

We offer sheets of "Duh markers" for Sale at $10 per sheet. Purchase your Team's Sheet at the Special Duhs and Heads & Tails table by the entry doors into the Hall when you arrive. Only one Duh sheet per table. A Duh sheet gets you 5 FREE Correct Answers to questions - use one per round for up to 5 of the 6 regular rounds. Duhs CANNOT be used on the 7th and Final Round. Just put a Duh marker down as the answer for any one question you don't know and it will be marked as a correct answer.

We have 50-50 draws during the evening.

Heads or Tails games are played at intermission with proceeds going to PolioPlus - a Rotary International initiative. Purchase your personal Heads & Tails tags (good for two games) at the Special Duhhs and Heads & Tails table by the entry doors into the Hall when you arrive. We are close to eradicating polio and every dollar helps!