Family Events

Time to declutter at Riverview Terrace Retirement Residence.  Join us in a whole community bake and garage sale!

There is a varied selection of crafters and vendors = something for everyone.

FREE Admission.

This is a Spring Time in Paris Event.

The Brantford Food Forest will be having it’s first planting party kick off.  At Parson’s Park, 160 Ontario St., Brantford, 10:30am to 3:00pm on Sat. June 1.  We will be planting 5 trees and starting to lay the mulch for the first phase of the food forest.  Please bring a shovel if possible and chairs for the rest periods.

A pizza lunch will be provided for all volunteers.

Special guests: Celtic Music Group CAVAAN.

Tickets:
$15. from any choir member or at the door.

There is a varied selection of crafters and vendors = something for everyone.

FREE Admission.

This is a Spring Time in Paris Event.

Country Family Fun Day with proceeds benefitting The Crossing All Bridges Learning Centre.

Hosted by KX 94.7 FM’s Morning Ride Co-Host: Melissa Forsyth

Country Music | Games | Prizes

Cost:
$10 per person includes delicious food provided by Strodes BBQ & Deli
Children 6 & under free
Cash Bar
ATM on site

Are your kids between the ages of 5-12? Do your kids love playing sports? Want your kids to be more physically active?
Sports Zone is the perfect FREE program for them!

Date: Every Monday from March 25th to June 24th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Major Ballachey School Gymnasium (105 Rawdon Street)

NOTE: No session on Mon. April 22 (Easter Monday)

Registration is preferred as space is limited.

Register at https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/brantford/Activity_Search/sports-zone/4142

A FREE program for your kids between the ages of 5-12

to come enjoy a night with friends, play games, make crafts and more!

Date: Every Tuesday from March 26th to June 25th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Hub Room A & B at Major Ballachey School
(105 Rawdon Street – Please use hub doors closest to Victoria Street and
ring the buzzer to be let in)

Registration is preferred as space is limited.

Register at https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/brantford/Activity_Search/kids-club/4143

Live Music at A.R.T.C. features local musicians/artists.

Open to the public. $2.00 admission.

Snacks/refreshments available for purchase.

Do you enjoy video games or have you ever wanted to try out virtual reality gaming? Come out and enjoy a night with fellow gamers as we set up the Wii and Oculus Rift for some interactive gaming experiences! On July 2nd we will also set up the green screen to celebrate World UFO Day and you can get your picture taken with some out of this world backgrounds.

Ages 13+

Free Drop-In Program.

Grand Bayou Cajun Kitchen is having a sign night. Registration is required for this event. Gather your friends and come have some fun while making your own rustic wood sign. Through registration you will be able to pick your design and size of sign. I will provide everything you need to make your sign. When you go home you will have a beautiful sign ready to display for all your friends and family to see. The best part is you get to say ” I made that”

Fresh cut fries and your choice of either pollock or haddock with homemade coleslaw and bread.

Brant Skills Centre’s 16th
Annual Adult Spelling Bee 

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Six Nations Polytechnic
– Brantford Campus

411 Elgin St, Brantford, ON

Dinner: 6:00 PM

Bee: 7:00 PM 

Fun, Food and Friendly Competition.

Enter a team of THREE Super Spellers

Registration: $210 per team raised through pledges.

Spectators are free!

$15 charge for attending dinner – must contact us to reserve a seat for dinner.  

For details or to RSVP
give us a BUZZ at 519-758-1664 or [email protected]

 Proceeds will benefits adult essential skill programs in Brantford and Brant County.

Charitable Reg # 11924 2360
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Every Thursday, June 6 to Aug. 22, 2019, 6:30 – 8:00pm. Bring a chair! Updates and cancellations will be on facebook and twitter @branttourism. More information on our website. At Paris Lions Park, 36 Laurel St., Paris.

“Whether you love jazz, rock, folk, 50s or country, you will enjoy all that Music in the Park has to offer,” said Danielle McComb, Special Events Coordinator for the County of Brant. “Music in the Park is a great opportunity to come out to a free community event, enjoy the fresh air and live, local entertainment.”

• June 6 – CC & The Boys
• June 13 – Corner Pocket
• June 20 – Tia McGraff
• June 27 – Two of a kind
• July 4 – Frisky Business
• July 11 – Madison Surmatchewski
• July 18 – Murray Williams Band
• July 25 – Pleasant Ridge
• Aug. 1 – Thorn and Roses
• Aug. 8 – The Grand Rivermen
• Aug. 15 – Saxation
• Aug. 22 – Monique Hunsley

School is out and STEM is in! Join us for the day where kids will collaborate on fun activities that sharpen their STEM skills, all while having a blast with new friends!

Price: $59.

Please call 519.757.0325 to sign up.

What`s a better way to start off the weekend then dancing it out?!
Your child will have the time of their life at this
FREE freestyle dance program – perfect for those who love to express themselves through dance!

Age: 8-13
Date: Every Friday from March 29th to June 28th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Hub Room A & B at Major Ballachey School
(105 Rawdon Street – Please use hub doors closest to Victoria Street and
ring the buzzer to be let in)

Registration is preferred as space is limited. Register at https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/brantford/Activity_Search/freestyle-fridays/4144

Beginning January 11 we will be offering 2 hour line dancing lessons every Friday from 6:30-8:30 pm. Our experienced instructor Deanna Johnson will be teaching dances for all experience levels. In an air conditioned hall!

$5 per 2 hour lesson

Call or text Deanna at 519.841.8929 for more information.

Please Note: There will be NO CLASS on March 15 or April 19.

Playful Fox Productions presents
J.M. Barrie’s Classic Play adapted by Malakai Fox
Peter Pan

• Fri. June 7, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 2:00pm
• Sun. June 9, 2:00pm

Tickets:
$20. adult
$15. youth (13 – 17)
$10. child (12 & under)
FREE babes in arms
available online
A portion of the proceeds go to Kids Can Fly.

Contact: [email protected]

Hey did you hear?

2nd Annual Burford Ram Rodeo is returning on Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th, 2019, 11:00am and doors open at 12:00pm)

This year is shaping up to be more exciting and the most baddest Rodeo around. Featuring pole bending, trick riding and trick roping, heavy horse barrel racing and the most dangerous sport around…bull riding! And just added to the main event is the amazing Canadian Cowgirls Prevision Drill Team!

Clear your calendar and be sure to attend!

This is a family friendly event with food vendors, bouncy inflatables, antique cars & tractor displays, horse drawn wagon rides and much more.

Live musical entertainment each day!

Be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates on the show events, times and extra entertainment.

Free horse drawn wagon ride with advance ticket purchase.

Advance tickets available at

• Home Hardware, 103 King St, Burford, ON
• Sindens Feed and Seed, 136 Main St, Norwich, ON
• online at www.ticketweb.ca

We have our annual OK Trades Competition coming up on June 8th, 9-3! NEW LOCATION: Wayne Gretzky Centre, rain or shine. Highschool students will be competing to build the best Garbage Shed. GRAND PRIZE is a $450 tool package. There will be interactive trades booths, and family friendly activities! We are so excited to host this event for you again this year! Thank you to all who came out last year. Congrats to the students at BCI who WON last year!

Contact Shawn Stuart for more information. 519-758-7372 | [email protected] | www.organizedkaos.org

“OK Trades Competition exists to inspire young people to take their education and career in the trades to the next level. It is to show the community that the trades are a great option for hard working, hands-on individuals. The OK Trades Competition will test the students’ knowledge and skill in carpentry/construction in healthy competition. It will provide promotional opportunity for local trades businesses and for local trades charity, Organized Kaos.”

The County of Brant is thrilled to announce the official grand opening of the Pete Lavoie Little League Ball Diamond at Paris Lions Park.

The event will include bouncy castles, Ace the Blue Jays’ mascot, giveaways, musical performers and the Lions Food Truck.

Renovations of the park began in 2017 and included expanding the ball fields, replacing the dug outs, installing new lighting, adding an accessible washroom and a concession stand, and improving the parking and walkways.

Activities begin at 10:00am, the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is at 12:00pm and the Ceremonial First Pitch is at 2:30pm with a baseball game to follow.

Playful Fox Productions presents
J.M. Barrie’s Classic Play adapted by Malakai Fox
Peter Pan

• Fri. June 7, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 2:00pm
• Sun. June 9, 2:00pm

Tickets:
$20. adult
$15. youth (13 – 17)
$10. child (12 & under)
FREE babes in arms
available online
A portion of the proceeds go to Kids Can Fly.

Contact: [email protected]

Playful Fox Productions presents
J.M. Barrie’s Classic Play adapted by Malakai Fox
Peter Pan

• Fri. June 7, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 2:00pm
• Sun. June 9, 2:00pm

Tickets:
$20. adult
$15. youth (13 – 17)
$10. child (12 & under)
FREE babes in arms
available online
A portion of the proceeds go to Kids Can Fly.

Contact: [email protected]

Brantford Pride Week 2019 runs from Sunday, June 9th – Saturday, June 15th, 2019. Events will be held throughout the week leading up to the annual March & Pride in the Park on the 15th.

Hey did you hear?

2nd Annual Burford Ram Rodeo is returning on Saturday June 8th and Sunday June 9th, 2019, 11:00am and doors open at 12:00pm)

This year is shaping up to be more exciting and the most baddest Rodeo around. Featuring pole bending, trick riding and trick roping, heavy horse barrel racing and the most dangerous sport around…bull riding! And just added to the main event is the amazing Canadian Cowgirls Prevision Drill Team!

Clear your calendar and be sure to attend!

This is a family friendly event with food vendors, bouncy inflatables, antique cars & tractor displays, horse drawn wagon rides and much more.

Live musical entertainment each day!

Be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates on the show events, times and extra entertainment.

Free horse drawn wagon ride with advance ticket purchase.

Advance tickets available at

• Home Hardware, 103 King St, Burford, ON
• Sindens Feed and Seed, 136 Main St, Norwich, ON
• online at www.ticketweb.ca

27 artists and artisans at 17 locations in Holmedale, Brantford will open their spaces and display their wares for viewing and purchase.  See a great selection of all hand made goods varying from painting, textile art, pottery, soaps, culinary arts, woodcraft, jewelry, sculpture and much more!

Stand Tall! Nova Vita Domestic Violence Prevention Services is excited to announce our 9th annual Heels to Heal Walk in support of the over 1,000 individuals we serve every year. Join us on Sunday, June 9, 2019 in Brantford’s Harmony Square, and stand tall in your red heels or your red shoes against domestic violence. This is our largest event of the year, both in raising awareness and financial support. 

We need MEN and people of all ages and gender, to help raise funds and awareness to end domestic violence in our community. Rally your friends, family and colleagues, challenge a competitor, and start your campaign to help spread the word that domestic violence is never OK!

1. Register to walk! Register online here, or download registration and pledge forms at www.novavita.org.
2. Create a team! Invite your coworkers, friends or family and come together to support Nova Vita. Set a goal to win the Top Fundraising Team or Best Team Spirit Award!
3. Become a sponsor! Highlight your business, and show our community that you stand tall with Nova Vita against domestic violence through sponsorship and swag donations.

The Family of the late Jim Philpott will be having a memorial at South Brant Legion. In the Upper Hall. Start at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Playful Fox Productions presents
J.M. Barrie’s Classic Play adapted by Malakai Fox
Peter Pan

• Fri. June 7, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 7:00pm
• Sat. June 8, 2:00pm
• Sun. June 9, 2:00pm

Tickets:
$20. adult
$15. youth (13 – 17)
$10. child (12 & under)
FREE babes in arms
available online
A portion of the proceeds go to Kids Can Fly.

Contact: [email protected]

To kick off Pride Week.  The flag will rise at 10:30am followed by a reception at Council Chambers.  As a community, we will gather together and celebrate that the County is a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community.  Council Chambers is located at 7 Broadway St. W., Paris.

Brantford Pride Week 2019 will kick off with the 9th Annual Pride Flag raising at Brantford City Hall at 100 Wellington Square at 3:00pm. Bring your Rainbow, Trans and/or other Pride flags and brighten up the downtown with us!

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The land that Brantford Pride organizes on is the traditional territory of the Anishnaabe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral Nations. We strive to build a community where decolonization and reconciliation are priorities!

June is Recreation & Parks Month. JRPM is recognized by municipalities, community organizations, and schools as a way of promoting the benefit of being active and recognizing the contribution that recreation and parks make to quality of life.

Please visit brantford.ca/parksandrecration.

5:30 to 7:30pm on Mon. June 10. For ages 6 to 12 years.

Are your kids between the ages of 5-12? Do your kids love playing sports? Want your kids to be more physically active?
Sports Zone is the perfect FREE program for them!

Date: Every Monday from March 25th to June 24th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Major Ballachey School Gymnasium (105 Rawdon Street)

NOTE: No session on Mon. April 22 (Easter Monday)

Registration is preferred as space is limited.

Register at https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/brantford/Activity_Search/sports-zone/4142

Join Brantford Pride for an exciting evening exploring the history of our 2SLGBTQ communities and the ways they have fought for liberation. This event pays tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the trans women of colour who stood up to transphobic and queerphobic violence.

This is a free event at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery Coach House located at 20 Ava Rd, Brantford.

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Brantford and the surrounding area is located on the traditionally territory of the Anishnawbe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral Peoples. We strive to work towards decolonial ways of being in all of our Pride organizing.

A FREE program for your kids between the ages of 5-12

to come enjoy a night with friends, play games, make crafts and more!

Date: Every Tuesday from March 26th to June 25th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Hub Room A & B at Major Ballachey School
(105 Rawdon Street – Please use hub doors closest to Victoria Street and
ring the buzzer to be let in)

Registration is preferred as space is limited.

Register at https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/brantford/Activity_Search/kids-club/4143

You’re invited to the 21st Annual Senior Art Show.  Open to the public, doors open at 7:00pm-9:00pm.   Located in the school’s library on the second floor.

Join us for an evening to celebrate our amazing artists.

As part of Brantford and the County of Brant’s Pride Week celebrations, The Bridge will be offering a Safer Spaces 101 information session. If your friend, family member, or anyone you care about is LGBTQ2S and you would like to learn more about how you can be supportive or if you are someone who is looking to be more inclusive in your personal or professional life then this training is for you! A social event will follow the information session with light refreshments provided. All are welcome!

Please arrive promptly at 5:30 pm if you wish to take part in the training session!

Free Program. No Registration Required.

June is Recreation & Parks Month. JRPM is recognized by municipalities, community organizations, and schools as a way of promoting the benefit of being active and recognizing the contribution that recreation and parks make to quality of life.

Please visit brantford.ca/parksandrecration.

For 6 to 12 year olds.

Fresh cut fries and your choice of either pollock or haddock with homemade coleslaw and bread.

June is Recreation & Parks Month. JRPM is recognized by municipalities, community organizations, and schools as a way of promoting the benefit of being active and recognizing the contribution that recreation and parks make to quality of life.

Please visit brantford.ca/parksandrecration.

For 6 to 12 year olds.

Every Thursday, June 6 to Aug. 22, 2019, 6:30 – 8:00pm. Bring a chair! Updates and cancellations will be on facebook and twitter @branttourism. More information on our website. At Paris Lions Park, 36 Laurel St., Paris.

“Whether you love jazz, rock, folk, 50s or country, you will enjoy all that Music in the Park has to offer,” said Danielle McComb, Special Events Coordinator for the County of Brant. “Music in the Park is a great opportunity to come out to a free community event, enjoy the fresh air and live, local entertainment.”

• June 6 – CC & The Boys
• June 13 – Corner Pocket
• June 20 – Tia McGraff
• June 27 – Two of a kind
• July 4 – Frisky Business
• July 11 – Madison Surmatchewski
• July 18 – Murray Williams Band
• July 25 – Pleasant Ridge
• Aug. 1 – Thorn and Roses
• Aug. 8 – The Grand Rivermen
• Aug. 15 – Saxation
• Aug. 22 – Monique Hunsley

Experience the entire life cycle of thunderstorms during this exciting and educational presentation by David Chapman. See how storms form and develop into powerful lightning and wind storms. Watch an Ontario super cell tornado from start to finish as it cuts a path through the countryside near Arthur, Ontario as well as two other tornadoes to hit our province. A very powerful presentation explaining the effects storms have in Ontario.

Free Program. Registration Required – online

June is Recreation & Parks Month. JRPM is recognized by municipalities, community organizations, and schools as a way of promoting the benefit of being active and recognizing the contribution that recreation and parks make to quality of life.

Please visit brantford.ca/parksandrecration.

For 11 to 17 year olds. Fri. June 14, 4 to 5:45pm.

What`s a better way to start off the weekend then dancing it out?!
Your child will have the time of their life at this
FREE freestyle dance program – perfect for those who love to express themselves through dance!

Age: 8-13
Date: Every Friday from March 29th to June 28th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Hub Room A & B at Major Ballachey School
(105 Rawdon Street – Please use hub doors closest to Victoria Street and
ring the buzzer to be let in)

Registration is preferred as space is limited. Register at https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/brantford/Activity_Search/freestyle-fridays/4144

Beginning January 11 we will be offering 2 hour line dancing lessons every Friday from 6:30-8:30 pm. Our experienced instructor Deanna Johnson will be teaching dances for all experience levels. In an air conditioned hall!

$5 per 2 hour lesson

Call or text Deanna at 519.841.8929 for more information.

Please Note: There will be NO CLASS on March 15 or April 19.

A fun filled day for the whole family, offering raffles penny sale, vendors, car show and more. All proceeds going to Breast Cancer Research.

Join us for the 8th Annual Walk with Pride where we will be paying tribute to the Stonewall Riots of 1969 with the theme 50 Year’s of Pride: Honouring our Roots & Resistance. Together, we will walk from Grand River Community Health Centre (363 Colborne Street, Brantford) to Mohawk Park. Allies are welcome to join us to show their support. We ask any off duty police to please not wear their uniforms but hope you will still walk.

Grab your flags and paint Brantford a Rainbow with us!!! The walk will begin at 12 noon and will last approximately an hour.

Accessibility concerns: there will be transportation driving behind the walk for those who would like to utilize it. For those who are walking, there will be water provided half way through the walk. Bathrooms at Grand River will be available prior to the walk.

Next, enjoy Pride in the Park for the rest of the afternoon! From 1PM-5PM Brantford Pride will provide an afternoon full of music, games, food and friends. This will be Brantford Pride’s 7th Annual Pride in the Park! The event will have amazing vendors, a free BBQ, resource fair, family friendly activities and wonderful performers. We look forward to seeing you for a full day of events!

A dance will take place later in the night. Check out the Brantford Pride Facebook page for more information.

The land that Brantford Pride organizes on is the traditional territory of the Anishnaabe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral Nations. We strive to build a community where decolonization and reconciliation are priorities!

Telephone City Musical Society’s Concert band is celebrating its 100th Anniversary by hosting an Open House followed by a free concert.  Light refreshments will be served.  Calendar raffle tickets will also be available for the draw to be held in September 2019.

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Sydenham-Heritage United Church
120 Sydenham Street, Brantford.

Make a fancy hat… Create a costume… Come enjoy the fun and silliness.

Tickets are $10 (Available from the church office 519-753-1248).

$17.99 per person
Guests over age 65 receive a 10% discount
Kids 12 & under dine for $8.99
Prices listed do not include taxes or gratuity.

Reservations recommended – 519.753.6002.

June is Recreation & Parks Month. JRPM is recognized by municipalities, community organizations, and schools as a way of promoting the benefit of being active and recognizing the contribution that recreation and parks make to quality of life.

Please visit brantford.ca/parksandrecration.

All ages welcome.

Whole roast chicken dinner, platter of fries and a large salad for ONLY $30.00.

Add a full rack of ribs for ONLY $10.

1 lb of wings & a pint for $13.

June is Recreation & Parks Month. JRPM is recognized by municipalities, community organizations, and schools as a way of promoting the benefit of being active and recognizing the contribution that recreation and parks make to quality of life.

Please visit brantford.ca/parksandrecration.

Are your kids between the ages of 5-12? Do your kids love playing sports? Want your kids to be more physically active?
Sports Zone is the perfect FREE program for them!

Date: Every Monday from March 25th to June 24th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Major Ballachey School Gymnasium (105 Rawdon Street)

NOTE: No session on Mon. April 22 (Easter Monday)

Registration is preferred as space is limited.

Register at https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/brantford/Activity_Search/sports-zone/4142

The Brantford Red Sox take on the Welland Jackfish in Intercounty Baseball League action.  First pitch is 8pm at Arnold Anderson Stadium.