SATURDAY, APRIL 6
Low-impact yoga
9 a.m. to noon
Trinity Anglican Church, 62 Church St., Bradford
Free, all-ages event.
Spring Tonic Maple Syrup Festival
Runs Saturday and Sunday
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day
Tiffin Centre for Conservation, 8195 Line 8, Essa, near Utopia
See costumed re-enactors, demonstrations of maple syrup making, horse-drawn wagon rides, crafts, music, a Zoo to You animal show, and a pancake and sausage breakfast served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost is $14 adults, $7 kids (includes breakfast), cash only at the gate.
Make-and-take bird feeder craft is $5. Hosted by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority and the Barrie Rotary Club.
Flower Show and District 16 Ontario Horticultural Association AGM
9 a.m. coffee, 9:30 a.m. Annual General Meeting starts
Tangle Creek Golf and Country Club, 4730 Sideroad 25, Thornton
Workshop: Secrets to writing a page-turner
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Tecumseth Public Library - Alliston Memorial Branch, 17 Victoria St. E., Alliston
Cost is $49 in advance, or $53 at the door.
To reserve a spot, email [email protected].
Baby shower for puppies and kittens
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Red Barn Event Centre, 8464 County Road 27, Barrie
All-ages event. Entrance is by donation, with a minimum suggested donation of $10 for adults.
Join the Barrie Animal Centre as we prepare for the arrival of puppy and kitten season – and the demands these cute little bundles of joy put on centre resources.
April Pools Day
Noon to 3 p.m.
BWG Leisure Centre
Free family activities at the Bradford Lions Aquatics Centre - including drowning prevention workshop, rescue techniques, a Family Swim to Survive Challenge.
Visit with firefighters, police, paramedics, lifeguards and Bradford Lions Club members to kick off the warm-weather season.
A fundraiser for the Lifesaving Society’s drowning prevention campaign.
Indoor Triathlon
3-5 p.m.
BWG Leisure Centre
Combining a 15-minute swim, 15 minutes on the stationary bike, 15 minute run or walk on the track, with transitions.
Cost is $30 per person, $40 per relay.
To register, call Stephanie Uren at 905-775-7529 ext. 8601.
Roast Beef Dinner
4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Bradford United Church, 66 Barrie St.
Cost $18 adults, $9 for children, for a roast beef dinner with all the trimmings, including dessert, and a great social evening.
For more information, or to arrange take-out, call 905-775-7268.
Spring concert: Yodelin’ Cowgirl and Good Company
7 p.m.
Bond Head Community Hall
Featuring Good Company (Brian Good, of The Good Brothers, and Susan Good) and Yodelin’ Cowgirl Naomi Bristow.
Tickets $20, available at Bradford Home Hardware, Beeton Foodland, or call 905-775-5634 or 705-458-4511. Presented by the Bond Head Lions Club.
Talent Show fundraiser
7 p.m.
Tec-We-Gwill WI Hall, Line 10 at County Road 27, in Newton Robinson
Sponsored by the Tec-We-Gwill Women’s Institute.
Tickets are $5 – in advance, from Mark Burchell, at 705-458-8964 or [email protected]. Only 60 tickets available!
Event is a fundraiser to repair the hall’s piano. There will also be a silent auction of items donated by local artisans.
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
Spring Tonic Maple Syrup Festival
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tiffin Centre for Conservation, 8195 Line 8, Essa, near Utopia
See costumed re-enactors, demonstrations of maple syrup making, horse-drawn wagon rides, crafts, music, a Zoo to You animal show, and a pancake and sausage breakfast served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost is $14 adults, $7 kids (includes breakfast), cash only at the gate.
Make-and-take bird feeder craft is $5. Hosted by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority and the Barrie Rotary Club.
Choir performance
3 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 484 Water St., Newmarket
Tapestry Chamber Choir presents The Lord Said, Handel’s Dixit Dominus. The choir will be joined by the strings of the York Chamber Ensemble for this concert.
Tickets $20 at the door. For more information, visit tapestrychoir.ca or call 905-830-3041.
