Fall comes alive at Downey’s Pumpkinfest! Gather your family and friends and head to the farm for a day filled with pumpkins, outdoor fun, great food, entertainment, and all the sights and sounds of the harvest season. Explore 40+ attractions, get lost in our A-MAZE-ING 8-acre corn maze, visit the farm animals, take a wagon…
This is a long-standing community tradition bringing together families from across the region to celebrate agriculture, local food, entertainment and rural heritage through exhibits, livestock and family-friendly attractions. It features Homecraft competitions, a midway, marketplace and loads of food choices, along with a Friday night Taylor Swift tribute concert, Saturday Demolition Derby and Power Wheels…
Join us for the Opening Night Soiree of the Show and Sale on Sep 16, an all-inclusive ticketed evening celebrating art, artists and creativity in the Headwaters Arts Gallery/Alton Mill Galleries. The exhibit showcases 75 original works of art by 65+ ultra-talented Ontario artists in a variety of subject matter and mediums. The Show and…
Alton Mill Dam (2025) is a large-scale outdoor installation of a direct-positive pinhole photograph by artist Risa Horowitz. Made with a handmade camera at Alton Mill Arts Centre, the image centres on the concrete dam where Shaw’s Creek was engineered to drive what became the longest-running water-powered mill on the Upper Credit River system. The…
Tour the sugarbush, taste our award-winning syrups, try maple taffy over ice, visit the Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario, and enjoy our signature waffle and ice cream sandwich while learning about the history of maple syrup in Canada. What to Expect: Your Maple Sugarbush Tour & Tasting is a relaxed, guided 90-minute experience. Maple Syrup…
We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of the Ontario Farmerettes is a powerful documentary that uncovers the remarkable story of the 40,000 teenage girls who volunteered on Ontario farms during and after WWII, helping sustain vital food production during one of history's most challenging times. Through archival images, reenactments and firsthand accounts, the film…
Join veteran health care warriors, Michael Decter and Mike McCarthy, as they discuss their practical survival guide to navigating Canada’s health care system, including strategies, stories, and tactics to help you advocate for the care you need. Drawing on decades at the policy table and on the front lines, Michael and Mike released The Canadian…
Join us on the lawn during the opening weekend of Culture Days and get hands-on with objects from our teaching collection. Weather dependent.
A fast-paced, award-winning comic thriller, written in a dramatic film noir style. Satirizing the self-possessed, tough-guy stereotype of classic detective novels, the protagonist is Tyrone Power, a washed-up writer turned detective. The witty dialogue and nonstop action will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Will Tyrone find his man before it is too…
