This week is for free weekend outings and locking in fall rec before it fills. If you only do one thing: Farmers’ Market Saturday 9–1 at City Hall, then walk to Islamic Heritage Fun Day if you have the energy.
Photo: Tourism Barrie
Nice-day plan
Barrie City Hall · Photo: GTD Aquitaine (public domain)
Hit the Farmers’ Market at City Hall (Sat 9–1), walk over to the Islamic Heritage day at BPL Downtown, and if you’re still out, MacLaren’s 40th Open House is Sat 12–4, free drop-in. Sunday do Free Pumpkin Painting in Springwater if you want paint on little hands.
Rainy-day plan
BPL Painswick Branch
Friday Flicks at Painswick (Fox and the Hound this Friday; Dog Man the 9th), MacLaren’s Family Sunday indoors, or ARC Public Skate Sunday 11–12:50.
Under $5
MacLaren Family Sundays: Colours of the Forest — Sun Oct 4, 1–2pm or 2:30–3:30pm
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie · $5 or free for members; day-of registration at the desk, max 25 per session
All ages
Photo: Mhsheikholeslami / CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barrie_Public_Library-MacLaren_Art_Centre_Barrie-Ontario-CHP1370-20230121.jpg
Barrie Farmers’ Market — Sat Oct 3 & Sat Oct 10, 9am–1pm
City Hall, 70 Collier St, Barrie · Free
Islamic Heritage & Culture Family Fun Day — Sat Oct 3, 11am–3pm
BPL Downtown, Barrie · Free
Free Pumpkin Painting — Sun Oct 4, 11am–2pm · Springwater · kids under 12
Bradford Greenhouses, 4346 Hwy 90 · Free (suggested $5 donation); first come, first served
Friday Flicks – The Fox and the Hound — Fri Oct 2, 6:30–8:30pm
BPL Painswick Massie Room, Barrie · Free
Friday Flicks – Dog Man — Fri Oct 9, 6:30–8:30pm
Same spot · Free
Indoor backup already in the rainy-day plan: ARC Public Skate, Sun Oct 4 & 11, 11am–12:50pm — Allandale Rec Centre; drop-in / recPASS; 9 & under with a guardian 12+.
Register soon
City of Barrie fall registration — already open
Swim, sports, dance, creative arts, camps (ages 4–12). Same-week drop-ins too (skate, open swim, youth centre).
Barrie Public Library registration wave — Wed Oct 7, 6:30pm
Later-October library programs open this night.
Stories of Art! (ages 4–7) — Wednesdays Oct 7–28, 4:30–6pm
MacLaren · $115 / $105 members for the series
Barrie’s Navratri Dhamaal — Sat Oct 10, 6–11pm · all ages · price: check the listing
Coming later
Sat Oct 17, 10am–4pm — BPL Fall Book Sale
Sat Oct 24, 3–9pm — Family Fright Fest (free)
Sun Oct 25, 2–5:30pm — Barrie Accessible Halloween Village (advance timeslot tickets)
Next issue Wednesday. If a time or price is off, reply to this email — we’ll correct it.
See you out there,
Shelley @ ActiveFam
PS: Pack a tote for market Saturday — the pastry line moves, the parking doesn’t.
