👨‍🦱 Father’s Day Weekend Fun!

Let’s celebrate Dad this weekend with dad-centric fun in and around the city:

• Family Fun & Wheels Car Show @ Bradford Greenhouses. Learn more.

• Monster Spectacular @ Sadlon Arena. Learn more.

• Father’s Day Car Show @ Gull Lake Rotary Park in Gravenhurst. Learn more.

• Orillia In-Water Boat Show @ Port of Orillia. Learn more.

• Drifters: Car Meet up @ Sadlon Arena. Learn more.

• Couchiching Conservatory Passport to Nature DIY Roadtrip of The Moraine. Learn more.

• Golf Fore Dogs Tournament @ Horseshoe Valley Resort. Learn more.

• The Oz Escape: A Wicked Glitch in Barrie. Learn more.

• Sin Bin Comedy Father’s Day Show @ Perfect SZN. Learn more.

• Enjoy Father’s Day Weekend @ Friday Harbour. Learn more.

• Take Dad for brunch @ 147 Restaurant. Learn more.

• Explore “Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival 2025” in Midland. Learn more.

• Go Golfing @ Tangle Creek Golf Course. Learn more.

• Check out country singer Dean Brody in the Troubadour Festival Summer Concert Series @ Meridian Place. Learn more.

• Release Dad’s inner yogi with Stretch & Sip @ Quayles Brewery. Learn more.

🎣 Fish For Free This Weekend 🐟️ 

In celebration of Father’s Day, families can fish for free Saturday and Sunday without a fishing licence. Ontario fishing regulations still apply, so make sure to read up on them here.

🥧 Explore Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival 2025 this Weekend

Get ready to indulge Dad’s sweet tooth with this family friendly butter tart festival complete with 300,000+ butter tarts, vendors, food trucks, live entertainment, a kids-zone and more.

Free butter tart tasting is encouraged as the contest judges only cut off a small portion of each butter tart and the rest is cut into smaller portions and circulated through the audience. You can also purchase a six-pack of contest tarts for $15 each.

Admission is free.

📆 Saturday June 14th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

📍 Downtown Midland between Yonge Street & Bayshore Drive.

🌳 Hike of the Week: The Snow Valley Loop Trail

The Snow Valley Loop, located in Springwater, Ontario, is a 7.8km loop trail that is generally considered easy to hike. It's popular for hiking and mountain biking, and is open year-round. The trail takes approximately 1 hour and 58 minutes to complete. 

Also nearby is the Snow Valley Slopes Loop for those who want more of a challenge.

Parking is available at 1251 Snow Valley Road in Minesing.

🥘 Recipe of the Week: Canadian Butter Tarts

Can’t make it to this weekend’s butter tart festival? You can - and should - make your own! These mini pies are typically baked in a muffin tin and have a flaky crust filled with a gooey mixture of butter, sugar, syrup and egg. You can add any other items you love like raisins or nuts.

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🗞️ Local Good News Stories

🏊️ Site unveiled for new rec complex in south Barrie. Read More.

🏢 Supercars to tastemakers: Friday Harbour will be busy spot in June. Read more.

🏎️ Porsche thrills and family fun at Georgian College Auto Show. Read more. 

🐕️ Interested in fostering a pup destined to change a life? Read more.

🏠️ Average asking rent falls in Barrie, and trend nationally is down for eighth straight month to $2,129: report. Read more. 

🚎 Transit ON Demand launches new zones in south Barrie. Read more.

🏫 Innisfil Recreation Complex to begin phased reopening June 9. Read more.

🏗️ New 100-acre recreational complex to be built in south Barrie. Read more. 

 🌆 What’s Happenin’

Friday

🎬️ Friday Flicks @ The Barrie Library Painswick Branch - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn more.

🎹 DJ & Live Music at CIBC Pier @ Friday Harbour - 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Learn more.

Saturday

👩‍🌾 Barrie Farmers’ Market @ City Hall - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn more.

🛠️ Repair Cafe @ Barrie Library Painswick Branch - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register here.

🛶 MEC Clinic: How to plan a canoe or kayak camping trip @ MEC Barrie - 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Learn more.

🛍️ The Market @ Friday Harbour - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more.

🔥 Beach Campfire @ Friday Harbour - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Learn more.

🎹 DJ & Live Music at CIBC Pier @ Friday Harbour - 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Learn more.

🎸 Troubadour Festival Summer Concert Series with Dean Brody @ Meridian Place - 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. (openers start at 6 p.m.) Learn more.

🎤 Sin Bin Comedy Fathers Day Show @ Perfect SZN - 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Learn more.

Sunday 

🛍️ The Market @ Friday Harbour - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more.

🎸 Musicians Tony Quarrington & Tony Lavoila @ Barrie Library Holly Branch. Learn more.

🚲️ MEC Clinic: So you want to go bike touring? @ MEC Barrie - 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Learn more.

🌦️ Barrie Weekend Weather

Friday 17° 🌡️ 12° l 🌤️ l 0 mm 💧 l 14 - 21 kmh 🌬️ 

Saturday 20° 🌡️ 12° l 🌤️ l 1 mm💧 l 16 - 24 kmh 🌬️ 

Sunday 22° 🌡️ 11° l ☀️ l 0 mm 💧 l 11 - 17:s kmh 🌬️ 

Thank You ❤️ 🍦 

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