🥧 Open Air Dunlop’s Butter Tart Festival 2025

A deliciously sweet day with Ontario’s best butter tarts, artisan vendors, and live entertainment.

10AM – 4PM: Over 100 Canadian vendors offering butter tarts, gourmet goods, local crafts, and unique retail. Free admission and family-friendly activities all day long.

11AM – 1PM: Butter Tart Contest (11 AM to 1 PM): Local judges will crown the Best Butter Tarts in a variety of categories.

4PM – 10PM: OPEN AIR LIVE MUSIC IN MERIDIAN PLACE.

4PM  Festival warm-up live music performance featuring local talent

8PM:  Shania Twink – Toronto’s iconic queer country tribute band lighting up the stage with hits by Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, and more! 

📆 Saturday July 12th - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

📍 Dunlop Street, Barrie

👩 Visit the Mom Market @ Bradford Greenhouses

Come visit the Simcoe County Mom Market at the beautiful Bradford Greenhouses.This stunning location has it all—bulbs, plants, trees, furniture, and home décor.

Join the Mom Market as we bring small business shopping to a convenient, central location year-round.

Get ready for a day full of summer fun featuring:

• Free ice cream

• Live music

• Food trucks

• Lemonade

And 20+ amazing small businesses!

📆 Saturday July 12th - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free.

📍 Bradford Greenhouses - County Rd 90, Springwater

🍖 Innisfil Ribfest @ Sunset Speedway

The 7th Annual, Innisfil Ribfest 2025, will take place at Sunset Speedway convenient for area residents and visitors from all over. These “Pitmasters” are ready to serve you and your friends Award-Winning, Mouth-Watering BBQ Smoked Ribs, Tender Pulled Pork, Juicy Smoked Brisket, BBQ Chicken, Smoked Sausage and those huge Beef “Dino” Ribs.

There will be a variety of festival foods like corn dogs, roasted corn, poutines, funnel cakes and of course to wash it all down nice cold beer. There will be plenty of activities including a Kids Zone, Face painting, Marketplace, Artisans and more.

• Friday July 11th - 12 p.m. to 11 p.m

• Saturday July 12th - 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• Sunday July 13th - 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Free Parking, $5 admission - children 10 & under are free

📍 Sunset Speedway - 6918 Yonge Street. Innisfil

In partnership with Upchuckle Education

🥘 Recipe of the Week: Smash Burger Tacos

Looking for another take on the easy summer burger option? This crispy, smash burger-style beef patty is cooked on a tortilla before being topped with whatever you love. You’ll never have to debate whether you want tacos or burgers again!

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Save money on your grocery bill by getting perfectly fresh surplus and imperfect produce delivered. Customize your box with your favourite fruits and veg and relax while they source, pack and deliver your box right to your door. Eat Impact sources your produce from local farmers and distributors to build a more sustainable food system that is flexible, customizable and wont break the bank!

All Mom Scoop subscribers can get 50% off their first box by using coupon code SCOOP at checkout.

🗞️ Local Good News Stories

🥧 Downtown Barrie gearing up for ‘unforgettable’ butter tart festival. Read more.

🖼️ Photographers invited to submit ‘surprising, unique’ images for juried show. Read more.

🎤 Duo bringing ‘stellar harmonies, fine musicianship’ to local show. Read more.

👗 ‘History in the making’: Indigenous woman represents Canada at pageant in India. Read more.

🎙️ D12 heading to Bala to headline It Ain’t Nothing But Music Festival. Read more.

🏠️ ‘A solid first-step’: Modern, affordable living for less than $350,000 in Barrie. Read more.

🦝 ‘My friends were 2 raccoons and a skunk’: Collingwood housing program helps Wasaga Beach man go from living in the bush to his own apartment. Read more. 

🏙️ City of Barrie’s ward boundaries are moving. Read More.

🌉 Building bridges. Dunlop Street bridge replacement in Barrie is up next. Read more.

💪 Mind to Muscle Cup launches 10th edition supporting Barrie Food Bank. Read more.

🏥 RVH and University of Toronto expand emergency medicine training in Barrie. Read more.

 🌆 What’s Happenin’

Friday

🏠️ Escape Room: Detective Pikachu ticketed event @ Barrie Library Holly Branch - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more.

👩‍🌾 Oro-Medonte Farmers Market @ Chappell Farms - 12 p.nm. to 6 p.m. Learn more.

🎬️ Friday Flicks @ The Barrie Library Painswick Branch - 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Learn more.

🎬️ 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.

🥧 Butter Tart Festival @ Open Air Dunlop - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.

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

🌊 What’s sup: intro to stand-up paddle boarding @ MEC Barrie - 12 p.m. to 1 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.

Sunday 

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

🎥 Once Upon a Time Movies @ Barrie Library Downtown - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.

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