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🥚 Easter Weekend @ Friday Harbour
💎 Rock N’ Gem Show @ Eastview Arena
🌸 Spring Festival @ Chappell Farms
🐥 Easter Egg-venture @ Simcoe County Museum
🍽 Recipe Of The Week: Baked Strawberries and Cream French Toast
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Let’s get to it!
🐰 Easter Weekend @ Friday Harbour
This weekend, Friday Harbour will have a lineup of family-friendly Easter activities! At their annual easter egg hunt, children under 12 can collect colourful eggs and exchange them for a treat-filled goodie bag.
Saturday April 4th - see Saturday schedule
Annual Egg Drop Challenge
Crafts and Activities
Special Performances and more
Sunday April 5th - see Sunday schedule.
Annual Easter Egg Hunt - 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Brunch Buffet at Lake Club
Crafts and Activities
Special Performances and more
📍 Friday Harbour Resort. Innisfil.
💎 Rock N’ Gem Show @ Eastview Arena
Witness the earth’s finest creations come to life at the Barrie Rock N’ Gem Show. Discover an exquisite collection of crystals that sparkle with brilliance, fossils that hold echoes of ancient worlds, and gemstones transformed into breathtaking works of art. Each piece is a testament to the power, beauty, and timeless artistry of the natural world.
📆 Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
📍 Eastview Arena. 453 Grove St. E. Barrie
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🌸 Spring Festival @ Chappell Farms
Wear your creative Easter bonnet, rubber boots, and bring the whole family for a memorable spring adventure!
Learn about the life of a maple tree and how maple syrup is made with maple taffy on the snow demonstrations
Easter Egg (Candy) Hunt every hour – bring your own basket or pail
Wagon rides around the farm
Baby animals and hands-on farm fun
📆 April 3, 4, 5 and 6th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
🎟 Tickets available at the gate. Free parking onsite.
📍 Chappell Farms. 617 Penetanguishene Road. Barrie
🐥 Easter Egg-venture @ Simcoe County Museum
Hop into spring at our Easter Egg‑venture on April 4 from 1 – 4 p.m. Enjoy an outdoor Easter trail, a fun craft, and a prize at the end. A perfect egg‑stra joyful day for families.
📆 April 4th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
🎟 Admission Costs: Adult (21 – 64) $8, Senior (65+) and Youth (12 – 20) $6, Child (4 – 11) $4, and preschoolers and Museum Members are free.
📍 Simcoe County Museum. 1151 ON-26.
👩🍳 Recipe of the Week: Baked Strawberries and Cream French Toast
The most impressive make-ahead breakfast! So easy with 15min prep. Just pop it right in the oven before serving! Perfect for a busy Easter brunch.
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🎭 Kempenfelt Community Players to present four themed cabarets. Read more.
🩺 Students invited to enter Paramedic for a Day contest. Read more.
⛰ From Barrie to B.C.: Local woman breaks world record with 225-park cross-Canada quest. Read more.
🍺 City permits Wild Card Brewing’s bid to sell beer by-the-glass at Barnstormer. Read more.
🫖 Overnight break-in fails to stop tea-time at Burton Avenue cafe. Read more.
🏌♂️ Oro-Medonte golfer Drew Nesbitt delivers another highlight moment with ace. Read more.
🦌 Deer spill into open fields to feed during March thaw. Read more.
🥍 ‘We’re back’: Innisfil Wolfpack makes howling return to lacrosse scene. Read more.
⛷ Skiers soak up the sun - and get soaked - at Snow Valley’s season-ending pond skim. Read more.
🧠 Elmvale man among first Canadians in Neuralink trial sees promise in ‘life-changing’ tech. Read more.
🏢 Downtown Barrie businesses rolling out Easter-themed food, events, family fun. Read more.
🍂 Leaf, yard waste collection starting next week in Simcoe County. Read more.
🪥 As Oral Health Month begins, health unit promotes low-cost dental care. Read more.
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Friday
🧑🌾 Spring Festival @ Chappell Farms - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
💎 Rock N’ Gem Show @ Eastview Arena - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Learn more.
🐰 Easter Bunny Photos @ Bradford Greenhouses - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more.
🥚 Egg-tastic Games and Fun @ Friday Harbour Beach - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more.
🥖 Easter Dinner Features @ The Lake Club Restaurant Friday Harbour - 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Reserve a table.
Saturday
🧑🌾 Barrie Farmer’s Market @ City Hall - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn more.
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library - various branches - 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🐰 Easter Bunny Photos @ Georgian Mall - 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Book a time slot.
🧑🌾 Spring Festival @ Chappell Farms - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
💎 Rock N’ Gem Show @ Eastview Arena - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Learn more.
🐥 Easter Activities @ Friday Harbour - 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more.
🐥 Egg-venture @ Simcoe County Museum - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
🎤 Damn Good Comedy Show @ Rec Room - 7:30 p.m. Get tickets.
🤣 Adam Susser - Stand Up Comedy Tour @ CW Coop’s - 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Get tickets.
Sunday
🧑🌾 Spring Festival @ Chappell Farms - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn more.
💎 Rock N’ Gem Show @ Eastview Arena - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Learn more.
🐥 Easter Activities @ Friday Harbour - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more.
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