Special Events

Ring in the New Year with Mayor Jordan, Council and the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee! Sunday, January 5 from 1 - 4 pm at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery stop by for free resolution collage making, free treats, hot chocolate, face painting, movie and scavenger hunt with a chance to win a $50 gift card!

Family Fun Day at the Peach King Centre from 1 - 4 pm!

Free public skating East pad sponsored by Zoi Ouzas Team and West pad sponsored by Canadian Tire. 

Meet and skate with Niagara IceDogs mascot Bones (1 - 2 pm), and cartoon favourite blue heeler puppy! 

Visit Tim Horton's sponsored Family Fun Zone on the second floor auditorium complete with face painting, balloon twisting (2:30 - 4pm), Creative Bug, Club Rex and giant arcade games! 

Weather depending the outdoor rink will be open for free public skating complete with an outdoor fire pit and free s'mores station, live kids music and Taffy on Snow Service. 

Thank you sponsors!

Hosted at Southward Park from 10 am - 2 pm 

Join us for this community favourite equal in fun and education for the whole family. 

Thursdays from end of May until October 3rd 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Main Street, downtown Grimsby

Grimsby Farmers Market

Set up as a “Home Grown” Market, our vendors grow their own product and take the time to answer all the questions of the shoppers at the market. The Grimsby Farmers' Market runs rain or shine for the entire season.

Gardeners who make our neighborhoods look beautiful deserve to be recognized.  That’s why the Grimsby Garden Club and the Town of Grimsby sponsor and run this event.  We recognize and celebrate Grimsby’s outstanding gardens.

Nominations will be accepted in June and should be submitted to:  Grimsby Trilliums 2021, Grimsby Garden Club, P.O. Box 321, Grimsby, ON L3M 4G5, or scan/photograph the completed nomination form and email to grimsbytrillium@gmail.com

Click here to go directly to the nomination form.

Key Dates:

• Nominations Accepted: Jun 1 - 30
• Judging of Nominated Residential Gardens: Jul 7 - 14
• Winning Garden Owners Notified: Early August

               Publication of Winning Gardens: mid August

Join us downtown Grimsby for our summer festival with kids zone, vendor market, food trucks, live entertainment and licensed beverage area. The Happening in Grimsby takes place June 13, 14 and 15.

Visit our website for full event details. 

Road Closure: Main Street from Patton Street to Ontario Street

Join the Grimsby Museum for Canada Day celebrations as we celebrate Canada's 157th birthday with this annual one-day festival.

Grab your blanket, popcorn and put on your pajamas and join us this summer for a movie under the stars. Happening Friday nights at Coronation Park. The movies will begin at sundown - arrive early to get a good spot! 

July 12 sponsored by the The Augustine Team

Kung Fu Panda 4 

July 26

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

August 9 sponsored by the Lynn Fee Team

Trolls Band Together

August 23 sponsored by #forgrimsby

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spooky season is here! Join us for our first night market from 6 pm - 10 pm, complete with free hot cocoa for attendees. As the sun sets cozy up under the stars for a bewitching screening of Monsters Inc. followed by Hocus Pocus!

Interested in being a vendor? Apply here. 
Applications open until September 27, 2024 or until full. 

Event sponsored generously by Canadian Tire.

Kick off the holidays with the lighting of our Town Tree "Hope". Light refreshments and music inside Town Hall following the lighting sponsored by Canadian Tire. 

The 67th Grimsby Santa Claus Parade happens on the first Saturday in December!

Interested in being a sponsor for the event? Email mrusich@grimsby.ca