Mocha 2026 Spring Ceremonial Parade — Saturday, May 30 | 1:30 PM | Port Elgin

The Shriners are rolling between Port Elgin and Southampton on Saturday afternoon for their annual spring ceremonial. Marching bands, the tiny cars, the whole show. It's the kind of parade that pulls every kid in Saugeen Shores out to the curb. Grab a folding chair and pick your spot early.

Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival — Thursday-Sunday, May 28-31 | Blue Mountain Village

Four days of screenings, panels, and film talk taking over the Village. The lineup mixes shorts, documentaries, and feature programming, and the Village does the rest. Even if you only catch one screening, the patio scene around it makes the drive worth it.

Thornbury Flower Market — Saturday, May 30 | 10 AM-2 PM | Hester Street Parkette, Bruce St S, Thornbury

The brand new outdoor flower market kicks off its 2026 season Saturday morning in downtown Thornbury. 3-5 local flower growers and artisans set up at the Hester Street Parkette with fresh-cut blooms straight from the field. Make a morning of it.

If you've got a lawn in Grey-Bruce that actually looks like one, there's a decent chance KNK had a hand in it.

KNK has been at it since 1984. Matt and Melissa Mulholland took over the business in 2017 (Matt had been on the crew for years before he bought in), and they've grown it into one of the biggest lawn care operations in the region. 22 trucks. 28 employees. Over 9,000 clients spread across basically every town from Tobermory to Mildmay.

In 2023 they brought Future Lawn in Hanover and Enviro Masters in Ripley under the KNK banner, which added pest control and 8 licensed exterminators to the lineup. So whether your lawn needs a fertilizer program, irrigation, a hydroseed, core aeration, grub control, or a wasp nest dealt with before the kids find it, it's a one-call fix.

The grass is up. The weeds are warming up too. Now's the time to get on the schedule before the summer rush.

Free quotes online or by phone.

Our Community Calendar covers Grey & Bruce Counties. It’s a large area, so if we missed an event we are sorry, we will do better next time!

This week's calendar is loaded. The Huron Fringe Birding Festival is into its second weekend at MacGregor Point with 90-plus programs. Five farmers markets are open across the region. Coffin Ridge in Annan is firing up the wood-fired pizza Saturday, the Pride Art Show is running all week in Kincardine, and Anthony Tullo plays Meaford Hall on Thursday night.

We've moved it to its own page so the email doesn't break your phone. Tap the button for the full lineup.

There's a wine bar tucked behind the TD Bank in Thornbury that's been turning out wood-fired pizzas and foraged-menu dinners for over a decade.

Bruce Wine Bar opened in 2011. Chef Shaun Edmonstone has been the engine the whole way through, and as of 2020 he co-owns the place with Nicole Paara. Shaun's a Thornbury native who put in 24-plus years in Toronto kitchens (Pangaea, Windsor Arms, Charcoal Steakhouse) before bringing it all home. Red Seal cert, open-fire specialist, and the kind of chef who actually forages for the menu and means it.

The wood-fired pizzas are the calling card. The rest of the menu moves with the seasons. Fiddleheads when fiddleheads are out, roast squash when squash is on, sustainably sourced seafood, and dishes that pull from all over but lean on what's growing close to home.

The wine list is curated by sommelier Cindy Cooper. Ontario craft beer and house cocktails round it out.

Tuesday to Saturday. Lunch 11:30 to 2:30, dinner 5 to close. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Reservations on Resy. Worth booking on a weekend.

8 Bruce Street South, Thornbury. Behind the TD Bank.

There's a general store five miles north of Lucknow that scoops more ice cream in a summer than most parlours sell in a decade.

Allan and Lucy Miller bought the place back in the 1980s mostly to keep the local post office alive. They'd been running a tiny shop out of an old schoolhouse down in Langside, heard the Holyrood building was sitting empty, asked if they could buy it, and the answer was yes. They spent the next 37 years turning it into the most famous corner store in Bruce County. Locals call it the Miller Mall.

The Millers retired in 2023 and handed it off to new owners. The good news is they kept the formula intact. That's the whole point.

The ice cream is the headline. A double scoop for just a few bucks, served on a cone the size of your forearm. They go through 1,834 tubs in a year. That's about 40,000 cones. The record day was Victoria Day 2015, when they scooped 757 of them. 15-plus flavours in rotation.

The rest of the store is what a general store is supposed to be. Post office still in the back. Fishing licence counter. Bulk flour, oatmeal, and pantry staples for the Old Order Mennonite families who pull up in horse and buggies. Hardware. Farm supplies. Groceries. One regular puts it best: "If they don't have it, you don't need it."

Open 7am to 10pm, seven days a week. No reservations. No fancy website. Just go.

825 Bruce Road 1, Holyrood. Bring a cooler if you're heading back the long way.

(No website, link goes to their Google listing.)

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