Neustadt Lions 50th Annual Lobsterfest — Saturday, May 23 | 4 PM-12 AM | Neustadt

Fifty years. Fresh lobster trucked into a small West Grey village that has no business being this good at this, served all afternoon and into the night. The Neustadt Lions have been pulling this off every spring for half a century, and the 50th is exactly the kind of small-town milestone worth showing up for. Bring an appetite.

Huron Fringe Birding Festival — Friday-Monday, May 22-25 and 28-31 | MacGregor Point Provincial Park, Port Elgin

90+ programs over the two weekends. Guided hikes, expert workshops, evening talks, and birding sessions for everyone from "I can name three" to "I keep a life list." If birds aren't normally your thing, this is the festival that tends to flip people.

Wiarton Farmers' Market — Season Opener — Friday, May 22 | 10 AM-2 PM | Downtown Wiarton Parkette

The Wiarton market is up and running for the season. Local growers, makers, fresh baking, the works. Consider it the unofficial sign that the Bruce Peninsula is back open for the summer.

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The calendar's stacked this week. Lobsterfest hits its 50th in Neustadt, the Huron Fringe Birding Festival kicks off at MacGregor Point, three farmers markets open their season, the Georgian Bay Symphony tackles Mozart and Stravinsky, a Supertramp tribute hits Meaford Hall, and the Bruce Trail does its 3-day end-to-end hike through the Blue Mountains.

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There's a restaurant at the very top of the Bruce Peninsula serving Mexican street food from recipes that came up with the chef from Baja California Sur.

Chef Cristina Sosa runs it. The menu is her family's, brought north from Mexico's Pacific coast and cooked out of a small spot on Highway 6 in Tobermory. Tacos are the headline. Generously portioned, fresh, packed with flavour, and not the kind of thing you'd expect to find at the end of a peninsula better known for fish and chips.

The Tobermory location just opened for the season a couple weekends ago. There's indoor and outdoor seating, takeout if you're passing through, and a second location down in Southampton if you want it on the way home.

If you're heading up to the tip this summer (and a lot of you will be), this one belongs on the short list.

7405 Hwy 6, Tobermory. Open Monday through Thursday 8am to 9:30pm, Friday through Sunday 7:30am to 10:30pm.

There's a farm outside Markdale with 60-plus alpacas, every one of them with a name.

Doug and Carolyn Lilleyman started it almost by accident. Carolyn had read an article about an alpaca being used for pet therapy and couldn't quite let it go. They were already living the country life, running Cedars Cottage Resort together, when a farm came up beside the resort. They bought it. One weekend in November 2009, they went from owning six gelded alpacas to sixteen. That's when they say they really became alpaca farmers.

The ranch now sits at 60 to 75 animals, depending on the year. They breed for grey Huacaya alpacas, which is its own quiet specialty.

The tours are how you get in. There's a Public Tour for a quick hello, a Private Farm Tour if you want more room and time, the Alpaca Lovers Tour for the people who came here for exactly this, and a VIP Tour for the full experience. You'll meet the favourites, feed them, hear their stories, and take more photos than you mean to. The farm shop has yarn, socks, and gifts made from fleece grown on the property.

Open year-round. Booking is the move.

734762 West Back Line, Markdale.

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