Neustadt Markt — Saturday, June 20 | 11am-5pm | Lions Park, Neustadt

The makers market is back for its third year, and Neustadt is the right kind of pretty to wander afterward. Local vendors, handmade everything, live music, and one of the nicest little villages in the county once you're done browsing. Bring a few bucks and an empty tote.

Dungannon Super Pull & Demo Derby — Friday & Saturday, June 19-20 | Graceland Festival Grounds, Lucknow

Twenty-five years of cars smashing into each other and tractors hauling absurd amounts of weight, and it still packs the grounds every June. Friday is demolition derby night, combine derby included (yes, combines), with a live band after. Saturday brings lawn mower races at 12:30 and the big tractor pull at 4. Gates open 4pm Friday, 10am Saturday. Rough camping if you want to make a weekend of it.

Heads up, it's at Graceland in Lucknow now, not the old Dungannon grounds.

Hanover Lions Father's Day Duck Race & Car Show — Sunday, June 21 | 9am-1pm | Hanover Town Park

Father's Day morning, sorted. A car show for Dad to walk, a rubber duck race down the river, and the Lions running the whole thing the way only a service club can. Family-friendly, free to wander, and the kind of small-town Sunday that's hard to beat.

Quick one from us this week, because we built something and we're kind of proud of it.

It's called Stay Grey Bruce. A directory of cottages, cabins, and short-term rentals across Grey and Bruce. Tobermory to Sauble, Lion's Head to Thornbury, and all the bays in between. One local list, instead of scrolling through some giant platform that doesn't know the difference between Owen Sound and Orlando.

If you're after a getaway, this is the easy way to find one close to home. Browse by town, see what's on the water, and reach the owner directly to book. No middleman, no platform fees padding the nightly rate. Handy too when you've got family coming up this summer and need somewhere to put them.

And if you're on the other side of it and rent a place out, listing is free. We don't take a cut of your bookings and we don't bury your cottage under a hundred others three counties away. Travellers find your spot and contact you straight. Hand-reviewed, live within a day or two.

Built right here in town, part of the GB Buzz network.

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!

246 events across Grey and Bruce this week. A demo derby in Lucknow, a makers market in Neustadt, Father's Day duck races and BBQs, farmers markets waking up everywhere, and more live music than you could ever get to. We moved it to its own page so the email doesn't break your phone.

There's a pub in downtown Walkerton that slow-cooks its baby back ribs in house, and it only fires them up one night a week.

Walker's Landing is the kind of spot a town claims as its own. It sits on Durham Street in the old downtown, three rooms deep: a bar with the big screens, a dining room built for families and groups, and a patio that finally earns its keep this time of year.

Saturday is the night to circle. The baby back ribs come slow-cooked in their own ovens until they're falling off the bone, half rack or full, with your pick of sauce. Honey garlic, smokey, house, hot and spicy, or honey BBQ. They have a habit of selling out, so rolling in at 8:30 and expecting a full rack is optimistic.

Any other night, the striploin does the job. Six ounce or ten, and there's a steak on a garlic bun at lunch that has no business being as good as it is. If you want the order that never misses, it's the Walker's Landing Club.

It's a proper pub. Live band nights, a room that gets going, the kind of place you settle into for a couple hours instead of rushing through.

Here's the move for Father's Day. They're closed Sundays, so make it a Saturday night. Take Dad for the ribs the night before and call it the main event.

There's a farm on Highway 21 between Port Elgin and Southampton growing strawberries that don't quit when June does.

Most strawberry patches give you a two-week window and then they're gone for the year. Hi-Berry plays a longer game. They grow day-neutral varieties, the kind that keep fruiting right through summer and into fall, so the berries you pick in late June are just the opening act.

The farm sits on 200 acres of sandy loam right off the highway, which is exactly the dirt strawberries want. Berries are the headline right now, but raspberries, tomatoes, lettuce, and a long list of vegetables roll in behind them as the season goes.

Pick your own out in the rows, or skip the bending and grab them pre-picked at the farm store with whatever else came off the fields that week.

One tip before you load the kids in the car. What's ready changes by the week, sometimes by the day. They post a "what's ripe" update on their Facebook page, so check it before you make the drive. Saves you showing up for strawberries the afternoon after the patch got picked clean.

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Catch you next Tuesday with a fresh batch of local events, hidden gems, and small-town surprises.

Stay curious,
— Cody & The GB Buzz Team