Time well spent
Time To Do Battle
Saturday, 17 May & Sunday 18 May 2025
The 35th Battalion Simcoe Foresters Reenactors will be recreating the Fenian Invasion of Canada. Expect musket fire, war cries and clashes.
Bandages, crutches and prosthetic limbs optional.
Annual Plant & Lawn Sale
Saturday, 7 June 2025
8:00am–Noon. Find treasures among a grand selection of donated items and plants. Enjoy emerging blooms and explore the museum grounds.
Bring your own table and sell your own items $20. Take away your unsold items. Call Patti at 705-955-1930 for details and to book a spot.
Boer War Weekend
Saturday, 7 June & Sunday, 8 June 2025
The 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regt. of infantry (Reenacted).
Firing demonstrations, period encampments, drill & cooking demonstrations, skirmish with the Boers.
Garage Sale
Saturday, 7 June 2025
10:00am - noon. Marvel at what people kept in their garages and buy it.
Midsummer Night’s Drum & Bonfire
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Starts 6pm. Campsites available. Come all ye rolling minstrels, bring your drums, guitars and songs for a celebration of midsummer and the longest night of the year.
Coldwater Studio Tour
Saturday, 21 June & Sunday 22 June 2025
10:00am to 4:00pm. Join in the local fun come visit us at the Coldwater Museum. Everyone is welcome.
July-August School Days
The School Day program runs on Wednesdays from the first week of July to the last week of August. See details HERE.
July-August Crafting Days
The Crafting Day program runs on Thursdays from the first week in July to the 21st August from 10 am to the afternoon.
Vintage Car Show
Saturday, 5 July 2025
Starting 10am and into the afternoon. Come see this first class collection of spectacular vehicles which can honestly be described as fully operational time machines.
Vintage Tractor & Mystery Farm Equipment Display
Saturday 19 July , 2025
Wonder at how dangerous farm implements truly were and ask the experts about what the heck they were used for.
Family Farm Day
Saturday 19 July , 2025
A celebration of farm life and an opportunity to meet ‘Franken Tractor’, arguably the ugliest tractor in Ontario.
Sell Your Stash Craft Day
Thursday 21 August , 2025
Starts at 10am ends at 3pm. Make room in your calendar for this event as vendors will be selling vintage hand made crafts, crafting materials, putting on displays and giving demonstrations to help both the experienced and the uninitiated. Rural creativity in all its glory.
Steampunk Event
Saturday 13 September , 2025
FREE all-day event. Think Steampunk is Johnny Rotten in a sauna? Indeed it is not, stop by and prepare to be amazed. Join the fun as vendors get together to sell and display incredibly creative Steampunky things.
Enjoy the performers, demonstrations, and music.
Open Doors Simcoe County
Saturday 13 September, 2025
10:00 until 4:00. Make time to visit the Coldwater Museum as part of the Simcoe wide open house annual tradition.