You are invited to celebrate Barrie’s arts and culture sector with the City of Barrie at our Culture Night Out!

Join the Economic & Creative Development team and other members of the arts community for a hands-on art activity with Mariia Levadnia from the Arts House, live music by Emerging Artist Brandon Ruch, and to learn from one another about upcoming events and programs!

Date: Monday, October 20
Time: 6 - 8 PM
Place: The Arts House, 250 Innisfil Street, Barrie

We encourage you to bring promotional materials to share with other attendees.

Light refreshments will be provided. 

The Downtown Barrie BIA is proud to continue investing in and supporting public art within the downtown core. This year’s celebration will showcase their most recent installations and feature a guided tour led by Clandestinos, beginning at the Mary Street mural – Illuminate. The tour will continue through downtown Barrie, highlighting several established murals, and conclude at Dunlop Mews, home to this year’s Alleycat Mural Jam. This project brought together over 25 mural artists from Barrie and the surrounding area and was completed during Open Air Dunlop: Eats on the Streets on August 16th.

What makes a successful grant application?

In this three-hour virtual workshop, acclaimed grant writer Lindsay Zier-Vogel will take artists, arts organizations, and non-profit fundraisers through the grant writing process—from prepping materials, to writing budgets, to crafting compelling project descriptions, to decoding what the funders are actually asking for, and more. 

Date: Monday, November 3
Time: 6-9 PM
Place: Online via Zoom

The 28th edition of this multi-faceted film festival provides a curated selection of films from all over the world with a particular emphasis on Canadian creators and their work.

In addition to viewing film screenings, audiences can attend the opening night reception, post-screening Q&As for several films, and the short film showcase and filmmakers party!

Dates: Saturday, October 18 to Sunday, October 26
Times: Various
Place: Galaxy Cinemas, 72 Commerce Park Drive (south end Barrie)

The newly opened Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal project includes a commissioned work of public art in the outdoor plaza which was recently installed and added to the City of Barrie's Public Art Collection.

Exhale: Memories of Breath, Steam & Campfire Smoke by Studio F Minus was selected by a jury of third-party stakeholders as the winning piece and approved by Council. The piece is a monumental shimmering, kinetic cloud sculpture made of approximately 240 individual mirror finished stainless steel paddles connected to a stainless-steel armature, perched atop two painted structural steel poles. The paddles rotate and respond to wind while also reflecting the colour of sky at different times of day. The shadows cast by the artwork extend the reach of it and animate the plaza over the course of the day. 

Be sure to swing by the new Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal at 20 Essa Road to see Exhale, and keep an eye out for an invitation to the sculpture's official launch event in the coming weeks!