The City of Barrie, Ontario, is a dynamic and growing community of 133,900 persons. Situated 70 km north of Toronto, Ontario, and located on beautiful Kempenfelt Bay, Barrie offers an excellent lifestyle with many recreational opportunities.
Barrie is a vibrant and attractive city with swimmable beaches and challenging ski opportunities on our doorstep. An abundance of parkland, totalling over 90 parks, comprising in excess of 300 ha. are scattered throughout the city. Several of these parks line beautiful Kempenfelt Bay with extensive biking, roller blading and walking trails.
Barrie's waterfront is at the heart of its tourism industry, with events like Kempenfest arts and crafts festival attracting more than 300,000 people
and major attractions like the Serendipity Princess that take more than 40,000 people cruising on the bay each year. Sports and recreational activities, like skiing, baseball, hockey and boating attract people to Barrie in all four seasons of the year.
Onstage Performance Group is a non-profit community theatre group based out of Barrie and the rest of the South Simcoe...
The MacLarenArtCentre offers a wide range of exhibitions.
The Huronia Symphony Orchestra Presents a new season with another terrific lineup of Guest Conductors and , wonderful programs that will...
Live professional theatre. Special fall and winter performances and children’s series.
Come experience live professional theatre at affordable prices by Barrie's beautiful waterfront.
As an artist-driven company, our mandate is to support the emerging artistic community by producing a wide range of ensemble-based...
The quality of music and the fine leadership provide the incentive for some of the area’s best choristers and...
Established in 1949 we are a working studio with more the one hundred and sixty members. Discover the work of local...
The Barrie Folk Society was formed in response to the wants and needs of the local folk music community in...