City of Barrie really embraces its downtown core, and its spectacular waterfront on beautiful Kempenfelt Bay. With a long list of summer time festivities, such as Promenade Days, Kempenfest, Barrie Waterfront Festival, Dragon Boat Festivals, all hovering around May-August, but there is one festival that tends to get shadowed by its fair weathered cousins, is Barrie Winterfest. This incredible display of winter activities, Ice Sculptures, Horse-Drawn wagon rides, Dog Cart Rides, Ice Maze, not to mention some of our family favorites, Lumberjack Show, mini tubing slopes, bonfire warming station, and some good ol’ fashioned Maple Taffy. For the adventurists, Helicopter Rides, the Toronto Kite Fliers showcase Kites of all sizes in a special winter aerial display, you can try snowshoeing, or enjoy a live musical performance. City Of Barrie is Really embracing our True Canadian Heritage with the Barrie Winterfest, just named top 100 festivals in Ontario by Festivals & Events Ontario. When you put that honour into perspective, Barrie Winterfest is on the same prestigious list with, TIFF, Octoberfest, The Exhibition, Jazz Festival, Bluesfest, Winter Festival of Lights. This goes to show our amazing City can not only enjoy the sun, beaches, and parks, what our City is known for, it truly is the place to be year round, especially around the first weekend of February. If you have not been to Barrie in the Winter, we invite you down to come see why we are one of the fastest growing communities in Canada.