Events

Join Mayor and Council for a complimentary pancake breakfast and family skate to kick off the new year! 

Date: Saturday, January 7, 2023

Time: 9 to 11 a.m. 

Location: East Gwillimbury Sports Complex (1914B Mount Albert Rd., Sharon) 

Thank you to our event partners, Enbridge Gas. 

Celebrate Family Day and enjoy a variety of outdoor and indoor activities, live music, free public skating, and more! While you're here, sign up for Summer Camp from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the office area on the lower level.

Activities:

Indoor

• Free Skate - (Sponsored by Harbor Painting Co. Inc.)
• Caricatures
• Health and Active Living Fair
• Colouring Wall - (Sponsored by EG Soccer Club)
• Photobooth

Outdoor

• Free Hot Chocolate - (Sponsored by Picone Real Estate)
• Health and Active Living Fair
• Holland Landing Lions BBQ ($)
• Fire Pit, Seating and Music
• Food For Thought Catering - (Sponsored by Tiny Seedlings)

Thank you to our event sponsors and partners.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Easter Bunny Hike!

Thank you to our event sponsor Lander Realty!

Thank you for coming out to our Volunteer Appreciation Event! We hope to see you in 2023!

Thank you for coming out to the Operations Centre Opening Event!

Enjoy local fruit, vegetables, perennials, eggs, meat, cheeses, baked goods, honey, soaps, and much more while supporting our local businesses with minimal contact.

Check out our Farmers' Market page for more information!

When is it?

You can visit the EG Farmers' Market every Thursday from May 19 to October 6, 2022 and runs from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Grand Opening will take place on Thursday May 19 from 2 – 7 p.m.

Where?

The Farmers Market will be held at the East Gwillimbury Civic Centre at 19000 Leslie Street, Sharon.

Thank you for coming out to our Community Open House! We hope to see you in 2023!

EG is proud to embrace the movement, June is Recreation and Park Month (JRPM). Along with many other communities throughout Ontario, we use JRPM to promote local recreational programs and amenities that are available for everyone to enjoy.

Please visit our Recreation and Parks Month page for more information!

Thank you for joining us at our Canada Day Event. We hope to see you next year!

Thank you for joining us at our 2022 Tapestry of Taste Event! Stay tuned for next years line up.

Thank you for joining us at our 2022 Music Nights! Stay tuned for next years line up!

Thank you for joining us at this years Nature Day Event! We hope you can join us next September!

No registration is required. Supplies are limited and will be provided until they last

Date: October 28, 2022

Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Location: Sharon Temple

Come out to East Gwillimbury’s Haunted Halloween Hike event to enjoy a ‘spook’tacular evening filled with treats, activities, and fun!

Don’t forget to wear your Halloween costume and bring a flashlight! This event is fully outdoors.
This event is proudly sponsored by Lander Realty.

Activities:

• CPRC Entry Station
• Lander Realty (Sponsor Booth)
• Green Screen Photos
• Haunted Trail geared for ages 7 plus
• Spooky Stories (EGPL)
• Knights in the Classroom 
• Hot Drink Station
• EG Fire Department 
• Fire Pit
• Monster Mash DJ
• END – Pick your own pumpkin while supplies last

Each year on Remembrance Day we gather as a community to honour the men and women that made and continue to make the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

Thank you for joining us as we honoured our heroes. This event is outdoors.

Thank you for joining us on Saturday, November 12, 2022, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the East Gwillimbury Sports Complex (1914B Mount Albert Road) for our Annual Tree Lighting ceremony and to stroll the Christmas Market! 

This event is proudly sponsored by Tiny Seedlings.

Schedule

• Vendor Market (4 to 8 p.m.)
• Fire Pit (4 to 8 p.m.)
• DJ (4 to 8 p.m.)
• Tree Lighting and Speeches (6 to 6:15 p.m.)
• Free Indoor Skate (6:30 to 8 p.m.)

Thank you to everyone who joined us.

This year's theme was Christmas Traditions; experience the variety of traditions that friends and family use to celebrate Christmas every year, whether new or old!

Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022

Parade Start Time: 2 p.m. The route starts from the EG Civic Centre to the EG Sports Complex.

View the parade route and road closures

Donations for the toy and food drive will be collected along the route. Activities, photos with Santa, skating and snacks to follow at the EG Sports Complex until 4 p.m.

Be a holiday hero!

Bring non-perishable food items, unopened toys and cash donations for the East Gwillimbury Emergency and Community Safety Services food and toy drive.

Date: November 24, 2022

Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Locations:

• Foodland in Mount Albert (19263 Highway 48, MountAlbert)
• Vinces in Sharon (19103A Leslie Street, Sharon)
• Real Canadian Superstore (18120 Yonge Street, East Gwillimbury)

Noon Years Eve is back! Join us on December 31 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the EG Sports Complex (1914B Mount Albert Road) to celebrate the new year early! Countdown to 2023 and celebrate with your little ones.

The countdown begins at 12 p.m. (noon)

Activities include:

Indoors:

• Free skate (both pads)
• Crafts and activities in Canada Hall
• Stations – library, rec etc.
• Resolution wall
• Music in Canada Hall
• Creative Club Lego

Outdoors:

• Main stage
• Fire pit
• Ice sculptures - TBC
• Food truck (breakfast food)
• Picnic tables for seating
• Free hot chocolate