Come out and enjoy the beautiful autumn season Brooks Farms style! For over a decade, Brooks Farms hosts an awesome Fall Fun Festival that gets bigger and better every year. Fall Fun Festival runs weekends in September and October Open Thanksgiving Monday!

After 35 years, putting Uxbridge on the literary map in Canada is not a stretch for Blue Heron Books. The store is long accustomed to bringing first-class literary talent to Durham Region. 

Former Durham resident, Lucy Maud Montgomery once quipped, “I am simply a book drunkard” — relatable words for readers and writers. The Book Drunkard Festival captures the wonderment of the written word and its ability to intoxicate, transport, and transform; it is meant for all ages and myriad tastes. 

The 2019 festival – an unprecedented success – featured literary legends, an exceptional chef, art, theatre, and musical masters, and the 2020 virtual festival delivered the same top-notch literary talent in a new, virtual format. 

Post pandemic, the festival kicked it up a notch with a variety of in-person and virtual events, including the Half-Pints Kids events, award-winning authors, much-anticipated book launches, Giller nominees, food, chocolate, beer, and astronaut Chris Hadfield! 

As we get ready to kick off a new year with exceptional talent, 2024’s line-up will set you up for a season of exceptional author experiences as well as a great new stack of TBR (to be read) on the nightstand! 

Join in for one event or all.

Are you ready to take on the Canadian Pioneer Challenge Corn Maze?

It's 1897, and Canada has only been a country for 30 years.   You and your group play the role of pioneers looking to establish your homestead but Canada is such a vast country, knowing where to settle is a big challenge. Fortunately, you’ve have received a letter from your Aunt Emma, who has already found the most fertile land, inviting you to join her.  To keep the location a secret, Aunt Emma has left clues with 8 of her friends hidden inside our 10 acre corn maze.  Your group need to solve each friend's escape room style puzzle to receive their clue. Once all the puzzles are found and solved, and you escape the maze; use all the clues to complete the final challenge which will reveal the location to establish your new homestead.

Along with the corn maze and in-maze game, our farm includes a number of other family friendly activities like peddle karts, elastic band shooting range, toddler playground, slides, sandbox, and more. We also have a pumpkin patch, fresh popped kettle corn, and our own maple syrup and honey. Lastly, we recently built a 1375 sq/ft geodesic growing dome that we provide tours of to demonstrate how we can grow food year-round without external heat!

There's nothing better than spending a fall day in nature, connecting with loved ones! Nestled into the countryside, this historic working farm offers lots of fun for the whole family. Yound and old alike delight in the offering of fall activities, which include thousands of pumpkins and fall decor, wagon rides, farm animals, kids' activities, along with local seasonal treats like farm fresh kettle corn and pumpkin curry. Come and join us for some time together, daily from 10 to 5 until October 31.

Drag Yourself Out for Brunch! Halloween Edition!
Date: OCTOBER 27th
Cost: $60
With: QUEENS IMARRA + KENADIE ST JAMES + XTina Monroe
Enjoy a brunch buffet from 11am - 12:30pm and a show after!

*This show is for adults 18+

After 35 years, putting Uxbridge on the literary map in Canada is not a stretch for Blue Heron Books. The store is long accustomed to bringing first-class literary talent to Durham Region. 

Former Durham resident, Lucy Maud Montgomery once quipped, “I am simply a book drunkard” — relatable words for readers and writers. The Book Drunkard Festival captures the wonderment of the written word and its ability to intoxicate, transport, and transform; it is meant for all ages and myriad tastes. 

The 2019 festival – an unprecedented success – featured literary legends, an exceptional chef, art, theatre, and musical masters, and the 2020 virtual festival delivered the same top-notch literary talent in a new, virtual format. 

Post pandemic, the festival kicked it up a notch with a variety of in-person and virtual events, including the Half-Pints Kids events, award-winning authors, much-anticipated book launches, Giller nominees, food, chocolate, beer, and astronaut Chris Hadfield! 

As we get ready to kick off a new year with exceptional talent, 2024’s line-up will set you up for a season of exceptional author experiences as well as a great new stack of TBR (to be read) on the nightstand! 

Join in for one event or all.

From 3 to 5 pm, join us for Music Sunday! Joshua is one of those singer songwriter types, baring his heart and soul through passionate reflections on life, death and a few of the things that happen in between. Joshua will be sharing songs about the dark and beautiful complexities of being human and loving other humans.