What’s Up Milton #9

🏒 Menace beat Caledon 5–2 for five straight
🧺 Last Farmers’ Market and Museum Saturday of the season
🪔 Free Diwali celebration at Milton Mall Sunday
🦃 A free community Thanksgiving dinner
🗓️ What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday
⛸️ WickFest, Food for Life and more good news
🎡 Milton Then & Now: 160+ years of Fall Fair on Robert St.

🌦️ Sunny Saturday, rain Sunday, mild and cloudy Monday
Saturday–Monday · Milton forecast

Saturday is the pick of the weekend: sunny, then a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 17, and east winds picking up to 20 km/h gusting to 40 around noon. Sunday turns cloudy in the morning with periods of rain, southeast gusts to 40 and a high of 17. Thanksgiving Monday is cloudy but mild with a high of 21, and a 40% chance of showers Monday night.
via Environment Canada

🗓️ What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday
Monday, Oct. 12 · Around town

Closed: Town Hall and Town administrative services, Milton Public Library branches, community centres, pools and arenas, banks, Beer Store and regular LCBO locations, most major grocery stores, Milton Mall, the Mattamy National Cycling Centre and the Humane Society of Oakville, Milton & Halton. Milton Transit does not run on Monday, and regular schedules return Tuesday, Oct. 13. GO Transit runs a Saturday schedule. There’s no curbside pickup Monday, so all Halton Region waste collection runs one day later than usual all week. Open: local parks, Conservation Halton parks (Kelso, Rattlesnake Point, Crawford Lake, Mountsberg, Hilton Falls, Mount Nemo and more), some smaller grocery stores, Shoppers Drug Mart with modified hours, and most restaurants, though it’s worth calling ahead.
via Town of Milton, INsauga and Halton Region

🧺 The last Milton Farmers’ Market of the season
Saturday, Oct. 10, 8am–noon · Downtown Main St.

This is it: the downtown market wraps up its season on Thanksgiving Saturday. Dozens of vendors bring produce, meats, baked goods and more, so it’s the perfect stop for anything still missing from Monday’s dinner. Go early for the best pick, and say thanks to your favorite vendors for another season.
via MiltonToday and Experience Milton

🏛️ Milton Museum’s last weekend
Saturday, Oct. 10, 9am–noon · 216 Main St.

The Milton Museum is open Saturday morning for the last time this season (it’s open until Thanksgiving). Pair a coffee and a market loop with a look at Milton’s past.
via MiltonToday

💀 Halloween Skelebration at Mountsberg (Saturday only this weekend)
Saturday, Oct. 10, 4:30–10pm · Mountsberg Conservation Area, 2259 Milburough Line, Campbellville · $23 adults, $19 kids 5–14 and seniors (non-members)

Saturday is your only Skelebration night this long weekend, because it takes Sunday, Oct. 11 off and returns Friday, Oct. 16. Expect an illuminated Night Walk trail, the Haunted Barn, raptors, snakes and farm animals, campfires and a Junior Eco Guardian scavenger hunt, with no jump scares. Kids 4 and under are free, tickets must be booked online ahead (no walk-ins), and a flashlight helps.
via Conservation Halton and Burlington Digest

📚 Library programs Saturday, plus the Diwali food drive
Saturday, Oct. 10 · Milton Public Library · Registration required for programs

Adults can try Plaza Dance (Guangchangwu) at the Sherwood Branch (6355 Main St.) from 9:30 to 10:30am, teens can join A Mystery Writing Lab at the Main Branch (1010 Main St.) from 11am to 12:30pm, and adults can drop into Creative Connections crafting at the Main Branch from 2 to 3:30pm. All branches are also collecting non-perishable food for Halton Food for Life as part of the community’s Diwali food drive, so bring a can or two during regular hours (the library is closed Monday).
via MiltonToday and MiltonToday

🎃 Pumpkins After Dark
Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11 · Entry times 7–9:15pm · Country Heritage Park, 8560 Tremaine Rd. · Timed tickets online

The walk-through trail of thousands of hand-carved, illuminated jack-o’-lanterns runs Saturday and Sunday night, with timed entry every 15 minutes from 7 to 9:15pm. Sunday is Villains After Dark theme night. This year’s World Tour has displays by continent, plus Dracula’s Haunted Castle (ages 13+) and a new Bee Hive Maze. Onsite parking is free, and it runs rain or shine.
via Pumpkins After Dark and tickets

🏡 Longhouse Adventure at Crawford Lake
Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11, 2–3pm · Crawford Lake Conservation Area, 3115 Conservation Rd. · $10 per person plus gate fees

Take a small guided tour of the reconstructed longhouse village, then try traditional Indigenous games that kids and adults can play together. Kids under 2 are free, and booking ahead is recommended. While you’re there, the Three Sisters art exhibit by Tuscarora artist Raymond R. Skye is on 10am to 4pm both days.
via MiltonToday and Conservation Halton

🪔 Festive India: a free Diwali celebration
Sunday, Oct. 11, 10am–5pm · Milton Mall, 55 Ontario St. · Free

The local Hindu community and the South Asian Mommies of Milton invite everyone to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Light, with a full day of workshops and demonstrations showcasing the “textiles and tastes of India.” The lineup: DIY diya crafts (10–11am), clay diyas (11am–1pm), face painting and pumpkin carving (noon–2pm), paper fan diyas (1–2pm), festive wall hangings (2–3pm), henna for kids (2–4pm) and a festive fireworks craft (3–4pm). “It’s for everybody,” says organizer Diksha Pal Narayan. A perfect rainy-day plan.
via MiltonToday

🦃 Free community Thanksgiving dinner
Sunday, Oct. 11, 4–7pm · St. George & St. Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church, 555 Steeles Ave. · Free, registration required

Nobody should spend Thanksgiving alone. St. George & St. Abanoub welcomes everyone to its community Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. Registration ahead of time is required, and pass this along to a neighbor who might enjoy the company.

🍂 Get outside: Conservation Halton parks are open
Monday, Oct. 12 · Kelso, Rattlesnake Point, Crawford Lake, Mountsberg, Hilton Falls and more

With a mild, dry-looking day and a high of 21, Thanksgiving Monday is a great day for a walk off the turkey (or before it). Conservation Halton parks stay open on the holiday, so Rattlesnake Point’s lookouts, the Kelso trails and Hilton Falls are all fair game. Reserve or check park entry online before you go on a busy holiday.
via INsauga and Conservation Halton

🥧 Springridge Farm is open all weekend, Monday included
Saturday–Monday, 9am–5pm · 7256 Bell School Line · Fun Farmyard $19 on weekends and holidays

Forgot the pie? Springridge’s farm market, bakery and shop are open daily 9 to 5, holiday Monday included, and there’s no charge to visit them. The Fun Farmyard is $19 per person (ages 2 to 92) on weekends and holidays and includes the 5-acre corn trail. No outside food or picnics.
via Springridge Farm

🧠 Thanksgiving Monday trivia at Keenan’s
Monday, Oct. 12, 7:30–9pm · Keenan’s Irish Pub, 51 James Snow Pkwy. N. · Free

Still have room for one more thing? Keenan’s weekly ruby PUB TRIVIA is on as scheduled Monday night. It’s free to play with prizes, and you’ll want a charged phone for digital scoring. Call 905-693-0030 to reserve a table.
via Experience Milton

🏒 Menace beat Caledon 5–2 for five straight
Fri., Oct. 9 · Milton Memorial Arena · Menace 5, Caledon 2

The Menace kept rolling at home Friday night. Nathan Catalano opened the scoring with five seconds left in the first, Jason Zhou scored twice in the second (once on the power play) and Cam Lang added a power-play goal, and Chris Soares made it 5–0 early in the third. Josh Currie had four assists and Lang added two. Austin McKillop made 38 saves on 40 shots, and Milton outshot Caledon 51–40 in front of 332 fans. That’s five wins in a row and an 11–2 record. Their next game is Tuesday afternoon in North York.
via OJHL game report and Milton Menace

⛸️ WickFest and HER TIME bring Olympic inspiration to Milton
Milton Sports Centre and Sherwood Community Centre · Through this weekend

Hundreds of girls from across Ontario and beyond are in town for Hayley Wickenheiser’s 17th annual WickFest development camp, back in Milton for a second year. Friday also brought the national premiere of HER TIME, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame travelling exhibit with Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities, celebrating Wickenheiser, Christine Sinclair, Stephanie Dixon, Waneek Horn-Miller, Kia Nurse and Martha Billes. “We just thought Milton is a great place to host this. The facilities are fantastic,” Wickenheiser said. WickFest wraps up this weekend.
via MiltonToday

🌍 Food for Life takes its research to an international stage
Asia-Pacific food security conference, Vancouver

Halton’s own Food for Life presented its research on food rescue as “climate and health infrastructure” at the APRU Food Security & Agritech Conference in Vancouver this week. The numbers are impressive: in 2025 the organization rescued more than 4.75 million pounds of food, 91% of the neighbours it serves say it’s had a positive impact on their health, and families save an average of $70 a week on groceries. It expects to move more than 6 million pounds of food in 2026. A nice reminder of what that Diwali food drive is supporting.
via MiltonToday

⛸️ Help build a neighbourhood rink this winter
Applications open now, close Sunday, Nov. 8

It’s not too early to think about skating. The Town’s volunteer neighbourhood outdoor rink program, now in its fifth year, opened applications on Friday. Groups of six or more adults from different households can take on a rink at a pre-approved park. The Town provides the rink and guidance, and volunteers handle flooding, snow clearing and safety checks. Details and the application are at milton.ca/NeighbourhoodRinks.
via Town of Milton

🔧 Repair Café coming to Campbellville
Saturday, Oct. 17, 9am–1pm · St. David’s Presbyterian, 132 Main St. N., Campbellville · Free

Got a broken lamp, clock or toaster? Sustainable Milton’s next Repair Café is Saturday, Oct. 17, where skilled volunteers will help fix household items for free, from small appliances and electronics to bike tune-ups. Electrical repairs must be pre-booked by emailing [email protected] (no electrical drop-ins), and emailing ahead guarantees you a repair time.
via Milton Now

🎡 The Fall Fair’s 160-plus years on Robert Street
Milton Fairgrounds, 136 Robert St. · Since 1864

A harvest-season story for Thanksgiving: the first Halton county fair was held in October 1854 on Martin Street, with the horses shown right on Main Street. Ten years later, in 1864, the fair moved to the Robert Street grounds, and it has been there ever since, back when the U.S. Civil War was still being fought. The grandstand you see today dates to 1959. Next time you drive past the fairgrounds, you’re looking at more than 160 years of Milton harvest celebrations in one spot.
via Milton Fall Fair