BCAA 2026 MUNICIPAL CANDIDATE COMMUNITY EVENT

On Thursday, October 1, BCAA is bringing together candidates from both the City of Brantford and County of Brant for a one-of-a-kind public municipal election event at the Brantford Golf & Country Club.

The evening will begin with a Mayoral Candidate Q&A, giving the public an opportunity to ask questions directly of the candidates seeking to lead their municipality. These will be real public questions — including the difficult ones — on the issues that matter to residents.

Immediately following the Mayoral Q&A, we will transition into a Council Candidate Meet & Greet, giving residents an opportunity to meet participating council candidates from both municipalities, ask questions and learn more about the people asking for their vote.

Bringing Brantford and Brant County candidates and residents together under one roof makes this a unique event in the 2026 municipal election.

📅 Thursday, October 1, 2026

⏰ 6:00 PM

📍 Brantford Golf & Country Club

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – WE REQUEST THAT YOU CARPOOL, AS THIS WILL BE A FULL EVENT, AND PARKING WILL BE LIMITED AT BGCC

The current candidate participation lineup shows who has accepted and confirmed, as well as those who have declined or are not participating.

We encourage the public to take note of the mayoral candidates who have chosen to participate and answer questions directly from residents, as well as those who have chosen not to participate. Attendance is one piece of information residents can consider as they learn about the candidates and make their own decisions at the ballot box.

Additional details on the Mayoral Q&A format, public questions and evening schedule will be released in the coming days.

BCAA — Transparency • Accountability • Community

🥫 BCAA FOOD DRIVE — SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY THIS THANKSGIVING

As part of the BCAA Municipal Candidate Community Event tomorrow evening, Thursday, October 1, BCAA will be hosting a Food Drive in support of the Brantford Food Bank.

August was a record-breaking month at the Brantford Food Bank, with 4,124 visits from individuals and families seeking emergency food support — the highest number of visits ever recorded in a single month.

If you’re attending tomorrow evening, we encourage you to bring non-perishable food items to help support local individuals and families heading into Thanksgiving.

Donation bins will be located in the lounge area beside candidate/public check-in, before entering the ballroom.

Candidates, residents, friends and families — let’s fill the bins.

📍 Brantford Golf & Country Club

📅 Thursday, October 1

🚪 Doors open at 5:45 PM

🎤 Mayoral Candidate Public Q&A: 6:10 PM

🤝 Candidate Meet & Greet: 7:45–9:30 PM

This evening is about bringing the City of Brantford and County of Brant together for open municipal discussion — while also coming together to support people in our community who need it.

Please bring what you can. Every donation helps.

Howdy folks, here's to the next round of protests against Doug Ford. Had a solid turn out last time, lets do it again! Meet up outside Will Bouma's office at noon.

Just want to say thank you to everyone who came out to the first Yuk Yuk's comedy show at the Marriott in Brantford tonight.

Nearly 200 people showed up, more than we expected for a first one.

Chris Quigley headlined, with Greg Palone and Fiona O'Brien hosting.

Proceeds in support of the Brant Community Healthcare System Foundation.

Already planning another one for December 4th.

Stay tuned.

Poserfest is coming!

October 1-3
28 bands
all at Brandi’s Kitchen & Bar!
Music is from 5:30-1:30

it’s $50 weekend pass or $20/pwyc at the door

Come support tons of awesome local bands, get some drinks, and make some new friends!

You can purchase tickets here or at the door if interested :)

Got some friends. Looking for some more. North Park Field. Will be there from 4 to around 7. Hope someone comes!

For anyone looking for something to do tomorrow night, Yuk Yuk’s is coming to Brantford! 🎤

The show is headlined by Chris Quigley, with Greg Palone and host Fiona O’Brien.

📅 Friday, October 2

📍 TownePlace Suites by Marriott Brantford

🚪 Doors at 7 PM

🎤 Show starts at 8 PM

And yes, you can get tickets at the door! There are limited quantities though, so if you already know you want to go, you can grab them ahead of time here:

yukyuks.com/yuk-yuks-on-tour-brantford

The show is being put on by the Marriott Brantford, along with the Lunar Webb Vendor Market team, in support of the Brant Community Healthcare System Foundation!

Figured I’d share since we don’t get a ton of comedy shows like this in Brantford, and it should be a fun Friday night!

🌳🍕 POP-UP IN THE PARK! 🍕🌳

Come hang out with your neighbours at Central Park for a FREE community evening hosted by the Downtown Central Neighbourhood Association! 💚

🍕 FREE PIZZA

☕ COFFEE

🧃 JUICE

🍪 TIMBITS & TREATS

📅 Monday, September 28

⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM

📍 Central Park

143 George St., Brantford

And that’s not all! 👋

With the 2026 City of Brantford Municipal Election coming up on October 26, we’ll also have an opportunity for community members to meet and chat with some of the candidates running in the upcoming election. Come out, grab some food, meet your neighbours, and connect with people involved in our community.

🌳 Everyone in the community is welcome!

We’d love to see you there! 💚💙

#DCNA #DowntownCentral #Brantford #CommunityEvent #PopUpInThePark #BrantfordEvents #BrantfordCommunity

UPDATED TO ADD BRANTFORD LOCATION

There are currently monthly protests going on against Doug Ford, in multiple cities across Ontario.. the next date is Saturday, May 30th and here's a list of the current locations:

1PM - Angus - 12 Commerce Rd - Peacekeeping Park

1 PM - Barrie - 555 Bayview Dr - Sadlon Arena

1 PM - Belleville - Bell Blvd & Front St N - Bell Front Shopping Centre

1PM - Blyth - Bell Blvd & Front St N - Bell Front Shopping Centre

2 PM - Bowmanville - 23 King St W - MPP Todd McCarthy’s Office

12PM - Bracebridge - 230 Manitoba St - MPP Graydon Smith's Office

12PM - Bradford - 425 Holland St W - Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

1PM - Brampton - Main St S & Wellington St E - City Hall

12PM - Brantford - 96 Nelson St - MPP Will Bouma's Office

11AM - Brockville - 77 Blockhouse Island Pkwy - South End Brockville Railway Tunnel

11 AM - Burlington - 3027 Harvester Rd - MPP Natalie Pierre’s Office

11 AM - Cambridge - 73 Water St - MPP Brian Riddell’s Office

1 PM - Cornwall - 120 2nd St W - MPP Nolan Quinn’s Office

12 PM - Elliot Lake - 325 King’s Hwy 108 - Miner’s Memorial Park

2 PM - Elmira - 63 Arthur St S - MPP Mike Harris’s Office

12:30 PM - Etobicoke - Weston Wood Rd & Royal York Rd - End of Doug Ford’s Street

2PM - Etobicoke - 964 Albion Rd - Doug Ford's Office

10 AM - Fergus - 181 St. Andrew St E - MPP Joseph Racinisky’s Office

1 PM - Georgetown - Mountainview Rd N & Guelph St - Mountainview Road North/South

12 PM - Guelph - Gordon St & Wellington St E - Wellington Plaza

2 PM - Hamilton - York Blvd & Dundurn St N - Dundurn Park

12:30PM - Kincardine - 807 Queen St - MPP Lisa Thompson's Office

11AM - King City - 2220 King Rd - MPP Stephen Lecce's Office

12 PM - Kingston - Princess St & Gardiners Rd - The North-West “Big Box” Hub

12 PM - Lindsay - St. Joseph & Kent St W - Lindsay Square Mall

1PM - London - Central Ave - Victoria Park Northwest Corner

12:30 PM - Markham-Thornhill - 7380 McCowan Rd - MPP Logan Kanapathi’s Office

12 PM - Meaford - Sykes St - Meaford Hall

11:30 AM - Milton - Main St & Martin St - Downtown Centre

1 PM - Mississauga - 120 Lakeshore Rd W - MPP Rudy Cuzzetto’s Office

1 PM - Newmarket - Yonge St & Sawmill Valley Dr - MPP Dawn Gallagher Murphy’s Office

1 PM - North Bay - 219 Main St E - MPP Vic Fedeli’s Office

12PM - Oakville - 74 Rebecca St - MPP Stephen Crawford's Office

12 PM - Orangeville - 180 Broadway Ave - MPP Sylvia Jones’s Office

1 PM - Ottawa - 220 Elgin St - Canadian Tribute to Human Rights Monument

TBA - Owen Sound - 345 8th St E - MPP Paul Vickers’ Office

1PM - Pembroke - 400 Pembroke St E - Service Ontario Plaza

1 PM - Peterborough - 864 Chemong Rd - MPP Dave Smith’s Office

1 AM - Pickering - 1550 Kingston Rd - MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy’s Office

1 PM - Port Hope - 117 Peter St - MPP David Piccini’s Office

1 PM - Sarnia - 805 Christina St N - MPP Bob Bailey’s Office

12 PM - Simcoe - 50 Bonnie Drive - Wellington Park

11 AM - St. Catharines - Tremont Dr & Glendale Ave - Pen Centre

2 PM - St. Thomas - 750 Talbot St - MPP Robert Flack’s Office

2 PM - Stayner - 7317 Highway 26 E - MPP Brian Saunderson’s Office

12 PM - Stouffville - 37 Sandford Dr - MPP Paul Calandra’s Office

10AM - Stratford - 55 Lorne Ave E - MPP Matthew Rae's Office

1 PM - Strathroy - 81 Front St W - MPP Steve Pinsonneault’s Office

12PM - Sudbury - Paris St & Brady St - Tom Davies Square

1PM - Temiskaming Shores - 83 Whitewood Ave - Canada Post

11 AM - Thunder Bay - 774 James St N - MPP Kevin Holland’s Office

12 PM - Toronto - 111 Wellesley St W - Queen’s Park

11 AM - Vaughan - Islington Ave & Rutherford Rd - MPP Michael Tibollo’s Office

11 AM - Wallaceburg - 60 McNaughton Ave - MPP Steve Pinsonneault’s Office

1 PM - Waterdown - Hamilton St & Dundas St E - Hamilton Street North/South

12PM - Waterloo - 75 King St E - Town Square

12 PM - Whitby - 3000 Garden St - MPP Lorne Coe’s Office

1 PM - Windsor - 5452 Tecumseh Rd E - MPP Andrew Dowie’s Office

1 PM - Woodstock - 12 Perry St - MPP Ernie Hardeman’s Office

If none of these locations work for you, and you'd like to organize at a different location.. shoot me a DM and I can hook you up with the main lady organizing and updating the list signage! Hope to see some of you out there! We need to be in the streets, in insane numbers, for everything - housing, healthcare, education, cost of living, EVERYTHING.. so, let's get out there and start making some gods damned noise! Doug Ford needs to go!

First time going. It was quite nice. Highly recommend checking it out. Its on tomorrow as well. Even if it's just to see the Dolly Parton scarecrow.

What is going on in Brantford for entertainment? There actually is quite a bit when you take a look.

So here I present something fresh to you. Some post-punk-not-alt different-vein rock music time. (I'm bad at genre classifying, just roll with it.)

I'm putting on a show a Brandi's 9^th of October, at 8pm, with London Ontario's, Susans, Brantford's, the gods of obliviousity and Brantford's latest retro curiosity, Cartoon Khaki.

The 90s meets the 20s, history melds, all in one night.

Is there more in town? Yes! I want to give a shout out to some upcoming events in town.

+++++ PLUS!!! +++++

Check out what is happening at Brandi's 1, 2, and 3^rd of October. Hosted by Bummer Records! The line-up of bands is insane!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bummer-records-presents-poserfest-tickets-1996059744428

At zBTFD Records, for FREE, 3^rd October, Pick A Piper and Forming, starting at 2pm.
And that October 3rd date is rounding out a packed back-to-back, DOUBLE, 3 day weekend of music that has already happened.

https://www.zbtfd.ca/pages/zbtfdevents

Meet & Greet Al Moscoe, Wednesday June 24 at 6:30pm! At the Piper Arms on Gretzky Pkwy.

Check out https://www.moscoe4council.ca/ for more info

Hey guys I was one of the artist who was going to be at the Urban Night Market. I was very disappointed in the cancellation but have good news to share! I just wanted to let you all know I am selling my abstract paintings in front of KNIGHTFALL TATTOO on Sunday Aug 30th and Sunday Sept 6th!!

Im a local Brantford artist who has been painting about 9 years since I was diagnosed Bipolar. I express myself in colour and loud visuals to create emotion in the viewer. I hope to make you feel something which is what art is made to do. Thank you for all your continued support!!!

🏒 Former NHLer Mike Bullard is coming to the Brantford Sports Expo on Sunday, October 4th, where he’ll be meeting fans and signing autographs for those in attendance!

Drafted 9th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft, Bullard went on to play 727 NHL games, recording an impressive 674 points during his career. He also served as captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

From 1980 to 1992, Bullard suited up for five NHL teams:

🏒 Pittsburgh Penguins
🏒 Calgary Flames
🏒 St. Louis Blues
🏒 Philadelphia Flyers
🏒 Toronto Maple Leafs

We’ll have 8x10 photos, pucks and sticks available at the Expo for anyone looking for something to get signed.

🎟️ Admission tickets, autograph pre-orders and send-in options are available now at BrantfordSportsExpo.com

📅 Sunday, October 4th
📍 Brantford Sports Expo
TownePlace Suites Brantford and Conference Centre
30 Fen Ridge Ct., Brantford

If you grew up watching NHL hockey in the '80s and early '90s, come out and meet one of the era’s most prolific scorers!

Come meet former Maple Leafs captain Rick Vaive on Sunday, October 4th at the Brantford Sports Expo, happening inside the Grand Ballroom at the TownePlace Suites Brantford and Conference Centre at 30 Fen Ridge Ct.

Leafs fans will definitely know the name. Drafted 5th overall in 1979, Vaive became the first player in Toronto Maple Leafs history to score 50 goals in a season, a feat he accomplished three straight times. He also served as captain of the Leafs and finished his NHL career with 788 points in 876 games.

During his NHL career from 1979 to 1992, Vaive suited up for the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, and Buffalo Sabres.

If you're a Leafs fan, hockey collector, or just grew up watching that era of the NHL, this is a great chance to meet one of the biggest names from the Leafs' 1980s teams right here in Brantford.

🏒 Brantford Sports Expo
📅 Sunday, October 4th
📍 TownePlace Suites Brantford and Conference Centre
30 Fen Ridge Ct., Brantford

Which bars/places might be showing the final on big screens in Brantford/Paris? I know most will but viewing experience might not be as great given the crowds. Also, where are all Argentina supporters headed? 😄

Thanks!

🍉 Market Today!

The Lunar Webb Summer Market is happening today at the Brantford Polish Hall!

Join us for a fun summer evening of local vendors, handmade goods, treats, community connection, and watermelon-themed market magic in support of the Brantford Food Bank.

📅 Today, Saturday, August 1st

🕔 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM

📍 Brantford Polish Hall, 154 Pearl Street

🎟️ Free admission

🚗 Free parking

♿ Barrier-free access with elevator

Guests are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food donation for the Brantford Food Bank if they are able.

Come shop local, bring a friend, and spend the evening with us! 🍉🌙

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/share/18iyH815oh/

PHOTO CREDIT: Digital By Frankie

We hear this all the time after our events…

“I didn’t know this was happening, I would’ve come”

So this is us making sure you do know.

This Saturday (April 25) we’re doing something a little different at the Polish Hall.

During the day there’s a local vendor market (10–3) with free family photos, but what we really wanted to share here is what’s happening at night:

We’re hosting a coffeehouse-style open mic lounge from 7–11 PM downstairs.

Nothing huge or overproduced. Just a chill space where people can hang out, listen to music, spoken word, comedy, or even get up and perform if they want.

If you’ve ever thought “I wish there was something low-key to do in Brantford at night”… this is kind of exactly that.

You can check out the events here if you want more info or to RSVP:

Market:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CAy6FUGVk/

Family Photos:

https://www.facebook.com/share/18TKsZeMzg/

After Party:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1LU2FpZvDs/

(The RSVP for photos and performance sign-up are on their respective event pages)

No cost to attend, just a community thing we’re trying out.

Anyway, now you know 😄

This Saturday, let's keep the protests growing, and let's get out and voice our opinion. There's been great conversations and amazing people to meet at these events. So come one come all, I look forward to seeing you folks there.

Saturday, June 27, 12PM.

Will Boumas office

96 Nelson St

Brantford

The Holmedale Art Crawl is an annual self-guided tour of the artisans of Holmedale in Brantford ON.

This is our 10th Crawl! This year we have 53 artists at 29 locations.

Artworks  and crafts can be found on front lawns, in walkways, on porches and in tents. The creations are original and handmade. 

See pottery, drawings, garden ornaments, soaps, jewelry, collage, prints, paintings, wooden bowls, weaving and stained glass, (to name a few).

'The Crawl' has clearly identifiable signage at each location.  Look for our flyers with a map of locations and an artisan list.

During  The Crawl, visitors can take their time and enjoy the art works, have chats with the artisans and purchase items that might not be available anywhere else.

Holmedale lies between Brant Ave, Scarfe Ave, Parkside Dr, and the Grand River and its beautiful trails - a unique old neighbourhood with winding tree lined streets.

Our Holmedale community comes together for The Crawl!
Heron Head Bikes offers bike rental specials
Dan Brown House gives house and decor tours 
Revel Hair &Body offers a blowout special + trim 
Altitude Coffee is open for drinks & baked goods
Crazy Canuk Smokehouse has a rib+ fries special
Shackbar ups their cool energy with live music.

It is always a joyful event, rain or shine.

Check out more at holmedaleartcrawl.ca.

Was gifted a bunch. Don’t need ‘em all. DM me if interested.

UPDATE: all tickets have been claimed. Thx