Grey County Business & Community Updates – February 2026
From job fairs and business workshops to museum exhibits and agricultural courses, here’s your guide to what’s happening across Grey County this month.
Employment and Business
2026 Regional Job Fair
March 24 | 2:00 to 4:00 PM | Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, Owen Sound
Grey County’s largest collaborative hiring event returns! Job seekers can meet employers from across Grey and Bruce Counties, while employers can connect directly with motivated local talent.
Employers: Booth registration is $50 plus HST (includes table, chairs, lunch tickets). Registration deadline: March 13. Space is limited to 75 employers.
Employer Registration and Details
Green Development Survey
Deadline: March 20
Work in construction or development? The Counties of Grey, Dufferin, and Wellington want your input on building more efficient and resilient homes. Contractors, builders, landscapers, engineers, architects, and trades professionals are invited to participate.
Complete the 5 to 10 minute survey for a chance to win one of five $25 Tim Hortons gift cards.
CanExport SMEs Funding – Up to $50,000
Opening Soon
Planning international expansion? The federal CanExport SMEs program provides up to $50,000 for trade shows, international travel, market research, translation, and IP protection.
Eligible: Canadian-incorporated businesses with 1 to 500 employees and $100K to $100M annual revenue.
Cruise and Connect – Save the Date
Tickets will be on sale soon. This popular networking event sells out quickly.
Launch Smart Workshop Series
Free Online Business Workshops
The Business Enterprise Centre hosts workshops to help entrepreneurs build strong, resilient businesses:
- February 25 (11:30 AM to 1 PM): Cash Flow Forecasting
- March 3 (10 AM to 1 PM): Business Model Canvas
- March 11 (12 PM to 1 PM): Accessing Financing
Free Hospitality Training – Typsy Platform
For Tourism Businesses in Bruce, Grey and Simcoe
RTO7 offers free access to over 1,000 bite-sized hospitality training videos through the Typsy platform. Perfect for improving customer service skills and creating memorable visitor experiences.
New VisitGrey.ca Launching Soon
A completely redesigned tourism website with improved navigation, fresh visuals, and smoother user experience. Tourism businesses can add their listings for exposure.
Grey Roots Museum and Archives
Living Histories: Grey County
Now Open – Until May 2, 2026
A powerful exhibition celebrating Grey County’s stories through photography. Guest Curator Richard Thomas showcases images contributed by community members, archives, and historical societies. Historic photographs are paired with contemporary recreations by photographer John Fearnall.
Bluewater Railroad Day
Saturday, March 7 | 1:00 PM
Celebrate all things locomotive with the Bluewater Railroaders! Enjoy model railway demonstrations, try the Inglenook Puzzle switching challenge, and see the 1910 east harbour diorama. Train demonstration and theatre presentation are free.
March Break Magic at Grey Roots
March 16 to 20 | Daily Programs
Three fun programs every day during March Break! Activities include:
- STEAM Sugar Showdown (gingerbread houses, 3D icing printing)
- Weather Wizards (meteorology crafts)
- Campfire Cooking (grilled cheese, brownies and burritos outdoors)
Museum admission included with registration. Grey Roots Members receive 10% off.
Spring Lecture Series 2026
Presented by East Court Residences
Tuesday afternoons at 1:00 PM in the Thomas Wheildon Theatre. Complimentary refreshments following.
- March 24: Bruce Trail – 856 kms of Discovery (Audrey Armstrong and Willy Waterton)
- March 31: Living Histories – Grey County (Richard J. Thomas)
- April 8 (Wednesday): Gold of Another Kind – The Lost Legacy of Georgian Bay (Allen Smutylo)
- April 21: TBA
Admission includes museum access. Free for Grey Roots Members.
Craftastic Saturdays
Ongoing | Included with Admission
Creative, hands-on crafts for young visitors (or the young at heart). Crafts tie into current exhibits, special events, or the season. Free for Grey Roots Members!
Agriculture and Rural
Grey Ag Services Winter Courses
Various Dates | Markdale and Online
Practical workshops for farmers and rural residents:
- Preparing for Calving – $40 (includes lunch and farm tour)
- Chronic Diseases of Sheep – $20
- From Scraps to Soil: Composting Made Easy – $20
- Economics of Dairy Goat Farming – $20
- Horse Health Night: Conditions of the Equine Foot – $20
- Building for the Future: Dairy Barn Considerations – $20
- Raising Rabbits – $20
- Learn Basic Hand Stitches for Mending – $20
Grey County Agriculture Sector Survey
Farm in Grey County? Share your insights to help guide agricultural services and support.
Resources
Community Data at Your Fingertips
Need reliable data for business decisions, grant applications, or community planning? Grey County’s Community Profiles provide access to demographics, economics, and workforce insights using Environics Analytics, Esri Business Analyst, and Lightcast data.
Stay Connected: grey.ca/news | Grey Roots | Grey Ag Services
Entertainment and Events
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)[revised]
February 26, 27 & 28 | Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound
An Owen Sound Little Theatre Production. This fast-paced, witty and physical play features all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays performed in 97 minutes by 3 actors. It’s full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike!
Mastering Puff Pastry
February 28 | Red Hen Artisanale, Grey County
Level up your baking game with a hands-on workshop focused on perfecting flaky, buttery puff pastries. Learn to make laminated dough from scratch and leave with your own handmade brick of puff pastry.
HCP Hosts Winterlude
February 28 | Hanover Civic Theatre
Hanover Community Players invite you to shake off those February blahs and bring March in with a ROAR! Licensed event featuring Neustadt Springs Brewery. Adults $35, Students 13-17 $20.
Coffee House Reads – Jennifer McGuire
March 3 | Meaford Public Library
Author Jennifer McGuire reads from her book “Nest: Letting Go from Italy, France, and Ireland.” Tickets $5 per person (cash only), available at the library.
Abbamania / Night Fever
March 5 | Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound
Canada’s favourite tribute combo returns! Experience ABBA and the Bee Gees live with incredible musicianship, vocals, costumes and choreography. Hear all the hits from Waterloo to Dancing Queen, Stayin’ Alive to You Should Be Dancing.
Exhibit Opening: Abstracted Realities
March 7 | 2:00 to 4:00 PM | L.E. Shore Library Gallery
Meet artists Viz Saraby and Simon Kattar at the grand opening of their duo exhibition. Kattar’s paintings are full of movement, colour, and rhythm, while Saraby twists the familiar with conceptual play, humour, and abstraction. Free admission. Exhibition runs March 7 to April 1.
OSLT’s 2026/27 Season Playbill Announcement
March 7 | Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound
Owen Sound Little Theatre announces its 2026/27 Season live for the first time at a free public event. Includes director remarks, announcements about upcoming concerts and programs, behind-the-scenes building tours, exclusive early-bird Flex Pass pricing, and a livestream for online viewers.
Diyet & The Love Soldiers
March 7 | Meaford Hall
Alternative country, folk, roots and traditional music with catchy melodies deeply rooted in Diyet’s Indigenous world view and northern life. Diyet sings in both English and Southern Tutchone, backed by her multi-instrumental trio including Juno Award-winning producer Bob Hamilton.
The Sourdough Experience – Level II
March 10-11 | Red Hen Artisanale
An in-depth, multi-day, hands-on sourdough workshop. Discuss and use starter and mill fresh grains to create a variety of recipes. Leave with your hands full after a day and a half of making, baking, and eating bread!
Paradise and Hurricanes Tour – High Valley
March 11 | Meaford Hall
Multi-platinum country group High Valley brings their anthemic melodies and signature fusion of contemporary country and traditional bluegrass. The top-selling Canadian band in country music history!
Séan McCann
March 12 | Meaford Hall
2026 marks the 33rd birthday of Great Big Sea, and founding member Séan McCann celebrates the legend and legacy with hilarious stories and foot-stomping traditional favourites. A nostalgic tip of the hat to the iconic Canadian band.
Paddling Film Festival
March 13 | Suntrail
One of the stops for the annual Paddling Film Festival World Tour showcasing the best paddling films from around the world.
Hell’s Bells – Celebrating the Music of AC/DC
March 14 | Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound
Since 1994, Hells Bells has been the world’s longest-touring tribute to AC/DC, lighting up stages across North America with unstoppable passion and excitement.
Gaucho Live – Music of Steely Dan
March 14 | Meaford Hall
This eight-piece band pools talent from all sides of the Toronto area music scene to bring the music of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen to life. First time at Meaford Hall!
Art Critique Workshop with Michelle Fleming
March 14 | L.E. Shore Library Gallery
Looking for feedback on paintings you’re working on, or those you may have given up on? Bring your pieces to the Gallery and have them critiqued by local art teacher Michelle Fleming, who will identify strengths and areas for improvement.
The Sheepdogs
March 15 | Meaford Hall
Canada’s leaders in rock ‘n’ roll entertainment! Four-time JUNO Award winners from Saskatoon with multiple Gold and Platinum records. Killer harmonies, dual-guitar wizardry, and a stage presence that turns audiences into true believers.
