Autumn Playday at the Homestead
Saturday, October 3
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Celebrate the land, traditions, and everyday people that have shaped rural Niagara this Culture Days!
Drop-in. Open to all. Admission pay-what-you-can donation.
Children’s crafts with plants and harvested veggies
NOTL Museum Tiny Museum Exhibit
Brief Encounters with Essential Collective Theatre
Flax breaking & hackling demos with Ali Macdonald
Storytime circle with St. Catharines Public Library
Comfort food with Char in the Kitchen
Local archaeology with John Triggs & Lisabeth Robinson
Tool displays & demos with Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Part of Culture Days 2026 alongside a number of arts, heritage, and culture organizations and artists across Niagara.
Thank you to all our community partners!
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Ontario Culture Days.
This Culture Days, children and families are invited for a day of outdoor discovery at the site of the oldest home in St. Catharines (c. 1796).
Sit down for a story-time with the St. Catharines Public Library ( 10 a.m., registration required).
Explore the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum Tiny Museum
Savour fall comfort food with Char-in-the-Kitchen
Learn about different tools with Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Visitors can also watch part of "Brief Encounters", a multi-site theatrical production from Essential Collective Theatre. Over the course of the day, viewers are invited to travel across St. Catharines to experience a theatre narrative on the joy and love that lies within this city. Short, 15-minute brief encounters will take place at The Brown Homestead, Mahtay Cafe, and the St. Catharines Museum and tie together to tell a story over one century. Learn more.
Plus, explore the historic John Brown House (c. 1796), create harvest-inspired crafts, discover the journey from flax to linen, uncover local archaeology, and enjoy stories that bring our past into the present.