Things to do in Burlington in September

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🍖 Canada's Largest Ribfest
Thirty years of ribbers on the waterfront. Spencer Smith Park fills up for the Labour Day weekend with barbecue, live entertainment and the crowds that come with it.
🎟️ $4 admission
📅 Fri, Sep 4 – Mon, Sep 7
📍 Spencer Smith Park

🎪 Royal Canadian Circus
The big top lands at Burlington Centre for five days. Tickets are sold at Guest Services for $20, cash only, against a $35 door value.
🎟️ $20 tickets
📅 Thu, Sep 3 – Mon, Sep 7
📍 Burlington Centre

🥢 Burlington Asian Night Market
Three nights of Asian street food, artisan vendors and cultural performances take over Mapleview.
🎟️ Free admission
📅 Fri, Sep 18 – Sun, Sep 20
📍 Mapleview Mall

🎈 Appleby Line Street Festival
The street closes to cars and fills with over 150 vendors, live music, food trucks and a kids zone. Free to wander.
🎟️ Free
📅 Sun, Sep 20 | 1PM–5PM
📍 Appleby Line, 652 Appleby Line

🏃 The Burlington Terry Fox Run
Walk, run or roll from Spencer Smith Park for cancer research. Runners register at 8AM for a 9AM start on the 5K or 10K; walkers register at 9AM and set off at 10AM.
📅 Sun, Sep 20 | Registration from 8AM
📍 Spencer Smith Park

🧸 Burlington ToyCon
Vintage and modern action figures, Lego, comics, video games, Pokemon and Funko across one hotel ballroom.
📅 Sun, Sep 13 | 10AM–4PM
📍 Holiday Inn Conference Centre, 3063 South Service Road

🚗 British Car Day
Vintage, classic and current British cars and motorcycles gather at Bronte Creek for the largest one-day all-British show in North America.
📅 Sun, Sep 20 | 9AM–4PM
📍 Bronte Creek Provincial Park

🧶 Fall Boutique Sale
Two days of handmade goods at the Seniors' Centre: knitted pieces, baby quilts, blankets and other crafts, with proceeds going back to the centre.
📅 Wed, Sep 23 – Thu, Sep 24 | 10AM–3PM
📍 Burlington Seniors' Centre

🍻 Nickel Brook's Beer Fest
The brewery's third annual beer fest brings craft beer, cider and cocktails, food trucks and a DJ. Every general admission ticket goes to the Children's Aid Foundation of Halton.
🎟️ $20 Tickets
📅 Fri, Sep 25
📍 Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

🥨 Nickel Brook Oktoberfest
Back at the Mainway tap room the next night, 19+, with all proceeds again going to the Children's Aid Foundation of Halton.
🎟️ $60 Tickets
📅 Sat, Sep 26
📍 Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

🌙 Harvest Moon Market
Local makers and handmade goods fill St. Luke's Parish Hall to open the fall season. All ages, free parking.
🎟️ Free entry
📅 Sat, Sep 26 | 10AM–3PM
📍 St. Luke's Parish Hall, 1382 Ontario Street

🧵 Heritage Fibre Festival
Ireland House Museum shows the fibre arts techniques and traditions the Ireland family would have used, many of them still practised today.
🎟️ Pay-what-you-may
📅 Sat, Sep 26 | 10AM–3PM
📍 Ireland House Museum

🎒 Back to School Resource Fair
A resource fair built for families of autistic, neurodivergent and disabled young people, with community providers on hand to answer questions.
📅 Sun, Sep 27 | From 11AM
📍 Burlington Lion's Club

🍽️ eat make share: a taste of immigration
A travelling exhibition from the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 on how 400 years of immigration shaped the way Canada eats. Closes Sep 5.
📅 Now – Sat, Sep 5
📍 Joseph Brant Museum

🖼️ Community Generator Series 4: Exhibitions
The AGB's run of community art exhibitions and activations, built to put more local artists in front of more people.
📅 Now – Wed, Sep 9
📍 Art Gallery of Burlington

🔵 ANCHORBALL: A Curious Art Journey
Eighteen large-scale pop art sculptures by Ken Kelleher sit through the Royal Botanical Gardens until Sep 20.
📅 Now – Sun, Sep 20
📍 Royal Botanical Gardens

🌙 RBG After Dark: ANCHORBALL (19+)
The same sculptures after hours, with lit pathways and the gardens to yourselves. Adults only.
🎟️ $27
📅 Sat, Sep 5 | 6:30PM–10:30PM
📍 Royal Botanical Gardens

🌿 AGB Fall Opening Reception
The gallery opens Wiigwasitig / waskway / Honouring the Birch Tree in the Lee-Chin Family Gallery, on view through to January.
🎟️ Free
📅 Sat, Sep 12 | From 1PM
📍 Art Gallery of Burlington

🎸 The Jim Cuddy Band w/ Brooks & Bowskill
The Blue Rodeo co-founder plays material from All the World Fades Away, with Brittany Brooks and Jimmy Bowskill opening. Fifteen JUNOs and a spot in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame behind him.
🎟️ $104.50–$124.50
📅 Fri, Sep 18 | 7:30PM
📍 BPAC, Main Theatre

☘️ Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of The Dubliners
Direct from the UK for its 10th anniversary, a cast of Irish musicians runs through Whiskey in the Jar, The Irish Rover and Rocky Road to Dublin. Saturday evening and a Sunday matinee.
🎟️ $69
📅 Sat, Sep 19 7PM & Sun, Sep 20 2PM
📍 BPAC, Main Theatre

🎭 Look Back In Anger
The Kitchen Sink Collective takes on John Osborne's post-war classic. Evening and matinee performances across two weeks.
🎟️ $30
📅 Thu, Sep 24 – Sun, Oct 4
📍 West Plains United Church Theatre

🌾 Under the Harvest Moon with Patrick Watson
An outdoor night of music in Hendrie Park to mark the turn of the season. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket and come early for the gardens.
📅 Fri, Sep 25 | 7PM–10PM
📍 Royal Botanical Gardens, Hendrie Park

🧊 Icemen
Two brothers kidnap the businessman who ruined them as refrigeration kills off the Great Depression ice trade. Two September dates before the run continues into October.
🎟️ $28–$33
📅 Fri, Sep 25 & Sat, Sep 26
📍 Theatre Burlington, 2311 New Street

🎙️ Next Stop Comedy
A fresh line-up of comedians at The Lone Wolf, changing every time it runs.
📅 Sat, Sep 26
📍 The Lone Wolf Resto Bar

🚶 WANDER: Free Culture Days Activity
BPAC opens its hidden corners for Culture Days, with dance, music, acrobatics, spoken word and installations turning up where you would not expect them. Drop in any time.
🎟️ Free
📅 Sat, Sep 26 | 1PM–4PM
📍 The Burlington Performing Arts Centre

🥂 WANDER: Artistic Interventions in Unexpected Places
The evening edition of the same idea, one night only, with tours, food and drink added. Proceeds support BPAC's Community Access Programs.
🎟️ $150
📅 Sat, Sep 26 | 7PM
📍 The Burlington Performing Arts Centre

🔥 Walking Through the Fire
First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists perform alongside Sultans of String in a musical multimedia collaboration.
📅 Sun, Sep 27 | 7PM–9PM
📍 Port Nelson United Church

🌿 Tobacco Harvesting Workshop
Elder Michele Dent leads harvesting and drying tobacco leaves and making clay seed pods in the AGB's Medicine Garden, working through traditional practices hands-on.
🎟️ Free
📅 Wed, Sep 2 | 6PM–7:30PM
📍 Art Gallery of Burlington

🌑 Cosmic Curiosity: Astronomy, Art, Imagination & Stillness
🎟️ $50
📅 Thu, Sep 3 | 10AM
📍Divinity Wellness

🏃 Community runs with MEC Burlington
Train for the Trails is a free four-week programme of community runs and trail clinics led by MEC staff and local partners. First run or hundredth, same welcome.
🎟️ Free
📅 From Tue, Sep 8
📍 MEC Burlington

🌼 Creating a Colourful Garden for All Seasons
The Burlington Horticultural Society hosts Mike Prong on building a lush, low-maintenance garden that holds its colour through the year.
🎟️ Free
📅 Wed, Sep 9 | 6:30PM
📍 Central Arena

🥅 Come Try Ringette
An hour on the ice for children aged 4 to 12 to learn the fastest game on ice. Bring skates, warm gloves and a helmet, and register ahead.
🎟️ Free
📅 Sat, Sep 12 | 10AM
📍 Ringette Association of Burlington

💆 Burlington Health, Beauty & Wellness Expo
Local vendors, practitioners and educators under one roof for handmade and natural products, skincare and wellness services. RSVP and drop in any time.
🎟️ Free entry
📅 Sat, Sep 12 | 10AM–3PM
📍 Holiday Inn Burlington

💃 Dance Like A Star
A jazz dance class pitched at beginners who want to move and perform without an audition in sight.
🎟️ Free entry
📅 Wed, Sep 16 | 1:30PM
📍 BPAC Community Studio Theatre

🧘‍♂️ Past Life Regression for Self-Love, Self-Worth and Releasing Self-Sabotage
🎟️ $60
📅 Sat, Sep 19 | 10AM
📍Divinity Wellness

🧘‍♂️ Soul Alignment Gathering: Messages, Meditation & Reiki with Debra
an intuitive group experience designed to help deepen your connection with your inner knowing - the innate wisdom that already exists within you.
🎟️ $60
📅 Sun, Sep 27 | 10AM
📍Divinity Wellness

🚩 Hunger Action Month Flag Raising
The Burlington Food Bank opens Hunger Action Month at City Hall with community leaders and elected representatives.
📅 Tue, Sep 1 | 9AM
📍 Burlington City Hall

💃 BellyDance On The Block: Pay What You Can
An intimate afternoon of dance performances on John Street, with every dollar going to SACHA.
🎟️ Pay what you can
📅 Sun, Sep 6 | 3:30PM–6PM
📍 395 John Street

♻️ BurlingtonGreen at Food for Feedback
Volunteer with the event greening team at the City's Food for Feedback, helping visitors sort waste properly. High school volunteer hours available.
📅 Sat, Sep 12 @ 11:30AM
📍 Central Park

💛 Burlington SuperWalk
A family-friendly walk for people living with Parkinson's and their families, supporting Parkinson Canada's programs and research. All ages and abilities.
🎟️ Free, registration preferred
📅 Sun, Sep 13 | 10AM–12:30PM
📍 Burlington Lions Club

♿ 46th Annual Walk'n Roll
Community Living Burlington's long-running walk for inclusion and advocacy. Walk, run or roll toward this year's $45,000 goal.
📅 Sat, Sep 19 | 10AM
📍 Spencer Smith Park

🎬 Movie Night in Hendrie Park
The sixth Green Angels fundraiser opens with a DJ dance party, lawn games, a caricature artist and a family search-and-find, plus after-hours access to ANCHORBALL. Popcorn is included.
📅 Sat, Sep 19 | Doors 5:30PM
📍 Royal Botanical Gardens, Hendrie Park

🕯️ Walk to the Lighthouse
A walk for mental health and addictions supporting the Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation's For All Minds campaign.
📅 Sun, Sep 27 | 12:30PM–3:30PM
📍 Joseph Brant Hospital

🏁 Cruisin' Car Show
Monday evenings in the Canadian Tire lot at Burlington Centre, running to Oct 5. All proceeds go to Jumpstart.
📅 Mondays · Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 | 5PM–9PM
📍 Burlington Centre parking lot

💘 Burlington Speed Dating (25–35)
Up to 15 short dates in one evening, with matches sent by email the next day. Set up a 15FirstDates profile before you go.
🎟️ $22
📅 Tue, Sep 1 | 7PM
📍 Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

🥂 Singles Who Like to Mingle 55+
Ice-breakers, appetizers and new faces at Pepperwood. Dress to impress and buy a drink from the bar.
🎟️ $60
📅 Tue, Sep 1 | 7PM
📍 Pepperwood Bistro Brewery & Catering

🏓 UR MOVE
Thirty-six players, two champions, Hamilton against Burlington in a pickleball match-up at Blue Zone Courts, with a DJ and free bites and mocktails.
🎟️ $23–$33
📅 Sun, Sep 6
📍 Blue Zone Courts

⛵ BBCC BUMS Regatta & F18 Canadian Championships
The Burlington Beach Catamaran Club hosts three days of racing on Lake Ontario off Beachway Park.
📅 Fri, Sep 11 – Sun, Sep 13
📍 Beachway Park, 982 Lakeshore Road

📄 Document Shredding Event
Old taxes, bank statements and legal files shredded on site by PaperSavers while you watch, with volunteers to help carry. A certificate of destruction can be issued. Once the trucks are full, that's it.
🎟️ $5 a grocery bag, $10 a banker's box
📅 Sat, Sep 12 | 9AM–1PM
📍 Grace United Church, 2111 Walkers Line

🍷 Speed Dating & Mingling 40–55
The same crew's mid-life edition, back at Pepperwood.
📅 Sat, Sep 19
📍 Pepperwood Bistro Brewery & Catering

🍴 Burlington Food Tours
A walking tour of four downtown restaurants in groups of up to 20, meeting the owners and chefs at each stop.
📅 Sat, Sep 19 | 2PM–5PM
📍 Downtown Burlington

🍾 Singles That Like to Mingle: 40s, 50s & 60s
One more Pepperwood mingle to close out the month.
🎟️ $72
📅 Tue, Sep 22
📍 Pepperwood Bistro Brewery & Catering

🚂 Burlington Model Railway Club Open House
Operating model railroads in three scales: N and HO inside the clubhouse, G-scale outdoors on the garden railway, weather permitting.
🎟️ Free
📅 Sat, Sep 26 | 11AM–3PM
📍 Hidden Valley Park, 1137 Hidden Valley Road