About the Series

Date: Wednesday, April 29,
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place:  In-person or Live-streamed at St. Paul's Centre in Orillia
Price:  $80 +HST for the whole 5 lecture series; $20 +HST for a single talk.

Discover the joy of lifelong creativity in this inspiring Spring 2026 lecture series with Third Age Learning Lakehead (TALL).

Why do we engage with the arts? Simply put: because it makes us happy. This series explores how connecting with music, visual art, theatre, literature, and creative expression can deepen life satisfaction at every stage of life. Drawing on research, personal reflection, and real-world examples, we’ll look at how the arts enrich our emotional well-being, strengthen community, and bring meaning to our everyday experiences.

Whether you’re a lifelong arts enthusiast or someone curious about where to begin, these sessions will offer practical, welcoming ways to get involved—no experience required. Learn how to rekindle old passions, discover new creative outlets, and integrate the arts into your life in ways that are accessible, fulfilling, and fun.

Come as you are, and leave inspired to create, connect, and thrive.

Please bring your own mug to enjoy a hot beverage during the intermission. Alternatively, TALL branded travel mugs will be available for purchase for $5 (cash only).
If you are unable to attend the lectures in person, a link will be sent to all registered participants for viewing from the comfort of your own places and spaces! Be sure to invite folks in your network, near and far!

Register Here
https://ec.lakeheadu.ca/tall/feed-the-soul/

St. Paul's Church presents Pub Night with Samantha Windover

Samantha’s focus on Country and Folk music creates an intimate, inviting atmosphere that draws audiences in—perfectly reflecting the setting you’ll be part of.

Date: Friday, April 24, 2026

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (doors open at 6:pm)

Cost: $10 Cover at the door.

Downstairs in the Banquet Hall.

Pub Food and Cash Bar

It’s always a fantastic time when Samantha hits the stage! 🎶

The 2026 Mariposa Showcase Auditions are happening Saturday, April 11 from 1–6 PM at St. Paul’s Centre in #Orillia — and it’s #FREE!

Come check out an incredible lineup of emerging artists:

Dane Pedersen
Emma Lamontagne
For Ernest
Hunter James
JD Crosstown
Lilydipper
Piner
Vicki Brittle
Wreckless Harbour

Spring Into Bloom Tea & Luncheon

Join us for delicious food, live music, and fun, all for the paws!

​We are thrilled to invite you to our 4th Annual Spring Into Bloom Tea and Luncheon! This wonderful event brings together our community for a delightful lunch of sweet and savoury dishes, live music, and a 50/50 raffle, all to support the Comfie Cat Shelter.

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What’s on the Menu:

Enjoy a selection of finger sandwiches, soup, and a variety of delicious desserts, along with tea and coffee.

Event Details:

• Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026

• Time: 1130am – 2pm

• Location: St. Paul's Church, Banquet Hall, 62 Peter Street North, Orillia, ON

• Ticket Price: $40 per person

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​​Tickets are $40 per person, and there are 2 easy ways to purchase:​

1. Click here to purchase online

2. E-transfer to info@comfiecatshelter.ca (Please include the names for all tickets you are purchasing)

3. At the front desk of The Comfie Cat Shelter

​Please Note:

• No tickets will be available at the door on the day of the event.

• Last day to purchase tickets is April 1, 2026 or until sold out.

The Comfie Cat Shelter relies 100% on donations and fundraising to provide care for our feline residents. All proceeds from this event will go directly to veterinary and daily costs for the cats in our care.

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We can’t wait to see you there and thank you for supporting our furry friends!

ABLE Theatre presents: The Travelling Players

Tuesday, April 7 @ 7pm

St. Paul's Centre, #orillia

Pay What You Can at the Door

Hop on by and meet all the amazing vendors and do a little shopping!
Don't forget to bring the kids for a free Easter eggs surprise
Saturday April 4 at St. Paul's Centre: 2pm - 5pm
62 Peter Street, N Orillia

Join us on Sunday March 29th from 10am-1pm in the Banquet Hall for a Bake Sale 4 Palestine.

Enjoy an array of fresh baked goods, beverages and art!

This event is hosted by Simcoe County 4 Palestinne with all proceeds going to support families in Gaza through the Sustain Campaign Network, a grassroots group of volunteers working directly with families on the ground to provide Mutual Aid.
 
Follow their work on Instagram:
@simcoecounty4palestine
@sustaincampaignnetwork

The Free Label, with special guest Evan Rotella is now SOLD OUT

Two crowd-favourites from the 2025 Mariposa Folk Festival are featured at our last concert of the 2025-26 Mariposa-in-Concert Season.

- Mar 28, 2026 - 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM (doors open at 7:00 PM

- St. Paul's Centre - 62 Peter Street, N #orillia

ORILLIA! We have an absolutely stacked line up for you Friday march 27th at St. Paul’s centre!

@appleofbasilisk

@qwanhc

@life.is.prison

@sunnycidehc

@blemish.ca

Doors at 630.

$20 or $15 with non perishable food donation to the community fridge!

ALWAYS all ages

Respect the venue. They have been really good to us and we would really like to keep doing these.

Travel to Scotland with the Orillia Silver Band! Highland Fling Concert

The Orillia Silver Band is taking an exciting trip to Scotland and invites the public to come along with its Highland Fling Concert.  The concert takes place on Saturday, March 21, 2026, 7:00 pm at St.Paul's Centre in Orillia.

Our Highland Fling Concert is concepted as a multimedia event, including wonderful music evocative of the Scottish Highlands along with simultaneously projected pictures and video clips of the places we’ll visit together on our musical trip.

The concert opens with The Swing ‘O The Kilt by composer Montague Ewing, a tune that will get us all dancing Highland favourites right from the start.   

The centrepiece of the concert is the towering Hymn of the Highlands by composer Philip Sparke.  This seven-movement work is a tour-de-force for brass band and is a terrific soundscape of the sights of the Scottish Highlands.  Our tour includes stops at Ardross Castle, The Summer Isles, the forest of Flowerdale, the village of Strathcarron for a traditional sword dance, the village of Lairg Muir, the river Alladale, and the charming village of Dundonnell.  The full work provides opportunities for the entire band to show its musical skills as well as occasions for many of the band’s fine soloists to come to centre-stage.

The concert wraps up with the scintillating Gaelforce by Peter Graham, a work that employs three traditional Gaelic tunes to showcase both solo voices and the entire band.  

Please put this exciting multi-media concert on your calendar.  Your support and encouragement of the band is always greatly appreciated!

Tickets Here:
Highland Fling - St. Paul's Centre, Orillia

St. Paul's United Church presents Pub Night with ALEX!

Date: Friday, March 20, 2026

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (doors open at 6:pm)

Cost: $10 Cover at the door.

Downstairs in the Banquet Hall.

Pub Food and Cash Bar

It’s always a great time when ALEX takes the stage! 🎶

P.I.E. Day Service - March 15, 10:30am in the Sanctuary of St. Paul’s United Church

P.I.E. = Public Intentional Explicit

In our welcome to the LGBTQ+++ Community in our Church

wear Some Rainbow Colours as a Sign of Welcome and Inclusion For All !

Stay and join us for actual pieces of pie after the service

On Saturday, March 7th, at 7:30 pm the Orillia Concert Band will transport you
Around The World in 80 Minutes. 

As we look up from shoveling snow, it is very Canadian to picture the white sand and turquoise seas of the Caribbean, and to dream of the lush green fields, ancient stones and ivy covered pubs of Ireland; the bright colours, magnificent architecture, art and culture of the UK and Europe; the expanse and passionate beauty of South America…. The Orillia Concert Band will take you there. All this in the comfort and companionship of the St. Paul’s Centre, 62 Peter St. N , Orillia, L3V 4Z1 

Doors will open at 6:30 and the St. Paul’s Pub Committee will be offering refreshments before the concert and during intermission.

Tickets are available at the door (cash only, please) or online at

Around the World in 80 minutes - Orillia Concert Band

Ticket prices:

Adult: $25

Seniors (60+): $20

Post-Secondary Students: $15

Youth (5-18): $10

Children under 5 free.

Our sincere thanks to all of our supporters, advertisers and sponsors.

This concert is sponsored by our Season Sponsor, Steve Orr, owner of Dapper Depot Men’s Wear.

Our livestream is sponsored by Forest Hill Inc. Brokerage.

Children’s Ministry Roundtable
 
Join us for a collaborative and creative conversation at our upcoming Children’s Ministry Roundtable webinar on Tuesday, February 3, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
 
Part of becoming an inclusive church is making sure that all ages have a place in our community. One place where we need to do some creative thinking is in our children's ministry, or lack thereof.

We invite any who care deeply about this issue to join us in this webinar sponsored by the Shining Waters Region. You may sign up on your own and participate from the comfort (and warmth) of your own home, or you can join a group of us in the Banquet Hall where we will watch the Roundtable on the big screen, and have the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with the people who are present in the room.
 
All the info you need is included on the poster. If you have any questions you may contact Gloria Tozec, who is the chair of the Spiritual Growth Committee, at nightowls222@bell.net
 
Register HERE

St. Paul's Orillia's Christmas Sing A Long & Potluck Supper!

Sunday Dec 21, 2025 (in the Banquet Hall)
Sing A Long takes place at 4 p.m.
Potluck Dinner - 5 p.m.

Community Welcomed!

Bringing Voices, Good Food and Neighbours Together at Christmas Time.

The Annual OVE Christmas Concert

Dec 14th Matinee at 4pm at ST. Paul's Centre

Admission is by free-will donation to "The Lighthouse"

Special Guests will be the Orillia Community Children's Choir

Holiday Solidarity Market

Market, Short Film & Raffle

Sat December 13th 12-5pm at St. Paul's Centre

To get tickets for the film click here: https://tinyurl.com/sh6ykt85

Market begins at 12 noon and ends at 3:30 pm
Raffle at 3:30 pm
Film starts at 4 pm

Raffle tickets will be sold at the door for some amazing prizes donated by our vendors.

Entrance to the market is free!!!!!!
We will have a great assortment of amazing crafts from artisanal soaps, candles and beauty products to clothing & textiles, to art, photography & glassware.  Did I mention there will books, delicious food & baked goods as well?

All proceeds will go to support 8 families in Gaza directly through The Sustain Campaign.  Shop local and make a difference globally!  A great way to get some beautiful gifts and boycott at the same time.

Short Film "The Present" has "won over 60 International Film Festival Jury and Audience Awards, a BAFTA award, and also scored an Oscar nomination!"

Description- " On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?"

Orillia Grandmothers to Grandmothers 6th Annual Cookie Walk is coming up on December 13th at St. Paul's Church, 62 Peter St. N. beginning at 11:00.

🎉 Excitement is in the air!

Join us for the 7th Orillia Girl Guides of Canada fundraising event — a special evening where our Guides will be hosting, serving, and helping to prepare a delicious community meal.

We are offering two separate meal times so everyone can come and enjoy:
1st Seating: 5:30 - 6: 30pm
2ns Seating: 6: 45 - 7:45pm

Menu: Caesar salad, Pasta (vegan and gluten-free options available),  Dessert
 

A wonderful Silent Auction will also be available, featuring items generously donated by our families and community supporters.

Every registration brings us closer to reaching our fundraising goals. Your support helps us provide meaningful, memorable experiences for girls in our community.

Reserve your tickets with the QR code provided in the poster.

Thank you for supporting our unit — your support truly matters.

The Orillia Concert Band presents its annual family-oriented Afternoon Christmas Concert, on Saturday the 6th of December inviting all the children to join the fun. Santa Claus will be there with candy canes for all, and everyone can join in the sing-along as well as bouncing and clapping to the music of Sleigh Ride, The Grinch, Charlie Brown, and the Orillia Community Children’s Choir. It’s always great fun and is geared for the wee ones.

Doors open at 3pm. Concert begins at 3:30pm and lasts for approx 1 hour.

Guest Choir: The Orillia Community Children’s Choir under the direction of Jeanette Martin.

Concert Sponsor:Marites Mendoza Wealth Management Dominion Securities

Season Sponsor:Steve Orr, Dapper Depot

Tickets:
https://shorturl.at/YdHHa

Christmas Prelude 2025

Join the Orillia Concert Band for an evening of festive melodies and community spirit. Our Christmas Prelude concert promises a warm, inviting atmosphere as we gather to celebrate the season. Guest Choir, The Orillia Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Blair Bailey.

🎵 Embrace the magic of live music.

📍 Located in the heart of Orillia.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, concert runs from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

St Paul’s Pub Committee will be offering bar and refreshments before and during intermission.

Concert Sponsor: Mayo Marck Wilson Wealth Management BMO Nesbitt Burns

Season Sponsor: Steve Orr, Dapper Depot

Livestream Sponsor: Pine Tree Real Estate Brokerage

Tickets:
https://shorturl.at/vaF6X