What to do in May

Longer days are here and May is such an exciting month with so much to celebrate! Businesses are expanding to new locations and celebrating anniversaries, The Elgin County Railway Museum will reopen post renovation and Market Season starts! A brand new festival arrives, Superheroes soar into downtown and SO MUCH MORE.  May is the month to shake off what's left of the winter and get out to celebrate this fantastic community!  

ARTS & CULTURE
May 4 | Nana's Naughty Knickers - LADIES NIGHT | ​Princess Ave. Playhouse
May 5 | FREE Comic Book Day | ​Downtown St. Thomas and Ross St.
May 5 | Nana's Naughty Knickers | ​Princess Ave. Playhouse
May 5 | Community Foundation Trivia Tunes | ​St. Joseph's 
May 6 | Nana's Naughty Knickers | ​Princess Ave. Playhouse
May 8 | ACO Heritage Awards | ​Princess Ave. Playhouse
May 9 - 12 | Appreciation of the Arts | ​Church of Latter Day Saints
May 11 | Spotlight Gala | ​Port Stanley Festival Theatre
May 12 | Grand Re-Opening | ​Elgin County Railway Museum
May 15 | Few and Far Between Exhibition Opens | ​St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre
May 15 | All in the Family _ The Whale Family Exhibition Opens | ​St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre
May 16 | Art Class - Koi Fish | ​Romantic Designs
May 19 | Art Class - Paint Your Own Pet | ​Romantic Designs
May 22-June 2| Across the Pond| ​Port Stanley Festival Theatre
May 23 | Art Class - Acrylic Workshop | ​Romantic Designs
May 26 | Art Class - The Blue Heron | ​Romantic Designs
May 26 | Cocktail Party & Silent Auction | ​Redtail
May 26 & 27 | Strawberry Fields Kite Festival| ​John Wise Line & Sunset
May 28 | Seasonal Flower Design | ​Harris Flower Farm
May 30 | Art Class - Alcohol & Ink| ​Romantic Designs

LIFESTYLE
May 6 | Motorcycle Awareness Ride | Tim Hortons (400 Highbury)
May 6 | PSTR Train Rides | Port Stanley
May 9 | Wrap Around Elgin Fundraiser | ​CASO Station
May 10 | Crimestoppers Golf Tournament | St. Thomas Golf & Country Club
May 12 | Aromatherapy Mala Bracelet Workshop | Joy Yoga
May 12 | Walk & Run for Alzheimer's | Pinafore Park
May 6 | PSTR Mother's Day Train Rides | Port Stanley
May 22 | Introduction to Astrology | Wildflowers Farm
May 26 | Spring Open House | Offroad Addiction
May 26 | Beer-lesque & Carniv-Ale | Elgin County Railway Museum
May 26 | The Monsters of Schlock | ​Beer-lesque & Carnival
May 26 | Tri City Burly-Q | ​Beer-lesque & Carnival

MUSIC
May 5 | St. Thomas Super Jam | The Back Alley
May 20 | Sarah Smith | ​GT's on the Beach
May 26 | The Vaudevillian | ​Beer-lesque & Carnival
May 26 | Aaron Allen & the Small City Saints | ​Beer-lesque & Carnival

​FOOD
May 5 | Railway City Rotary Club Perch Fish Fry | ​CASO Station
May 10 | GT's Opening Day | ​GT's
May 13 | Mother's Day Brunch | ​Kettle Creek Golf & Country Club

SHOPPING
May 1 | Infuzed Tz Grand Opening | Elgin Mall
May 5 | Indoor Yard Sale | St. John's Anglican Church
May 12 | Horton Farmers Market Season Opening | Horton Farmers Market
May 12 | Ohtera's Second Birthday| Ohtera
May 17 | Night Market | CASO Station