Winter

Celebrate the winter season in Northumberland County at one of many festivals, events and live performances. 

December

Something unique is Old Mill Alpacas Christmas open house at the beginning of the month.  Have your picture taken with Santa and the alpacas and buy some soft Christmas gifts.  Warkworth's Magic Under the Stars has the town staying open until 9pm each Friday night.  Horse-drawn wagon rides are the real treat.  Northumberland Orchestra Society's annual Christmas concert includes a sing a long.  Up to Christmas, the Capitol Theatre, Port Hope offers their yearly panto (including a naughty version).  Remember, Saturdays in December, Port Hope offers free horse-drawn wagon rides.    First Night in Cobourg has 6-9pm celebrations filled with skating, horse and wagon rides, and musical entertainment.  It all ends with 9pm fireworks over the Lake Ontario harbour.

January

The Big Apple has a 2 hour pie-making and craft day on January 4, 2019 for $12 per person.  Enjoy a cup of hot chocolate while you work.   Head over to Campbellford to see who is brave enough to jump into the icy Trent River during the Polar Bear Plunge event.   While you're there, visit the Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge to see the ice formations on the gorge walls and walk the trails at Ferris Park (or trails anywhere in Northumberland for that matter).  And on that note, at month end, the Ganaraska Forest offers a Snowshoe and Cross Country day:  fun for the entire family.

February

Cozy up inside with Northumberland Player's annual dinner/theatre production at the Best Western, Cobourg, and even more theatre is offered at the Capitol Theatre, Port Hope.  Ontario's Family Day is February 18, 2019 with activities being offered indoors and outdoors by major attractions.  Family Day weekend also brings us Ontario Family Fishing, where children and adults can experience the Canadian tradition of ice fishing, license free for 3 days.

Golden Beach Resort is the only resort on the south side of Rice Lake open year round and offering winter getaways that include outfitting you for activities like snowshoeing, and supplyling a condo overlooking the lake that sleeps 4.   Golden Beach is located just north of the Northumberland County Forest where you can use the trails free of charge for hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, or fat biking (winter cycling).

March

As winter draws closer to spring Northumberland's maple trees start producing tasty maple syrup.  Heralding the kids getting out of school for March break, venture out to the well-known Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival or the Maple Syrup Day at the Ganaraska Forest. Learn how maple syrup is extracted from the trees and prepared for consumption.  Taste testing is always close at hand.