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Loonie Family Day at Bell Homestead
Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 09:42 AM
Celebrate Family Day at the Bell Homestead National Historic Site! On Monday, February 21 bring your family to the site of Bell’s most famous invention—the telephone—for the special price of $1 per person (children 6 and under are free.)
Enjoy a pre-booked, guided tour of Alexander Graham Bell’s home and Canada’s first telephone office. Located at 94 Tutela Heights Road, tours of the Bell Homestead are available between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (closed from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.). To book your tour,...
Filming in Brantford – A Year in Review
Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2022 01:01 PM
The Economic Development & Tourism department welcomed twelve productions to the City of Brantford in 2021—a new record for the city, despite challenges as related to the ongoing pandemic. Throughout 2021, Economic Development and Tourism staff responded to 50 inquiries, many of which led to multiple site visits and location tours for interested productions.
Advancements in technology allow productions to use CGI and other graphic elements to enhance what is captured on film. It also helps filmmakers...
February 2022 Training & Networking for Creative Industry Professionals
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2022 12:00 PM
Welcome to our February 2022 roundup of training and networking opportunities for creative professionals in our community. Looking to join a monthly, recurring networking group? Scroll to the bottom of this blog to learn about local groups and when they meet.
Do you have any great training or networking opportunities to share with us? Comment below, or send your suggestions to culture@brantford.ca. Please note that these lists are compiled at the beginning of the previous month, and curated...
February Featured Artist, Anca Gaston
Posted on Friday, January 28, 2022 09:00 AM
February’s Featured Artist is Anca Gaston, a fine art photographer from Brantford. Anca has been passionate about photography since her teen years and enjoys spending as much time as possible photographing local wildlife and the night sky. She has won a number of photo contests, including being the Grand Prize winner of the 2016 Grand River Parks and Waterways Photo Contest with a photo of a bald eagle fishing, and the 2016 Winner (and 2017 runner-up) of the Canadian Wildlife Federation photo contest.
Anca’s...
Tourism Brantford seeking local musicians
Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 09:15 AM
Tourism Brantford is working on an exciting new project and is calling on our vibrant music community to help us make it happen! We kindly ask local musicians and vocalists interested in sharing their original song(s) to connect with us. We are working on an opportunity that will feature local musicians prominently within the community in a fun and engaging way that we hope will help to build new audiences for local artists.
Tourism Brantford seeks to highlight a diverse selection of artists and...
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