Don’t miss out on these exciting Paris-centric Culture Day events!

Friday September 20th 2024 was a big day in the world of arts and culture, as Culture Days - a nationwide celebration with free and ‘Pay What You May’ workshops, events and pop-ups - lifted off for another year. Culture Days is a three-week program with arty happenings happening across Canada, and Paris is putting forward, yet again, a really exciting showing of sensational stuff; no wonder Brant was chosen as a hub location for this year’s festival!

Brant’s Hub Day is Saturday September 28th and, on that day, you are absolutely spoiled for choice when it comes to all the ways you can get engaged, entertained and educated. There are 16 events on in Paris alone, all of them free or donation on the door! Everything from gallery tours with Holly O’s Studio, Bohemian Gallery and, online with, Taren White Gallery, to mini workshops with Paris Performers’Theatre, Mountain Woodwork Canada and Jason’s Wheelhouse, not to mention programming on the Lions Park stage from Riverside Reading Series, Paris Port Dover Pipe Band and more.

But don’t be mistaken friends, Culture Days isn’t one day, there are things happening outside of that Hub day that will be just as wonderful, accessible and enriching. I will highlight a few exciting Paris centric offerings below but make sure you head to wwwculturedays ca to find out more about all the things, you can search the site using: dates, city or region, and with cultural keywords.

Neon Nyan is our local Bubble Tea and international candy hotspot, located in The Gem Marketplace in downtown Paris and they’re running a few fun creative activities for the entirety of Culture Days. A dream drink creating activity offers you the chance to mix flavours and elements into a yummy and unique concoction, and a Mascot Design contest! At the end of Culture Days, all the most popular drink components from everyone's dream drink will be mashed together and promoted along with a professionally rendered drawing of the winning mascot design. The winner of the design contest will win a hoodie and a mug with the rendered design and the limited-edition drink will be served until the end of the year.

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Do you love Bubble Tea?

Check out the Gem Marketplace in downtown Paris where there will be a fun Dream Drink event happening for Culture Days.