Welcome 2018 in Niagara! Here's what going on in Niagara for the month of January 2018.

Featured events are the 10th Annual Grimsby Polar Bear Dip and Downtown D'Lish in St. Catharines,

** Be sure to check out the Niagara Icewine Festival and the Winter Festival of Lights which ends Jan 31st.**

Monday, January 1st, 2018

10th Annual Grimsby Polar Bear Dip

Location: Bal Harbour Beach, 17 Cheval Dr, Grimsby ON

Time: Registration starts at 1:30, at 2:00 everyone goes for a brief dip into lake Ontario. Bal Harbour beach, end of Bal Harbour Road. Website: http://www.grimsbypolarbear.ca/ Email:david.t.munford@gmail.com, Phone:2893396881

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Niagara Falls Museum Family Activity: Sleigh Craft

Location: 5810 Ferry Street, Niagara Falls 

Time: 5pm - 9pm. Get into the winter spirit by making a wooden sleigh ornament! Website: https://niagarafallsmuseums.ca/events/calendar

Sunday, January 7th, 2018

Winter Wonderland Food Tour N-O-T-L

Time:1pm to 3:30pm, Cost $50

Foodies: Consider signing up for a guided walking tour of hidden delights in downtown NIagara-on-the-Lake: includes hot cocoa, Irish stew, a tour of an Inn, and concluding the 2.5 hour tour at the Irish Harp Pub. 

Website: https://www.niagaraonthelake.com/page/event/11875/12

Friday January 12th, 2018

Monkey Junk: Swamp Roots Rock at the Seneca Queen

Location:4624 Queen St Downtown Niagara Falls ON

Time: 8-11pm. As one of the hardest working bands on the scene today, these Canadian ambassadors of blues/rock are constantly working to up their game in terms of song writing and musicianship, with the results being evident on Time To Roll. 

Website: http://www.senecaqueen.ca/

Saturday January 13, 2018

The Breadwinner

Location:  250 St. Paul Street,  St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.  L2R 3M2

Time: 4pm. 94min. PG. Based on Deborah Ellis' novel, The Breadwinner follows 11 year-old Parvana in war-torn Kabul, Afghanistan. In a time and place where women are not allowed to leave home without men, Parvana disguises herself as a boy and becomes the breadwinner for her family. https://firstontariopac.ca/

Sunday January 14th, 2018

Niagara Music Series: With the Mark LaLama Trio  

Location:  250 St. Paul Street,  St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.  L2R 3M2

Featuring: Tom Wilson, Lisa Winn & Andrew Aldridge. Hamilton’s Tom Wilson crashed into the Canadian music scene when he fronted the alternative rock band Junkhouse in the late 1980s. Over the years he’s won three JUNOs, released 14 albums...

Website: https://firstontariopac.ca/

Friday January 19th to Saturday February 3rd, 2018

Winter 2018 Downtown D'Lish

Location: Downtown St. Catharines, Ontario

Enjoy some of your favourites or try something new, as participating Downtown St. Catharines restaurants offer fabulous 3 course fixed-price lunch and dinner menus.  Make plans to dine Downtown every day during this mouthwatering event.  Reservations required directly with the restaurants. 

Website: http://mydowntown.ca/calendar/events/view/winter-2018-downtown-dlish

Friday January 26th, 2018

Creedence Clearwater Survival 

Location: Greg Frewin Theatre, Cost: $30+

The Ultimate John Fogerty - CCR Experience

Website: http://gregfrewintheatre.com/creedence-tribute.html

Saturday, January 27th, 2018

Film Series: A Man Called Ove

Locationn: Shaw Festival Theatre. Cost: $12

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbours. Subtitled.

Website: https://www.shawfest.com