Aurora Farmers' Market & Artisan Fair
Local produce, baked goods, makers and live music every Saturday morning through the summer — get there early to beat the afternoon heat.
Local Life · Aurora, Ontario
This weekend in Aurora
Week of Friday, July 3, 2026
The first full weekend of July settles in right after Canada Day, and it's shaping up to be a hot one. Grab a shady spot, hit the Saturday market, and ease into a proper Aurora summer.
Forecast
Hot and largely dry: daytime highs in the low 30s with warm, muggy nights and only a passing chance of a shower.
Fri33° / 22°Sunny and hot, 30% chance of a shower
Sat31° / 20°Mainly sunny, humid
Sun29° / 18°Sun and cloud, a touch cooler
Weekend events
LEGO® FIFA Mini Trophy Build
A free drop-in LEGO build event for kids and soccer fans — a quick, air-conditioned outing on a hot Saturday.
Summer at the Aurora Community Arboretum
Kilometres of shaded trails and themed garden collections along the East Holland River — the coolest, greenest place in town on a scorching weekend.
Concerts in the Park (season preview)
The free TD summer concert series opens next Wednesday with The Beresfords and 'Girls Gone Pop' — food vendors and a licensed beverage tent on site.
Library & kids
- Summer of Imagination — Summer Reading ChallengeNow through July 31 — pick up your reading logKids & families
- Kids' drop-in programs (STEAM, story time & more)Weekly — check the calendarChildren
- Full library events calendarBrowse by dateAll ages
Pools & rinks
Tap a tab to see this week's drop-in schedule.
Civic brief
Council weighs renoviction tenant protections
Council reviewed a staff report on formalizing Aurora's response to renovictions, including a possible one-year pilot focused on resident support, with discussion continuing at the June 23 meeting.
2026 municipal election — voting day Oct. 26
Aurora votes for mayor and council on Monday, October 26. Candidate nominations run May 1–Aug. 21, 2026; the Town's Elections 2026 page has voter and candidate details.
Council & committee meetings
Agendas, minutes and live streams for upcoming Council and Committee of the Whole meetings are posted in advance.
Notable news this week
Council wrestles with how to protect tenants from renovictions
Aurora councillors agree renters need support but are debating how far to go, weighing a one-year resident-support pilot against a full licensing-and-enforcement bylaw.
Aurora to fight bid to put five homes on a single lot
Council voted to oppose an Ontario Land Tribunal appeal seeking to replace one home at 161 Heathwood Heights Dr. with five detached houses, calling it overdevelopment of an established neighbourhood.
Olympian and educator enters Ward 5 council race
Milton Hart — a York Region educator, former Armed Forces officer, Olympian and Aurora Sports Hall of Fame inductee — filed his nomination for the Ward 5 seat on June 15.
Aurora unveils summer Concerts in the Park lineup
The free TD-presented series returns for a 27th year with nine Wednesday-evening shows starting July 8, from a Girls Gone Pop opener to Queen, Michael Jackson and ABBA tributes.