Empty Bowls 2026

Handmade bowls, local food, live music, and community coming together to make a difference.

Join us for the perfect night out at an unbeatable price while helping provide food and hope to local individuals and families facing food insecurity.

Empty Bowls is an evening of food, music, and community in support of Stratford House of Blessing Food Bank. Every ticket helps ensure no one in our community has to face hunger alone.

Open seating from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Come anytime during the evening, enjoy sampling delicious entrées (plus bread and dessert), listen to live music, browse the silent auction, and then make room for others to enjoy the experience when you're finished.

Your ticket includes:

• Choose from 800+ hand-painted bowls to take home
• Entrées by: 53 North Restaurant • Black Angus Bakery & Catering • Bluebird Restaurant • Campbell's Canteen & Catering • Chris's BBQ & Country Style Catering • Curry Zone • Dave's Diner • Demetre's • Foster's Inn • Holy Smokes BBQ • Huron Shores Catering Service • Little Mushroom Catering • Mercer Kitchen • Soup Surreal • Sunset Diner • The Garden Stand (Chef Brenner) • The Local Community Food Centre • The Parlour Inn • The Sugar Maple Restaurant • The Wild Hog • Work Pub & Eatery
• Bread by: COBS Bread Stratford Mall
• Dessert by: Anna Mae's • Downie Street Bakehouse • Lady Glaze Doughnuts • Shakespeare Pies
• Hot Beverages by: Tea Leaves • To Bean or Not To Bean
• Emceed by: Brittlestar
• Live music by: Nora Joy, Phoenix Jazz Duo, and Better Than Nothing!

Browse and bid on incredible art, products, services, and experiences in our silent and live auctions. The silent auction runs from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., with the live auction beginning at approximately 6:45 p.m.