Our Staycation Expo is back and bigger than ever! Join us on April 25th & 26th at Devonshire Mall as we kick off the tourism season in #YQG. Discover amazing things to do in your own backyard this summer, sample local beverages, shop local artisans, and even get a chance to WIN a Devonshire Mall shopping spree!
When is it happening?
- Friday April 25th 10am through 8pm
- Saturday April 26th 10am through 6pm
WHERE IS IT HAPPENING?
- Devonshire Mall, 3100 Howard Avenue
What’s happening?
- Check out 60+ vendors* set up in Devonshire Mall outside of The Bay – attractions, events and businesses to visit in Windsor Essex!
- Visit our Tasting Lounge for EPIC Wineries and Barrels Bottles & Brews Trail tastings each day from 12pm to 5pm and sample local wines, beer, cider and spirits.
- Shop at our W.E. Made It Pop-up Market in partnership with the Urban Art Market and purchase locally-made goods from different local artisans
- Pick up a copy of your 2025/2026 Tourism Windsor Essex Official Visitor Guide – this will be your FIRST chance to pick up the the guide!
Visit & win!
When you check out the Staycation Expo make sure you pick up your explore & win passport. It’s your chance to explore the vendors & win as you do it!
- Pick up your passport as you enter
- Visit the stops along the way
- Get stamped at each of the zones as you explore!
- Drop your ballot into the Tourism Windsor Essex ballot drum as you exit!
One guest who completes the passport in its entirety has the chance to win a FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR Devonshire Mall gift card!
More Chances To Win
Additional partners will also have giveaways during the event, including**:
- Anita Pistor Fine Art – $200 gift certificate
- Big Time Entertainment – gift cards, fun passes and game cards
- Chatham-Kent Tourism – enter to win a staycation prizepack
- City of Windsor – recreation gift card
- Historic Sandwich First Baptist Church – a painting
- Les Amis Duff-Baby – gift basket
- New Eart Wellness – Harmonic Egg session
- Stonehill Estates and Pelee Island Adventures – Pelee Island Package including cart rental, farm shop gift card, lunch at Stonehouse 1891
- Town of Kingsville – Kingsville experience gift basket
- Town of Tecumseh – $50 gift card
- Wilderness Retreat & Nordic Spa – gift basket
- Windsor Premier Cruises – Sunset Cruise tickets
- Windsor Symphony Orchestra – Subscription
- Wolfhead Distillery – Strawberryliscious – gift basket
- Woofa-Roo Pet Fest – a family four pack of tickets
Participating exhibitors include:
EPIC WINERIES
- Colio Estate Winery
- Colchester Ridge Estate Winery
- Cooper’s Hawk Vineyards
- Dancing Swallows Vineyard
- Muscedere Vineyards
- North 42 Degrees Estate Winery
- Oxley Estate Winery
- Pelee Island Winery
- Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery
- Viewpointe Estate Winery
- VIN Winery
- Vivace Estate Winery
BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES
- BREW Microbrewery
- Carolinia Cider Co.
- Cured Craft Brewing Co.
- GL Heritage Brewing Co.
- Lot 10 Brewing Co.
- Windmill Ridge Craft Cider & Beer
- Wolfhead Distillery
WE HEART LOCAL PROGRAM
- Carolinia Cider Co.
- Cindy’s Home & Garden
- Eh Oh Farm
- Essex County Federation of Agriculture
- The Fruit Wagon
- Green Heart Farms
- Simpsons Orchards
W.E. MADE IT MARKET
- Beach Therapy Art
- Bubble Bake Shop
- Chrissy Lou Crochet
- Creative Explorations
- Flakes and Flames
- From the Willows
- Gentle Wolf Collection
- Iris & Marnie
- Jennie B Designs
- Maddie Made Pottery
- Nuts 4 Dates
- Pawsitively A Dog Thing
- Urban Art Market
FEATURED VENDORS
- Anita Pistor Fine Art
- Big Time Entertainment
- BioSteel Championship / Ambassador Golf Club
- Butcher Buoy Fishing Charters
- Canadian Aviation Museum
- Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village
- Cars For A Cause / Oneday Dreams
- Chatham-Kent Tourism
- City of Windsor
- Cycle Kingsville
- Destination Ontario
- Essex Region Conservation
- Ford City Potters
- Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Windsor
- Heritage Colchester
- Historic Sandwich First Baptist Church
- Hyatt Place Windsor
- Les Amis Duff-Baby
- New Earth Wellness
- Park House Museum
- Parks Canada
- Pelee Island Transportation
- Scarehouse Windsor
- Stonehill Estates and Pelee Island Adventures
- The Rum Runners Tour
- Town of Amherstburg
- Town of Essex
- Town of Kingsville
- Town of Tecumseh
- Wilderness Retreat & Nordic Spa
- Windsor Light Music Theatre
- Windsor Parade Corp
- Windsor Premier Cruises
- Windsor Symphony Orchestra
- Wolfhead Distillery – Strawberryliscious
- Woofa-Roo Pet Fest
* Participating exhibitors may change
** Actual giveaways may changed and are being offered by individual vendors. Please contact vendors directly for prizing details, restrictions and other contesting details.
