• An immersive dance + circus + garden experience
• Featuring Toronto’s top aerialists from Artists’ Play
• A new indoor/outdoor show
  • A garden host is throwing a picnic and her flower & animal friends are bringing something special to the table
  • Buzzing bees soar through the air
  • Acrobatic horticulturists leap and tumble
  • Daring duels take place atop a spinning flying ladder
  • Aerial artistry twists through a glistening garden net
• Audience members are invited to meet the cast after the show

Matinee and Evening Performances will take place indoors with general admission seating.

NEW activities this year

• 4pm – 8pm: Camp Mixto
  • Arts & crafts
  • Face painting
  • Sock puppet making
  • Big bubbles
  • Tie-dye with coffee filters
  • Paper bag lanterns
  • Ring toss, Jenga, sac throw, hula hoops, jumbo Tic Tac Toe
  • A festival-wide Scavenger Hunt
• Food vendors available. 

Food vendors available.

A free wood-fired mobile sauna + outdoor lounge by the campfire will be open on a first-come-first-served basis. Bring a swimsuit & towel if interested. And bring a picnic blanket for the festival.

Fri & Sat (10am – 7pm), Sun (10am – 5pm)

• Budding Art Buyers
  • Art lovers ages 14 & under can purchase affordable ($5-$20) artwork
  • Young collectors can learn about different types of art & how to buy artwork
    

Sat & Sun (11am – 4pm)

• Power Kids
  • Create miniature greenery in collaboration with the Museum of Toronto’s city model
• Block by Block
  • A hands-on city-building activity where participants of all ages use wooden blocks to redesign Toronto

Music & dance performances (excluding Friday):

Saturday

10.45am,12pm & 2.50pm: World music 

1pm & 4pm: A roaming contemporary dance performance

1.30pm & 4.50pm: Latin American pop folk music 

Sunday

11.45am, 3pm & 4.30pm: Latin music 

1pm & 4pm:  A roaming contemporary dance performance

4. WaterGun Fight

Water fights with water pistols & homemade soakers

• Family-friendly environment
• Dress for the splash — costumes encouraged
  • Bring waterproof gear for your gadgets
  • Bring a towel & waterproof accessories
• Cleanup after the fun
• Only water guns, water bottles & homemade soakers allowed
• Respect public space; keep the fun contained to the park
• No dyed water 
  

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Shows for kids ages 4-12:

• Catch and the Dancing Liver
  • A shadow puppet presentation followed by a rod/hand puppet show
• Playground
  • A musical with a live band featuring music from 4 time Juno winner Jack Grunsky
• The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Live music, dance & puppetry
  • Bring your stuffed animal for a chance to be featured in the show (arrive early for this experience)
• Goosefeather Kamishibai
  • A Japanese form of storytelling that uses a wooden frame with pictures inside

• Sat 10.30am – 5.30pm:
  • Free arts & crafts, building blocks, costumes, puppets, face-painting & story times

The dates of the show vary. The runtime is anywhere from 30min to 60min. Some performances are relaxed, include sign language & other languages (Japanese, French).