Sat 27 – Sun 28 Sep
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1. The Word On The Street
Kids’ Stage
Saturday
11am – 11.30am: Theme – Never give up
3 author readings for kids ages 4-9*
11.35am – 12.05pm: Theme – Dreams of home
3 author readings for kids ages 3-8*
12.10pm – 12.55pm: Draw with a graphic novelist
Art materials provided
1pm – 1.30pm: Theme – Dealing with feelings
3 author readings for kids ages 3-8*
1.35pm – 2.05pm: Theme – Turtle Island tales
2 author readings for kids ages 3-7*
12.10pm – 2.55pm: Draw with graphic novelists
Art materials provided
3pm – 3.45pm: Theme – Evolution of human communication
2 author readings for kids ages 9-12*
3.50pm – 4.35pm: Theme – Spirits, monsters & magical lands
2 author readings for kids ages 8-13*
Sunday
10.20am – 10.40am: Meet n greet
Daniel Tiger & Super Why
10.45am – 11am: CBC Kids Book Club
Sing-along songs & dance with Mr. Orlando (a “store manager”) & Gary the Unicorn
11.05am – 11.25am: Meet n greet
CBC’s Joojo, Mr. Orlando & Daniel Tiger
11.30am – 12.15pm: Jeremy & Jazzy Live
A sing-and-dance-along show (Age: 4-7)
12.15pm – 12.35pm: Meet n greet with Peppa Pig
12.45pm – 1.02pm: Storytime
Dance with Daniel Tiger, jump in puddles with Peppa Pig & solve a problem with Super Why!
1.10pm – 1.30pm: Meet n greet with CBC’s Joojo, Daniel Tiger & Super Why
1.30pm – 1.45pm: Reporting 101 with CBC Kids News (look at how news stories come to life)
2pm – 2.15pm: CBC Kids Book Club
2.30pm – 2.50pm: Meet n greet with CBC’s Joojo, Mr. Gary, Orlando the Unicorn & Peppa Pig
3pm – 3.45pm: Jeremy & Jazzy Live
4pm – 4.17pm: CBC Kids storytime with Daniel Tiger, Super Why & Peppa Pig
Location: David Pecaut Square (215 King St W)
Date: Sat Sep 27 – Sun Sep 28
Time: Sat (11am – 6pm), Sun (10am – 5pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
2. Water/Fall Festival
A new festival celebrating culture & creativity
Saturday
- 11am – 1pm: A Lake Story
- 100+ colourfully choreographed canoes move across the waterfront
- Visible from multiple locations (Biidaasige Park & Sugar Beach)
- 12pm – 5pm: Sustainable Makers Market
- Workshops, live music & art
- Bring a plant, take a plant! Swap art supplies or gardening zines (magazines) & more
- 12pm – 10pm: Fall Harvest Market
- Pumpkin Carving
- Pumpkin Patch Photo Op
- Apple bobbing game (players try to grab an apple using their mouths)
- Fire pits & s’more zones
- 1pm – 2pm: Music Garden Concerts
- Music performances enhanced by interactive light installations
- Piano-driven Indie-rock band
- 1pm – 5pm: Tkaronto Open III
- Indigenous powwow dance competition
- 4pm – 6pm: A Lake Story
- 6pm – 7.30pm: Gatsby Redux
- A contemporary Gatsby-style dance performance
- 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Music Garden Concerts
- Smooth soul and R&B
- Smooth soul and R&B
Sunday
11am – 1pm: A Lake Story
12pm – 5pm: Sustainable Makers Market
12pm – 8pm: Fall Harvest Market
1pm – 2pm: Music Garden Concerts
- Musical storytelling
4pm – 6pm: A Lake Story
6pm – 7.30pm: Gatsby Redux
7.30pm – 8.30pm: Music Garden Concerts
- “Canada’s breakout alt-pop diva”
Art installations:
- Sat Sep 27 – Sun Oct 5: Water Wonders – a floating art piece featuring wildlife from a 3D artist
- Sat Sep 27 – Sun Nov 16: Copper Canopy – a canopy of copper leaves (by day, the leaves scatter shadows across the ground, by night, lighting transforms the installation)
Paid Harbour & Skyline Boat Tours:
- Sat & Sun (multiple times): Architectural boat tour of Toronto’s Inner Harbour
Location: Toronto’s waterfront (multiple locations)
Date: Sat Sep 27 – Sun Sep 28 & Sat Oct 4 – Sun Oct 5
Time: Multiple
Price: Free (excluding the boat tours)
Age: All
3. Music & Truffles KIDS
Classical music for children
- Artists perform in a more relaxed setting
- Band: Berlin-based internationally recognized “Cello Fellos”
- 2 cello program of world music including Balkan folk tunes, jazz & western classical works
- You’ll also get a Lindt chocolate truffle
Location: Walter Hall, UofT (80 Queens Park)
Date: Sun 28 Sep
Time: 1.15pm-2.15pm
Price: $30
Age: 6 – 11, but also great for adults
- All-ages games & activities
- Chances to win premium prizes
- There is no Run the Bases following Sunday’s game (Sep 28)
Location: Rogers Centre (1 Blue Jays Way)
Date: Fri Sep 26, Sat 27 & Sun 28
Time: Sat & Sun (3.07pm)
Price: $20 – $240
Age: All
5. Mammoth Season!
Live children’s theatre
- A story of 2 brothers during the Ice Age
- On the hunt for a mammoth; they face dangerous weather, deadly animals & dicey fungi
- Don’t forget to visit Wychwood Barns playground. nearby
Location: Wychwood Theatre (76 Wychwood Ave)
Date: Sat Sep 27 & Sun Sep 28
Time: 12pm, 3.30pm
Price: From $23.49
Age: 8+
Bonus: Culture Days
Saturday free events
9.45am – 3.45pm: Recreational drop-in dance classes
📍Columbus Centre
10am – 2pm: Community Mural Workshop
📍Wychwood Barns
11.15am – 12.15pm & 1.15pm – 2.15pm: Storytime
📍Daniels Spectrum
2pm – 6pm: “Pixels inPrint” exhibition celebration
- Make a community mural using LEGO & play-bricks
📍The inPrint Collective
5.30pm – 7.30pm: Children’s book launch
- “Brown Girl in the Snow” storytelling
- Live Caribbean music
📍779 Bathurst St
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