5 of the best things to do with kids this weekend

Sat 27 – Sun 28 Sep

Photo credit: Water/Fall Festival

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

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

4. Fan Appreciation Weekend

Toronto Blue Jays

Photo credit: Toronto Blue Jays

  • 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

The above are all-ages events.

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