Sat 4 – Sun 5 Oct
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1. Fall Ravine Festival
Discover facts about ravines & local wildlife
10am – 4pm: Cafe will be open for lunch, outdoor BBQ/ snacks
10.30am – 4.30pm: The Garden shop will be open
12pm – 4pm: Scavenger Hunt
Across the Toronto Botanical Garden, Wilket Creek Ravine & Edwards Gardens
10am – 4.30pm: Outdoor art exhibition & sale
Displaying artworks made on-location
1pm – 2pm: Live music with a multi-instrumentalist
Blues, gospel & folk, children’s
3pm – 3.30pm: Circus performance
Location: Toronto Botanical Garden (777 Lawrence Ave E)
Date: Sat 4 Oct
Time: 12pm – 4pm
Price: Free
Age: All
2. Fall Harvest Market
Part of Water/Fall Festival
Free:
- 12pm – 6pm: Face painting
- Kids’ drawing
- Pumpkin bowling
- Carnival games
- Pumpkin patch
Paid:
- Pumpkin painting ($10/ pumpkin)
- Fire pits & s’more zones ($5/pack)
- Fall-themed food & drinks
NEW:
- 12pm – 5pm: ‘As the Flower Returns’: a drawing installation
- Colour large-scale drawings on the sidewalk
- Colour large-scale drawings on the sidewalk
Bring beach toys for kids who’d like to play by the beach.
And a change of clothes for those who want to do the pumpkin painting.
Location: HTO Park (339 Queens Quay W)
Date: Sat 4 – Sun 5 Oct
Time: Sat (12pm – 10pm) & Sun (12pm – 8pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
3. Disney’s The Little Mermaid
A Broadway musical
- Based on the classic Disney animated feature
- Featuring the original film songs & new music by Oscar-winning composer
- In an underwater kingdom, mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home & live in the world above
Doors open 20min before showtime
Location: Randolph Theatre (736 Bathurst St)
Date: Sat 4 Oct – Sun 2 Nov
Time: 11am & 3.30pm
Price: From $30.49
Age: 4+
Runtime: 125min (including a 20min intermission)
- Live samba music performance
- The Enchanted Forest (aerial show & stilt dancing):
- A story that features 3 birds & 2 forest spirits
- Kids will be invited to learn how to juggle
- Face painting
- Craft table
- Hot chocolate & apple cider
Location: David Crombie Park (131 The Esplanade)
Date: Sat 4 Oct
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Price: Free
Age: All
5. Free Main Floor
A fresh theme every fall weekend
Theme: Korean Harvest Festival
- Instrument demos
- Hands-on activity: Learn the Korean knot-making handicraft
10am – 4pm: Pop-up programs
12pm – 12.30pm & 1.30pm – 2pm: Live performances (music)
Advance tickets required. The performances are only during the weekends.
Location: Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queens Park)
Date: Wed 1 Oct – Sun 30 Nov
Time: This weekend’s activities (10am – 4pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
Bonus: Music Garden Concerts
Music performances enhanced by interactive light installations
Sat
1pm – 2pm: Canadian Indigenous roots-rock & Métis storytelling
7.30pm – 8.30pm: Contemporary Canadian vocalist
Sun
1pm – 2pm: Modern soul music
7.30pm – 8.30pm: Soul and R&B band
Bring picnic blankets & snacks. A Friday evening performance is also taking place.
Location: Toronto Music Gardens (479 Queens Quay W)
Date: Fri 3 – Sun 5 Oct
Time: Sat & Sun (1pm – 2pm & 7.30pm – 8.30pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
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