5 of the best things to do with kids this weekend

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Oct

Photo credit: Aga Khan Museum

Family-friendly fall festival

  • 11.30am – 12pm: Celtic fiddle & guitar duo performance*
  • 11.30am – 4.30pm: Face painting
    • Pumpkin carving demo*
  • 12.15pm – 12.45pm: Jazz & blues band performance*
  • 12.30pm – 1pm: Jazz music performance
  • 1pm – 3pm: Country line dancing*
  • 1.30pm – 2pm: Jazz & blues band performance
  • 2.30pm – 3pm: Jazz music performance
  • 3.30pm – 4pm: Juggling & Unicycle Show*
    • Jazz & blues band performance

*outdoors

Other activities (11am – 5pm):

  • Parliamentary Pumpkin Patch
  • Crafts & activities
  • Lawn games
  • Inflatable corn maze
  • Hula hoop zone

An award-winning musical

  • Themes: learning differences, conflict resolution, natural history & the role of tech

Don’t forget to check out Wychwood Barns playground while you’re there.

Runtime: 55min (no intermission)

An outdoor family event

  • Learn about owls, spiders, bats, decomposers & Witch Hazel trees
  • Warm up around a campfire – sticks, hot chocolate & marshmallows provided
  • Make Halloween-themed art
  • Costumes encouraged

The event is taking place in 2 sessions. Registration required. 

Rain or shine event

  • 12pm – 5pm: Arts & crafts
    • Button-making art
    • Smart rides
  • 12pm – 6pm: Face painting
    • Pumpkin painting
    • Bouncy castle
    • Golf Swing with Pro Coach
    • Toronto & Region Conservation Authority’s educational activity
  • 1pm – 1.45pm: Magic show
  • 2pm: Costume contest (ages 5 & under)
  • 2pm – 3.30pm: Line dancing
  • 3.30pm: Costume contest (ages 5 & up)
  • 4pm – 5pm: Live Cuban/Brazilian band

  • Celebrating Toronto’s vibrant tech-art scene
  • 10+ interactive art installations
  • 6+ audiovisual performances

Sun (family-friendly activity):

3pm – 6pm: Design your own PaperBot

  • Crafting activity blending art & tech

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