Sat 1 – Sun 2 Nov
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1. Music & Truffles KIDS
Classical music for children
- Artists perform in a more relaxed setting
- Band: Amsterdam’s award-winning piano, cello & violin “Busch Trio”
- You’ll also get a Lindt chocolate truffle
Location: Walter Hall, UofT (80 Queens Park)
Date: Sun 2 Nov
Time: 1.15pm – 2.15pm
Price: $30
Age: 6 – 11, but also great for adults
2. Day of the Dead
Honouring Latin American traditions of remembrance
- Local Latin vendors
- Latin-inspired tequila cocktails with food specials
- 12pm – 8pm: Face & body painting
- 3pm – 5pm: Live music: Mariachi band
- 3.30pm & 5.15pm: A Luchador Wrestling Showcase
- A Mexican spectacle that combines athleticism, masks & storytelling
- 7pm: After-party (Latin music – DJ)
Location: Blue Moon Brewery (Stackt Market)
Date: Sat 1 Nov
Time: 12pm – 10pm
Price: Free
Age: All
3. Clowns Reading Shakespeare
A family-friendly theatrical performance
- A troupe of red-nosed clowns audition for a Shakespeare show
- The clowns interact with the audience as they follow the whims of the director
- The clowns explore 3 Shakespearean classics with a child-like sense of fun
- Themes: love, power, fate, free will & ambition
Any person entering the performance space must hold a ticket. Don’t forget to check out Wychwood Barns playground while you’re there.
Location: Wychwood Theatre (76 Wychwood Ave)
Date: Sat 1 Nov & 8 Nov
Time: 12pm
Price: From $17.49
Age: 5 – 12
Runtime: 55min
- Christmas shopping
- Crafted gifts
- Sat (11am – 5pm): Trinity Bellwoods
- Kids’ face painting
- Sun (11am – 5pm): KEW Gardens
- Pet friendly
Both are all-ages free events and take place from 11am – 5pm
Location: Trinity Bellwoods (790 Queen St W)
Date: Sat 1 Nov
Location: KEW Gardens (2075 Queen St E)
Date: Sun 2 Nov
5. Pumpkin parades
Bring your pumpkin carving creations to a park on Saturday
Photo credit: City of Toronto
- Cast a glow over the community
- Some of the participating parks include:
- Downtown
- Berczy Park (6pm – 8pm)
- Sackville Playground (6.30pm – 8pm)
- Central west
- Trinity Bellwoods Park (4pm – 10pm)
- Wychwood Barns Park (6.30pm – 10pm)
- West
- Vermont Square Park (5pm – 9pm)
- Midtown
- June Rowlands Park (6.30pm – 8pm)
- East
- Riverdale Park West (5pm – 9pm)
- Downtown
Disposal bins will be provided to help with post-event clean up.
Other parks include:
- West:
- Dovercourt Park (6.30pm – 8pm)
- Midwest:
- Ben Nobleman Park (2pm – 10pm)
- East:
- Withrow Park (6.30pm – 9pm)
- Midtown:
- Felstead Avenue Playground (6pm – 8.30pm)
Location: Multiple
Date: Sat 1 Nov
Time: Varies
Price: Free
Age: All
Bonus: Day of the Dead Celebration
Celebrating loved ones who have died
Sat highlights
- 12.45pm – 1.15pm: Mexican Mariachi band performance
- 1.15pm – 1.45pm: Mexican folklore dance performance
- 1.45pm – 3.30pm: Kids celebration
- Sugar Skull Decorating
- Join a colouring contest
- Play Loteria; a Mexican board game of chance
- Ages 4+
Sun highlights
- 10.45am – 12.15pm: Sugar Skull Candle Decorating Workshop
- Ages 8+
- 1.15pm- 3pm Kids celebration
- Sugar Skull Decorating
- Join a colouring contest
- Play Loteria; a Mexican board game of chance
- Ages 4+
- Kids face painting
Other Sat activities include:
11am – 1pm: Bread of the Dead Baking Workshop (ages 12+)
12pm – 12.45pm: Mexican Folklore Dance Workshop (ages 12+)
Location: Beaches Sandbox (2181 Queen St E)
Date: Sat 1 – Sun 2 Nov
Time: Sat (10.30am – 3.30pm), Sun (10.45am – 3pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
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