August
The Bentway Block Party
The Bentway Block Party is back and bigger than ever with their annual free community celebration including live music, family-friendly activities, art workshops, and street food. Throughout the day, enjoy a showcase of local DJs, and catch roving performances by percussion and song troupe Maracatu Mar Aberto and dance collective
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Guide to August Family Events for Toronto and the GTA
Wow, it’s already August?! Time flies fast in the summer! Don’t worry, there’s still time to check off all of your summer to-do’s, plus this month has plenty of action-packed festivals and events to check out before the kids head back to school. So, seize the summery days with our
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Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: TRCA Butterfly Festival
To mark the National Flight of the Monarch Day, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority hosts the free TRCA Butterfly Festival at Tommy Thompson Park, which is located where two major migratory flyways meet on the waterfront of Lake Ontario. Celebrate these iconic insects as our butterfly visitors prepare to
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Dusk Dances
The long-standing pay-what-you-can outdoor dance festival Dusk Dances returns to Withrow Park, bringing dance to public parks as dusk descends. Bring your own chairs and/or blankets to relax under the setting sun and enjoy modern dance performances, and participate in free dance workshops hosted by Fly Lady Di before each
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York Eglinton BIA: Rastafest
York Eglinton BIA hosts Rastafest, where you can groove to the rhythm of reggae at a free festival celebrating Jamaican culture and music. Come together with friends and family to celebrate unity and diversity through the universal language of music, with an incredible lineup of DJs and performers, plus kids
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Twisted Dog Theatre: “Pin-Pin the Eggsplorer”
Twisted Dog Theatre’s “Pin-Pin The Eggsplorer” returns this summer, based on nursery rhymes, songs and poems created by Sally Jaeger, the founder of the Canadian Association of Storytellers for Children, as well as some brand new songs she has written for this show. Join Pin-Pin as he sets out on
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Toronto Food Truck Festival
Head to Woodbine Park in the East End to stuff your faces with lots of delicious international food at the Toronto Food Truck Festival, serving up some delectable goodies over the August Long Weekend. As always, admission is free and there’s also entertainment by some of Toronto’s best local musical talent,
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Twisted Dog Theatre: “The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen”
Twisted Dog Theatre presents “The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen”, an interactive play for kids with one actor as well as using video, animation, puppets and shadow theatre techniques. Little travellers can choose for themselves whether to sail north or south with the baron, which will even affect the outcome
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Crane Creations Theatre Company: “The Green Box”
Crane Creations Theatre Company, known for the annual Puppet Festival Mississauga, hosts France’s Le Théâtre la Licorne in “The Green Box”, a devilishly funny and offbeat puppet show for older kids and adolescents ages 13 and up. Based on Victor Hugo’s celebrated novel “The Man Who Laughs”, a crafty and
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Haute Goat Farm: Goatchella
Haute Goat Farm hosts the one-day farm festival Goatchella to celebrate community with local talent and local food, where you can explore the farm, take a wagon ride, snuggle miniature goats and pose for pictures with Alpacas. Goatchella features 40 local artisanal vendors, live music from popular Northumberland musicians on
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