October
Halloween at The Bentway
Spend Halloween at The Bentway with a week full of spooky stories, parties, a ghost walk and the return of the Howl’oween pet party, including a costumed pup parade and Contest, celebrity judges, music, photo station, cozy drinks, and bark-tacular local vendors. Stop by The Bentway Studio after dusk view
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Allan Gardens Children’s Conservatory: Pumpkin Carving
Allan Gardens Children’s Conservatory invites kids and families the carve their very own mini-pumpkin jack-o-lantern at Allan Gardens with their Pumpkin Carving event – costumes are welcome! They supply the pumpkins and all of the carving equipment needed, but please remember to bring a plastic bag to carry your pumpkin
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Riverdale Farm: Boo at the Barn
Riverdale Farm offers a free weekend of fun with pumpkin carving, crafts, face painting and exploring the spooky “Boo Barn”, with donations of non-perishable food item suggested. Families can carve pumpkins on-site (suggested donation is $5 per pumpkin, tools are provided), collect the pumpkin seeds and then take them home.
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Canadian Stage: “Jungle Book reimagined”
Presented by Canadian Stage, “Jungle Book reimagined” by the world-renowned Akram Khan Company is a poignant and stunning piece of contemporary dance that the whole family will love. Reinterpreted through the lens of today’s children from the classic tale by Rudyard Kipling, this Jungle Book is seen through the eyes
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Toronto’s First Post Office: Happy Halloween Kids Social
Bring your ghosts and ghouls in-training to Toronto’s First Post Office to make a fun pumpkin paper craft at the Happy Halloween Kids Social! Kids can also write a letter to the “Great Pumpkin” who will mail them a response. Toronto’s First Post Office: Happy Halloween Kids Social When: October
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Toronto’s Haunted Harbour
Presented by Pirate Life Theatre in partnership The Haunted Walks of Toronto, set sail with Toronto’s Haunted Harbour, an immersive 90-minute storytelling and boat cruise experience that takes you on a spooky Halloween season nautical adventure. Get whisked away to Toronto’s mysterious Gibraltar Point Lighthouse and be captivated by bone-chilling
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The Distillery Fall Market
Take in the Fall vibes at the historic Distillery District’s Fall Market, in one of Toronto’s most picturesque neighbourhoods. Enjoy live music, hang out at a patio and do some people-watching, nibble on autumnal treats and shop for locally-curated fall favourites, plus free face painting for the kids. The Distillery
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Fort York After Dark: Lantern Tour
Go back in time this Halloween at Fort York National Historic Site for their After Dark lantern tour to hear chilling and eerie tales of the historic buildings and surrounding grounds. Learn about the bloody Battle of York, explore the military burial ground and find out more about the fort’s
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Mountsberg Conservation Area: Evening Halloween Spooktacular
Mountsberg’s Evening Halloween Spooktacular is a family-friendly outdoor festival that lets children and caregivers wear their Halloween costumes and go on an illuminated forest night walk — bring a flashlight! Families can take a trip through the Haunted Barn including farm animals, meet the Mountsberg snakes and owls, play in
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Bradley Museum: Halloween Harvest Festival
Bradley Museum in Mississauga invites families to put on costumes and participate in old-fashioned Halloween and harvest traditions with on-site activities, including heritage demonstrations, fire pit treats, harvest scavenger hunt with prizes, games, crafts, a neon glow zone, live music, and a vendor craft market. There are also animal shows
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