Family Fun on Victoria Day
Victoria Day is the official start of the summer season. Time to dust off the old barbecue, spruce up the garden or head up to cottage country. If you plan to stay in the city and you’ve got kids at home, why not kickoff May 2-4 with these family friendly events.
Toronto International Circus Festival
Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West Toronto
Experience side-splitting comedy, eye-popping acrobatics and daredevil stunts, featuring lunatic unicyclists, world class acrobats, unflinching fire eaters, sky-scraping stilt walkers, brazen chainsaw jugglers, genius balloon sculptor, harebrained clowns and characters everywhere! Learn to juggle, hula hoop, hang upside down, or do a cartwheel! Kick off the summer season by getting off the couch and into the swing of Circus!
May 21 – May 23, 11am – 5pm
FREE for ALL ages
Visit www.tocircusfestival.com
Alice in Wonderland at Black Creek
Black Creek Pioneer Village 1000 Murray Ross Parkway Toronto
Let your mind go into the whimsical world of Alice in Wonderland. Enjoy a Mad Hatter Tea Party, wander into the Through the Looking Glass maze, participate in the Queen of Hearts games, and join in on the Dodo races!
May 21 – May 23 11am – 5pm
$15 adults; $11 children (ages 5 to 15); children 4 years and under FREE
For more information visit www.blackcreek.ca
An Evening for Bazou
An Evening for Bazou returns to the Gladstone Hotel in 2011 to kick off the second year of a five year partnership with École Saint Albert Le Grand in Bazou, Cameroon, to support the improvement of the school infrastructure. This year the celebration will take place in both the afternoon and evening, so that all ages can join in and support the community of Bazou.
The afternoon features some of Toronto’s favourite children’s performers.MARNI’S MOVE-N-MUSIC integrated music, movement & yoga workshops for kids. SOLI & ROB with ALISTAIR ANT! voted Toronto’s #1 Children’s Entertainers in City Parent Magazine’s 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards.THE BELLWOODS TRINITY acoustic old time and Canadiana music with puppets and sing-alongs. AND Story and music time with the energetic and engaging NJACKO BACKO
May 21 3 – 5pm
$25 suggested donation, pay what you can
www.bazouschool.blogspot.com
Punch Buggy 4 SickKids
Yonge-Dundas Square 10 Dundas Street East
Punch Buggy 4 SickKids is a ‘Feel Good’ charity that taps into the enthusiasm and generosity of the people who love the Volkswagen Beetle to raise money for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children – SickKids! Each year Volkswagen Beetle owners from all over Ontario bring their Bugs into Toronto to raise money and show their support for SickKids. We call this gathering the Toronto Volkswagen Beetle Invasion! It is the largest gathering of its kind in Ontario. This year our show will take place at Yonge and Dundas Square on May 22, 2011. We are very excited about this year’s event as Yonge and Dundas Square is one of the most prestigious locations in Toronto!
May 22 9am – 4pm
FREE for all ages!
Victoria Weekend Fireworks
Canada’s Wonderland 9580 Jane Street
Enjoy over 200 attractions, 68 thrilling rides and round out the day with a spectacular night of fireworks! Don’t miss our incredible fireworks on Sunday, May 22 at approximately 10:00pm (weather permitting). This year’s show features 4000 explosions and custom fireworks designed just for Wonderland, set to famous movie theme music. Flashing into the night sky 600 feet above Wonder Mountain, it promises a spectacular end to the holiday. Fireworks are included with park admission.
Victoria Day on Toronto’s Waterfront
The Waterfront
Experience mutiny on the waterfront – pirates have commandeered Victoria Day! Buccaneers and their families can enjoy fabulous FREE fun from 11am – 5pm. Enjoy a wide variety of family activities from arts and crafts to bouncy tents and wandering pirates, dine at magnificent restaurants and enjoy cotton candy, snow cones, popcorn and pretzels while watching dog shows courtesy of PawsWay and performances from Madame Buskerfly, Long Jon Strong, Zoltan the Adequate Pirate and swashbuckling sword fighting pirates!
May 23 11am – 5pm
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