The Monkey Bunch kicks off the 2nd Annual Family Series at the Drake this Sunday. Skip the Superbowl and shake it with your kids instead!
Trinity Bellwoods Park
Bellwoods/Queen
www.queenwestmusicfest.com
First band on at 1pm
Free
Does your family like to rock? Spend a day in the park with Maestro Fresh Wes, the Trews and others.
Sorauren Park
Wabash/Sorauren
http://soraurenparkfestival.ca
12-11pm
Join a Roncesvalles community celebration. Visit the kids zone with games, rides and prizes, children’s author/illustrator Stephen Hutchings will be there and there’s even a place where you can get a free portrait. Performances include: The Traditional Arabic Music & Dance Ensemble and The Jorge Miguel Flamenco Ensemble.
Kew Gardens
The Beaches lee Ave/Queen St
http://preferencehousekeeping.com/welcome.html
9am-6pm
Free, donations to food bank for tickets to play games (see website)
Ted Reeve is hosting a community kids play day in Kew Gardens Park with entertainment and games and contests including a hop scotch toss, family sack races, crafts, three-legged races and hockey activities.
Tommy Thomson Park
Foot of Leslie St, S of Lakeshore Blvd
www.butterflyfest.ca
10am-3pm
Free (registration on website required for some activities)
Between August and November each year, Monarch Butterflies migrate over 3,500 km from Canada to Mexico where they spend the winter. Tommy Thompson Park bids adieu to the incredible butterfly with a scavenger hunt, bird box building, a seed ball craft, displays, live bird banding demonstrations, a butterfly walk and wildflower planting.
Dufferin & Eglinton
416-646-0661
www.fairbankvillagebia.ca
Sat: 12-11pm, Sun: 12-9pm
Free admission
Great live music entertainment, rides and games for the kids, tasty international food and a sidewalk sale.
Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay W
416-973-4000
www.harbourfrontcentre.com
A delectable food festival showcasing Pan Asian cuisine through demos, music, and dance. Kids activities include making a good fortune paper chain bracelet and origami fortune cookies. Learn to play Mahjong as a family, take a breakdance workshop and more.
Fox Theatre
2236 Queen St E
416-691-7330
www.foxtheatre.ca
1:30pm
$10/adults, $7/kids
See the latest remake of this classic karate mentor film starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Rated PG.
High Park Children’s Garden
Colborne Lodge Dr, S end of High Park
www.toronto.ca/parks/programs/calendar.htm
416-392-1329
12-4pm
Free
Explore the beauty of nature through arts and crafts. Enjoy fun activities and fantastic guests. All ages welcome. A garden harvest lunch will be provided while it lasts.
Meet at benches across from Grenadier Cafe
416-392-1748x5
www.highpark.org
10:30am-12pm
Free/Donations welcome
Moderately paced, naturalist led walking tours held throughout the year. Each tour lasts 1.5 hours and may go on wooded trails, so please remember to wear appropriate clothing and footwear. 22 Aug: Behind the Scenes at Canstage.
95 Grosvenor St to McLean House Park
www.sunnybrooklove.ca
Walk check-in: 9am, register online
Join a walk for women & babies marking the move of the Women & Babies Program from Women’s College Hospital to its new,
state-of-the-art home at Sunnybrook! The walk is followed by a carnival and barbeque and a concert with children’s entertainers Barney and Marcus.
Humber Valley
647-991-7463
www.pineproject.org
2pm
PWYC (see web for info)
Learn about nature, wildlife and tracking on a guided walk with Andrew and his fabulous crew at The PINE Project.
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