Current Weekend Events in Toronto
Current weekend family activities in Toronto
Family Events & Activities in Toronto & GTA
A list of family weekend activities, including free fun family activities in GTA, plays, fairs, and more!
Contents:
Family Events – July 20 – July 26
Performing Arts & Children’s Theatre – July 2015
Other / Any weekend Fun Family Activities
This article lists only family specific events and very few generic events and activities.
For other weekend activities including exhibitions , festivals (including fairs – which might have children’s activities), live music, and sports, see
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I. Week of July 20 – July 26
1. Chinese Acrobats
July 14 – August 3, 2015 | 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM
Additional show at 1:00 PM on Saturdays & August 3, 2015
Register your teen for Engineering and science competition – Aug 8, 9, 15, 16 – Details
2. Persian Family Day 2015
On behalf of Radio Roya, you are hereby cordially invited to attend as our guest at the 2015 Persian Family Day Festival. It’s an event sure to be fun for the whole family, with highlights including live bands playing traditional music, beauty stations, charities, clowns, magicians and comedy shows! Details
Saturday, 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM – 10:00 PM
3. Black Creek Community Farm Festival
Scavenger hunt, Face painting, Farm-cooked food: for $5, you get an organic lunch combo (beef or veggie burger, salad and drink), Ice cream and drinks, Live DJ, And more! Details
Saturday, 25, 2015
4. Pan Am Games
Take your kids to cheer Pan Am Athletes. Close to 7,000 athletes from across Latin America, South America, the Caribbean and North America will put their years of intense training, perseverance and sacrifice to the test in world-class competition in 36 Pan Am sports and 15 Parapan Am sports at the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games.
5. Ontario’s Celebration Zone
Experience 38 days of the BEST of Ontario during the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. The Best of Ontario. All in One Place. One Epic Celebration. Events include live Games coverage, 40 ft. rock climbing wall and adrenaline jump, daily children’s programming – Family events include Zero Gravity Circus, Buskers, Ballet, programming by Toronto Zoo and more. Details
6. Aborginal Pavilion
The Aboriginal Pavilion is a 19 day Indigenous arts, culture, and sports festival concurrent to the Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games. The Pavilion will bring together Indigenous peoples from across the Americas to celebrate, share and learn through our exciting programming. From Main Stage musical performances to dance, theatre, and family programming on our Small Stage; from visual arts and traditional crafts workshops to artist talks, film screenings, a curated exhibition, there will be much to see and much to do! Details
7. Shrine Circus Spectac!
Milton | Friday July 31 – Monday, August 03, 2015 @ Milton Fairgrounds, 136 Robert St, Milton
8. The African Children’s Choir
The African Children’s Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs and dances. The program features well-loved children’s songs, traditional Spirituals and Gospel favorites. Concerts are free and open to all. Details
Sunday, July 26, 2015 | 8:00 AM
9. Saturdays in the City
Saturdays, July 11 – August 29, & Monday, September 7. 2015 | 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
10. Franco Fête
Connect with French Culture with the 33rd edition of Franco-Fête. Spanning over two weeks, Franco-Fête de is a massive music festival representing the most important cultural Francophone event, taking place during the Pan American Games. Franco-Fête has a very special treat in store for the younger set with a concert and musical theatre workshop by Geneviève Cholette (Les Chiclettes) and a performance by the popular Franco- Manitoban children’s entertainer marijo. Details
July 10 – 24, 2015
Current Weekend Events in Toronto
Current weekend family activities in Toronto
11. Day out with Thomas
July 18-19 & 24-26, 2015 | 8:00 AM- 06:00 PM
Children under age 2 are free.
12. Cultura Festival
Weekly Friday night Summer festival. Festival showcases musicians, dancers, buskers, art installations and international food vendors. Each evening closes with a featured film under the stars, displayed on a large screen in the square. Details
13. July Weekend Fun
Join the Scarborough Museum Youth Collective on weekends this summer for fun filled Victorian parlour entertainments and popular 20th-century board games. Enjoy delicious local delicacies from the Americas. Family fun guaranteed! Details
A parade and performance of Pan American dance and music led by Ballet Creole. Details
July 25, 2015, 1-4pm @ Scarborough Museum
II. Performing Arts & Theatre
1. Free Movies & Theatre Events
Free movie screenings and entertainment takes place across GTA in summer.
Venues include Garden Square Brampton(Saturdays), Celebration Square Mississauga (Thursdays), Earl Bales Park, and TIFF movies across GTA.
See here for a list of all free movies and concerts.
@ Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre in Earl Bales Park
July 23: Dufflebag Theatre: Snow White: 7 to 8 pm.
2. Vampire Campfire
Through singing, dancing and lots of interactive bits, The Second City cast tells the story of a spooky, silly gang of ghouls forced to spend their summer at a remedial camp for monsters. Details
Wednesday & Thursday at 1:00 PM. Duration: ~ 60 min.
Get tickets for Marvel Universe Live! during August 2015
3. Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
Surrender to an age of bravery and honor and witness epic battles of steel and steed during our ALL-NEW SHOW. From ringside seats, discover a feast of the eyes and appetite with more action, more fun & more excitement than ever before. As you thrill to a rousing live jousting tournament, marvel at awe-inspiring horsemanship and falconry, Medieval Times serves a four-course meal fit for royalty. Details
Toronto
4. Under the Big Top
Presented by Famous People Players. Everyone loves a circus!!! The Acrobats, The Cotton Candy, The Animals, Especially the Elephants, The music will have you singing & dancing all the way home!! Details
5. PANAMANIA
6. Princess Pop: A Celebration of Wishes
You’re invited to sing along with Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, and all your favourite princesses at Tinkerbell’s Celebration of Wishes! But when an unexpected visitor tries to ruin everything, the princesses will need your help to find a happy ending! Details
7. Snow White
Snow White and Prince Geoffrey are childhood friends, separated by Queen Evilla when she finds out from her Mirror that Snow White is now the fairest in the land. Queen Evilla takes Snow White to the forest, and leaves her there, but Snow White meets a group of Dwarves who take her in and keep her safe. It will take the love of Geoffrey and the Dwarves to save Snow White from Queen Evilla’s jealousy. Details
8. Mary Poppins
One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical! Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins delighted Broadway audiences for over 2,500 performances and received nominations for nine Olivier and seven TONY Awards, including Best Musical! Details
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