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While We Wait
May
16

While We Wait

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While We Wait follows a young girl named Leo and her discovery of a magical garden shed. As the seasons pass, she struggles against the changes in her own life. This show is a celebration of inter-species kinship, explores the challenge of facing change, and revels in the power of noticing. The piece features live music, puppetry and is an enchanting introduction to live performance for young audiences.

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Club Origami
May
16

Club Origami

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Dive into the magical world of Club Origami, an immersive and interactive dance show inviting family audiences to create, imagine and explore whole new ways of thinking, playing and moving. Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land made purely of paper and play. 

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Burrow
May
16

Burrow

  • Marilyn I Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts, Theatre (map)
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Deep in the forest, two little creatures bustle about, collecting their provisions. Acorns, pine nuts and mushrooms, pebbles, apples and branches: every item is counted and tucked away in the burrow’s belly. One inventories, rations and studies… The other writes, ponders, relishes… Their friendship, peppered with little quibbles, sews the flow of the seasons. Yet somehow, something has come between them.

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Birdsong | Workshop + Performance
May
16

Birdsong | Workshop + Performance

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A giant bird has landed in St. Catharines. It got lost on its migration and doesn’t know how to find its way. All the little birds of St. Catharines (the children/families and their bird puppets) come to help. They sing a song of encouragement and show the giant bird how to fly. Eventually, with everyone’s help, the giant bird is able to take flight and head off on its migration.

FREE EVENT!

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Club Origami
May
16

Club Origami

  • Marilyn I Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Dive into the magical world of Club Origami, an immersive and interactive dance show inviting family audiences to create, imagine and explore whole new ways of thinking, playing and moving. Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land made purely of paper and play. 

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While We Wait
May
16

While We Wait

  • Marilyn I Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

While We Wait follows a young girl named Leo and her discovery of a magical garden shed. As the seasons pass, she struggles against the changes in her own life. This show is a celebration of inter-species kinship, explores the challenge of facing change, and revels in the power of noticing. The piece features live music, puppetry and is an enchanting introduction to live performance for young audiences.

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Burrow
May
16

Burrow

  • Marilyn I Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts, Theatre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Deep in the forest, two little creatures bustle about, collecting their provisions. Acorns, pine nuts and mushrooms, pebbles, apples and branches: every item is counted and tucked away in the burrow’s belly. One inventories, rations and studies… The other writes, ponders, relishes… Their friendship, peppered with little quibbles, sews the flow of the seasons. Yet somehow, something has come between them.

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Guardians of the Gods
May
16

Guardians of the Gods

  • Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts (map)
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Guardians of the Gods is a play about what unites children across the globe: living in a world ruled by adults. Sometimes adults seem like gods—powerful, protective, and kind. But they can also be unpredictable and dangerous. What adults often overlook is children’s unique power: their ability to see right through them.

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free + ongoing programming

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Young man sitting against colorful lighting with a graphic of a building and the text 'Why Don't We Together'.

Why Don’t We Together

An Immersive Audio Visual Storytelling Experience from Dear Bear Multi-Arts

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (run time: 3-7 minutes each)
TD Terrace (front yard of the MIWSFPA)
Ages 6+ 

Why Don’t We Together is an immersive, audio-visual experience that takes place in a custom-built structure called “The Hut.” When audiences enter The Hut, they are met with a choice between several curated audio stories, all written and recorded by a variety of handpicked Ontario artists. These stories are accompanied by rich sound design and dynamic lighting - the walls, seats, ceilings, and airwaves come alive as audiences get transported into the world of each story. 

Person in a black, paint-splattered hoodie using a squeegee to spread orange ink on a screen for printing.

Screenprinting

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Posters $5 | T-Shirts $15 | Bring Your Own T-Shirt $10 

Join artist TJ Charlton to learn how to screenprint your very own souvenir festival t-shirt or poster! 

A performer in a traditional Indigenous costume holding hula hoops in a dance or performance setting.

Lisa Odjig, Hoop Dancer

10:30 a.m. + 2:30 p.m.

Originally from Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Lisa feels connected to her Odawa/Ojibwa Nation roots through her specialty, the dynamic and colourful Hoop Dance. A hoop dancer is in continuous motion, forming shapes and designs with the hoops. Hood dancing is a story-telling dance, a teaching dance. The hoops create symbols and designs of nature, such as plants, trees, animals and birds and shows our connection with each other, the earth and all living creatures. It’s a very energetic, high energy dance.Lisa is a World Champion Hoop Dancer – the first woman to ever win this title. She has danced all over the world and was a finalist on the television program “Canada’s Got Talent”.

A rainbow-colored kite flying in the blue sky on the left side, and an assortment of colorful craft supplies including paper, scissors, pens, and washi tape on the right side.

Creation Station & Kite Making

Build your own Butterfly Puppet, or a kite to fly outside! Prefer to freestyle? There will be plenty of craft supplies to choose from! 

A young girl with face paint smiling and holding a booklet outdoors near a metal railing with green trees in the background.
Cartoon duck with blonde hair, holding a paintbrush and a cake, with a purple ribbon reading 'Happy Ducky Face Painting'.

Face Painting
by Happy Ducky Face Painting

Playful face painting that transforms little faces into colourful, magical works of art.

Left side: Close-up of iridescent soap bubbles floating outdoors. Right side: Colored chalks scattered on a rough surface.

Bubbles & Sidewalk Chalk

Dance and play in the bubbles and help decorate the raceway with sidewalk chalk.

Colourful cloth bean bags being tossed into the air on a wooden surface outdoors with grass in the background.

Lawn Games

Face off in a game of Giant Checkers, or try bowling for pirate pins

A pile of colorful fabric scraps in various textures and patterns.

Community Art Project

Drop in to the VISA Foundation Studio and participate in creating a one-of-a-kind community art project led by a local artist.