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While We Wait
May
17

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
17

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
17

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
17

Birdsong | Workshop + Performance

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  • Google Calendar ICS

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
17

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
17

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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Guardians of the Gods
May
17

Guardians of the Gods

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

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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ongoing + free programming

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ongoing + free programming ☁︎ ☁︎

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 group of people playing steel drums outdoors, with a large logo in the background that reads 'Revolution Steel Band' in pink and purple text.

Revolution Steel Band

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m

Founded on community and creativity, Revolution Steel Band is dedicated to sharing the joy of steel pan through free teaching programs and unforgettable live performances that transport audiences straight to the islands.

A colorful rainbow kite flying in the sky on the left. On the right, a flat lay of arts and crafts supplies including colored paper, scissors, tape, markers, and pens.

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 smiling outdoors, holding a colorful educational worksheet with painted floral face art and wearing a pink shirt.
Cute cartoon duck with blonde hair holding a paintbrush and a paint palette, promoting a face-painting event called 'Happy Ducky Face Painting'.

Face Painting
by Happy Ducky Face Painting

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

Close-up of soap bubbles on the left and colorful chalks on the right.

Bubbles & Sidewalk Chalk

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

Colourful bean bags on a wooden game board outside, with a red bean bag being thrown in the air.

Lawn Games

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

A close-up of a pile of colorful, frayed fabric scraps in various shades of orange, pink, gold, green, black, and white.

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.