Series Season: 2023

Harbourfront Centre is pleased to offer complimentary childminding services during the Junior Festival, for children ages 4-12 years old to provide flexibility for caregivers and families attending the weekend festivities. The childminding service is facilitated by professional babysitting staff from The Summerhill Club  Caregivers must complete an authorization form available at the childminding space upon […]

How does a comic book or graphic novel get made? How many different people work on one book? What’s the process for creating a story and turning it into a graphic novel? Writer Stephanie Cooke will take you on a creative adventure, delving into ideas around the narrative building, illustration and steps to publication as […]

This collaborative painting and colouring process celebrates each kid’s unique style, featuring wavy lines and lots of colour and patterns. Everyone will get the chance to contribute to the creation of an eye-catching art piece that expresses our collective experience at JUNIOR.  

Join Power Kids and make a print that celebrates the Humber River! Participants will use ink and water to create colourful monoprints of fish, birds, animals and the landscape of the Humber River to take in its significant cultural, recreational and natural values. Did you know that there are more than 50 species of fish […]

Facilitated by the Harbourfront Centre School Visits team, this art-making activity invites families and groups to create a musical instrument using simple materials and collaging techniques. Participants can consider the following questions: How can we use colour, shape and texture to create a personal musical instrument? Participants will design and build their tambourines using a […]

Facilitated by the Harbourfront Centre School Visits team, this art-making activity invites families and groups to design one creative response by exploring how we perceive colour, shape and texture in the land around us. Participants will consider the different elements of the land: sky, water and land. Participants can consider the following questions: How does […]

Did you know all waterways are connected? There’s nothing like following the flow to wrap your head around this incredible fact. The Ocean, Freshwater and Us map was developed as a learning and engagement tool for schools, libraries, museums and aquariums, conferences and other public spaces and events to use during the Ocean Week Canada […]

Noir Experience is a Black chef collective showcasing the cuisine of the Black diaspora, from the Caribbean to Africa. The collective partners with local businesses, artists and musicians to create unique culinary experiences.  Lentil sambusa is a childhood memory of Chef Asres. It’s an African version of the Indian samosa. Children will learn how to […]

Noir Experience is a Black chef collective showcasing the cuisine of the Black diaspora, from the Caribbean to Africa. The collective partners with local businesses, artists and musicians to create unique culinary experiences.  In this workshop, learn how to make Trinidadian doubles and how each ingredient’s history transports you to Trinidad.  

Noir Experience is a Black chef collective showcasing the cuisine of the Black diaspora, from the Caribbean to Africa. The collective partners with local businesses, artists and musicians to create unique culinary experiences.  This workshop is a one-hour cooking class for children learning the techniques of making a quiche florentine with plantain and garnish. Make […]

Specializing in Bollywood, hip hop, fusion, classical Indian dance and Bhangra, Broken Dance is back with its infectious choreography that fuses South Asian and Western-style dance. The Bollywood-style dance company was a finalist on Canada’s Got Talent. 

Be prepared to have some fun during this lively Japanese Yosakoi-style dance performance and demo presented by Sakuramai Toronto. Feel the energy and come dance along!   Yosakoi style dance originated in Kochi, Japan. It started in the 1950s after the war to revitalize the community. It brought unity and positivity to the community. Sakuramai […]

Naghmeh Percussion Ensemble performs rhythmic pieces on a tonbak, an Iranian wooden goblet drum and a daf, an Iranian Framedrum. The concert will demonstrate the effects and techniques of hand drumming along with some popular Iranian classical and folk music played on tar, Persian melodic instruments and vocals.   

Experience this series of new short films about young Indigenous identity by imagineNATIVE, the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content. imagineNATIVE is recognized around the world for excellence and innovation in programming, and as the global centre for Indigenous film and media arts.  Finding The Spirit brings the strength of love to the surface. […]

Storybook Search is an immersive, theatrical scavenger hunt that takes audiences through Harbourfront Centre, weaving in and out of stories, games and clues as you join with a group of friends to unlock the “Secret of the Harbour.” A hybrid of music, story and puzzles from Toronto’s Dora Award-winning Bad Hats Theatre, created by Matt […]

The Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra is turning 50 and we want you to come celebrate with us!  For 50 years, the TSYO has been nurturing young musicians in their legendary concert hall. Now, hear their most exciting pieces come to life on our concert stage, with a selection of works from the finale of their […]

Experience the beauty of family life through Family Portrait, an interactive video installation work. This 40-minute theatrical experience captures Barrowland Ballet’s Artistic Director and her three children in striking cinematography and choreography, showcasing candid, natural moments in Scotland’s landscapes and seasons. Through their interactions and stories, you’ll get to know each character intimately, with a […]

When faced with challenges, giving up and making excuses is easy. But with the right mindset, anything is possible. That’s the philosophy behind No Excuses No Limits, a mantra by hip-hop performer Luca “Lazylegz” Patuelli. He knows that an open mind allows you to find solutions to any situation, no matter how vulnerable or uncertain […]

What is it to be a human being?   What is the difference between right and wrong?   What is the meaning of love?   Revisit this classic tale with Teater Patrasket’s new version of Carlo Collodi’s well-known story about the puppet who has to learn to become human and his dangerous journey in a world full of […]

Join the world-touring Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Toronto’s original guerrilla-folk super band, for an exhilarating twelve-piece concert and parade! Experience their genre-bending Klezmer, Gypsy, and Party Punk styles mixed into raucous performances, taking you on a legendary tour through the Balkans and beyond. Get ready to dance your socks off and party with LBO as they […]

Bees is an interactive piece on the hive of activity as three human-sized bees work to create a colony alongside children who transform into bees as they play. The bees are fascinating, strange and beautiful creatures, traversing invisible pathways and mapping delicate patterns across the festival grounds.  Inspired by their mysterious life and work, this re-imagining […]

Inspired by the iconic children’s book Harold and The Purple Crayon, ZOOOM is a story about a child who makes sense of their world through art with music, lasers and projections for a heartfelt and immersive performance.  ZOOOM begins at home or in the classroom, as we invite our audience to “bring a piece of […]

Seven acrobats push their physical limits in a mesmerizing show full of live percussion, where the audience surrounds the stage and is invited to participate. A Simple Space introduces the raw reality of physical performance coupled with intimate personal narratives.  Gravity & Other Myths is supported as an organization by Arts South Australia. Gravity & Other […]