2023 Father’s Day Events in the GTA

2023 Father’s Day Events in the GTA

Father's Day Event Guide

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Plan the perfect family day out to celebrate DAD! Find special events for families in our Father’s Day weekend guide including cool cars, awesome exhibits, food festivals. family fishing and movies in the park!

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Magic Dads

A Father’s Day Magic Show for Everyone. Two of Canada’s most entertaining magicians and fun dads on one stage! This super interactive show is sure to have the entire family laughing, gasping and screaming the entire way through. Also eat, drink and have fun playing arcade games.

Country Heritage Park 2024 Fair
Jun 14, 2024 
to Jun 16, 2024
Country Heritage Park
Experience the charm of rural life as we showcase farming heritage and highlight the talents and offerings of our vibrant community. We’re kicking off the weekend on Friday with our Super Pull truck and tractor pull event. Saturday and Sunday ...
Berry Days at Pingle's
Jul 6, 2023 
to Jul 7, 2023
Pingle’s Farm Market
Keep calm and berry on, because BERRY DAYS are back at Pingle’s Farm! Our famous strawberries are the first true taste of summer, and this year we’ve planted an additional strawberry patch meaning there’s even more picking fun to be ...
CAM Summer Kids' Day: Race Cars
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Canadian Automotive Museum Inc.
Bring the kids for a Summer Kids’ Day at the Canadian Automotive Museum. Families can take part in a racing themed scavenger hunt and then make their own race car driver craft. All activities are included with admission and are ...
Father's Day Weekend at Ripley's Aquarium
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
Treat Dad to an underwater adventure! Immerse yourself in a world of 20,000 aquatic animals and discover your own underwater world. With more than 5.7 million litres of water, North America’s longest underwater viewing tunnel! Families can get up close ...
Simcoe County 2nd Annual Kitefest
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 17, 2023
Mel Mitchell Field
South Asian Network of Simcoe cordially Invites you to our 2nd Annual Kite festival to be held just outside of Beeton at Mel Mitchell Field. There is no entry fees. Kites and strings will be available for purchase or your ...
The Mississauga Creative Craft Beer Festival
Jun 14, 2023 
to Jun 14, 2023
The International Centre
Join us for a truly delicious craft beer adventure! ​ The Mississauga Creative Craft Beer Festival will deliver three jam-packed sessions featuring 20+ craft breweries and food vendors, large format games, and the very best local food and live music. ...
Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Centre Islands Toronto
In 2023, as the Festival celebrates its 32nd year, it promises to continue to be one of the most exciting summer events in Toronto. Once again, this year, the Festival will welcome teams and visitors from all provinces across Canada, ...
Pickering Village Jam Fest
Jun 16, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Old Kingston Road
Join us for Father’s Day weekend at this year’s Pickering Village Jam Fest. Pickering Village’s favourite FREE ADMISSION music festival, will fill the streets with music along closed to traffic Old Kingston Road between Elizabeth and Linton. There will be ...
Mini Train Season Begins at the Toronto Railway Museum
Jun 14, 2023 
to Sep 4, 2023
Toronto Railway Museum
The Mini Train is back at TRM! We’re excited to announce that the Mini Train will return to Roundhouse Park daily starting on Wednesday, June 14. Summer operations run Wednesday-Sunday until Labour Day! Please note that Mini Train operations are ...
Father's Day Weekend at Friday Harbour
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Friday Harbour Resort
Shift into high gear this Father’s Day weekend! Featuring a variety of fun and memorable activities throughout the resort, we’ve got something for everyone! • Luxury Vehicles and Classics on display • Face Painters, Balloon Twisters and Roaming Characters • ...
Luminato Festival
Jun 7, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Multiple Locations in Toronto
Luminato Festival Toronto, the city’s international festival of arts and ideas, returns this summer from June 7th to June 18th with an exceptional program set to invigorate Toronto with creativity. Experience free performances and installations that will take over the ...
Spring Days at Pingle's
May 27, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Pingle’s Farm Market
Spring has sprung at Pingle’s Farm! The buds are blooming, the vegetation is sprouting, and our animal barn is once again occupied by our furry and feathered friends. Each admission to Spring Day’s includes: Access to Pingle’s Playland Slide Hill ...
Pingle's Fathers Day BBQ & Craft Beer Experience
Jun 18, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Pingle’s Farm Market
This Father’s Day, we’re hosting the ultimate beer & bbq experience. Your experience starts when you receive your ‘passport’ at admissions, and from there it’s nothing but pilsners, lagers, ipas, smoked meat, saucy sides & more. Each passport has five ...
Streetfest & Family Zone at Sound of Music Festival in Burlington
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Sound of Music Street Fest
For two days, Brant St. from Caroline to Lakeshore is closed to vehicle traffic to create Streetfest – a corridor to the Festival in the park. Streetfest & family zone have been combined to give people of all ages an ...
Highland Creek Heritage Festival
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 17, 2023
Highland Creek Community Park
A three-day festival, parade, street festival, park festival; the History of The Highland Creek Heritage Festival dates back to 1986. Currently in its 35th year, Our festival is free to attend. The Highland Creek Heritage Festival celebrates one of the ...
Magic Dads
Jun 18, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
The Rec Room
Magic Dads is a great way to spend Father’s Day. The whole family will love Mississauga’s best family experience. Magic Dads is full of high energy magic, laughs and amazing illusions. This super interactive show is sure to have the ...
Pin-Pin the Eggsplorer
Jun 16, 2023 
to Jun 17, 2023
Wychwood Theatre
Presented by Twisted Dog Theatre Based on the rhymes by Canadian Storyteller Sally Jaeger, “The Mother Goose of Riverdale” Pin-Pin The Eggsplorer is perfect for children ages 1 – 5 and promises to take you on an exciting adventure with ...
Mississauga Halal Food Festival
Jun 16, 2023 
to Jun 17, 2023
Mississauga Celebration Square
Mississauga Halal Food Festival (MHFF) is a celebration of halal food connecting a diverse variety of halal cuisines with fun and entertainment. Running successfully from past ten years, MHFF is one of the largest celebrations of the region and is ...
Kettle Creek Food Truck Festival
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 17, 2023
Dan Patterson Conservation Area
The Kettle Creek Environmental Trust is serving up some real must-eats. The Kettle Creek Food Truck Festival will feature live musical performances, games on the green, and Food Trucks showcasing diverse and delicious menus in beautiful Dan Patterson Conservation Area. ...
Yorkville Exotic Car Show
Jun 18, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Yorkville
The Bloor-Yorkville area, Toronto’s destination neighbourhood for high-end boutiques, restaurants and hotels welcomes everyone to the 13th Annual Yorkville Exotic Car Show on Father’s Day, June 18, 2023 from 12 noon to 5 pm. This spectacular red-carpet event will take ...
Toronto Beaches Rib & Beer festival
Jun 16, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Woodbine Beach Park
Hot Dang! The Toronto Beaches Rib & Beer festival is back for 2023. Get ready for MOUTH WATERIN’, FINGER LICKIN’, BELLY RUBBIN’ GOOD BBQ! You’re in for a weekend full of food, fun and entertainment. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! ...
Taste of Little Italy
Jun 16, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Little Italy in Toronto
Taste of Little Italy is back for 2023! The massive weekend festival will transform the heart of Little Italy into a bustling street festival. Located in the beautiful neighborhood of Little Italy on College St. in Toronto, Ontario. Enjoy live ...
Taco Fest
Jun 16, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
The Grounds at Hotel X
The highly anticipated return of Taco Fest! This three day Fiesta celebrating all things Mexican alongside Toronto’s most celebrated chefs is sure to bring out your favourite cocktails, music, interactive games, dance lessons and of course Tacos! With over 150 ...
Vintage Grand Prix
Jun 16, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Canadian Tire Mosport Park
The 43rd annual VARAC Vintage Grand Prix presented by eBay Motors revs up the Father’s Day weekend with an amazing field of open and closed wheel race cars from the past six+ decades of motorsports, competing on our legendary Grand Prix ...
Ontario Family Fishing
Jun 17, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Multiple Locations
Ontario Family Fishing Events is a province-wide opportunity for Canadian residents to fish Ontario waters without the otherwise mandatory fishing version outdoors card. New this year, the Ontario Government has designated four periods throughout the year as license-free: February 18-20, 2023 (12:01 a.m. ...
Cirque du Soleil KOOZA
Apr 7, 2023 
to Jun 18, 2023
Under the Big Top – Etobicoke
A thrilling ride like no other! Undeniably the most daring Cirque du Soleil touring production to-date, KOOZA is packed with mind-boggling acrobatics and nail-biting performances on the Double High Wire, Teeterboard, and the infamous ‘Wheel of Death’ and much more! ...
Springridge Farm Fun Farmyard
Apr 6, 2023 
to Sep 22, 2023
Springridge Farm
Hours and hours of family farmyard fun in Milton, Ontario. Play, run, jump and explore! The fun farm yard includes:  spider web climber tube slides giant sandbox straw play goat mountain escarpment lookout farm animals antique tractors singing chicken show ...
Stranger Things: The Experience
Mar 31, 2023 
to Aug 20, 2023
Cinespace Studios Marine Terminal
The year is 1986. The town is Hawkins. But the location is Toronto. Netflix and leading global live-entertainment discovery platform Fever have teamed up to deliver Stranger Things: The Experience, a new immersive experience which opens at Cinespace Studios Marine ...
T. rex: The Ultimate Predator
Mar 13, 2023 
to Sep 4, 2023
Royal Ontario Museum
Everyone knows Tyrannosaurus rex. Or, do they? T. rex: The Ultimate Predator is an exciting new exhibition that takes a fresh look at the king of the tyrant lizards, highlighting the latest scientific research and important discoveries about tyrannosaurs — ...
Rise of the Phoenix:MMA
Jun 3, 2023 
to Jun 3, 2023
Tribute Communities Centre
For the first time ever, professional mixed martial arts is coming to Oshawa, Ontario as Durham Fight Series presents “Rise of the Phoenix” at the Tribute Communities Centre on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Featuring Ontario’s top mixed martial arts athletes ...

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Please note: Child’s Life makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of information presented in our guides. However, we recommend visiting event websites or calling event venues/organizers to confirm details such as location, dates, times, fees or other information that may affect your outing.

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