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Journey into Enchantment

Journey into Enchantment

Experience a magical Christmas and holiday season like never before! Take a 2km drive through a breathtaking display. See Santa and his reindeer, happy elves, and more. It will fill your heart with joy and wonder. And that’s not all! Drive through a tunnel of sparkling lights and enter a dreamy world where lights twinkle all around, making it a special experience you’ve never had

Stouffville Light up the Village

Light up the Village Join your Mayor and Council on Main Street in front of the clock tower for the annual tree lighting ceremony, featuring local vendors and holiday activations. The tree lighting ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Light up the Square

Light Up the Square 2023

Join the fun as we light the Christmas tree for the first time this season. There will be ice skating, live performances, and the Holiday Street Market will be offering tasty treats and artisanal goods all night long. The magic doesn’t stop there. Mississauga’s downtown transforms into a technicolour wonderland as six glowing art installations make their home at Celebration Square and Living Arts Centre

Winter Festivals Guide for Toronto Families

Winter Carnivals and Festivals for Families

It’s time for some ‘cool’ outdoor play! Get into the spirit at a winter festival, and be sure to plan for the holiday season ahead, as many events require advance tickets. This guide includes Holiday Lights festivals as well as Winter carnivals that are typically held in January/February each year (a great way to beat those winter blues!) with fun activities like dog sled racing,

Winterlit

Winterlit

The wooded trails at Mountsberg are always beautiful in the wintertime but now we have made them more magical than ever! The Winterlit Trail features a unique and stunning lighting experience with inspirational art installations along the trail. Also, the Illuminated Sugarbush Trail has soft overhead lighting to allow for a beautiful evening stroll through the sugarbush. This experience will include soundtracks from local musicians

Love & Peace Lantern Festival

Ancient techniques, Ingenious production “Love and Peace”Lantern Festival is a large-scale international outdoor light show composed of four main thematic elements. Our mission is to guide you through extraordinary scenes from ancient times to the present. Meanwhile, you can explore the wonders of thousands of universes and experience the world with unsolved secrets. Express love and peace from the bottom of your heart! Days: Friday, Saturday

illumi Mississauga

illumi by Cavalia

Illumi – A Dazzling World of Lights is Cavalia’s latest creation: a magical and captivating nocturnal journey created with thousands of monumental light sculptures.  An epic multimedia journey around the world – As darkness falls, illumi ignites the night with more than 20 million brilliant lights in 13 magical universes on a 600,000 square foot site, the equivalent of 10 football fields! Tree of lights –

Winter Light Festivals in Ontario

Brighten up the long dark days of winter by visiting a Festival of Lights! These magical events are an experience that kids and couples shouldn’t miss, and with more and more events being held each year it’s easy to find one (or two!) near you!

Terra Lumina

Terra Lumina 2022

Terra Lumina is the eleventh unique experience created in Moment Factory’s Lumina night walk series. After nightfall at the Toronto Zoo, you are invited to pursue an immersive experience along a 1.5 km walking path that travels into the future and back. Your journey begins when a portal carries you into the luminescent wonders of the year 2099, a time when humans and nature have

Fairway of Lights

Angus Glen Golf Club is excited to bring back our annual walking light show experience, Fairway of Lights. The illuminated 1 km walking path takes guests on a magical adventure on our North Course, beginning on Coyote Trail and circling back down the 18th path to the clubhouse. Spectacular decorations and interactive displays are expected to dazzle and enchant you and showcase the wonder of

Eclipse Walk with Light

Eclipse – Walk with Light

Eclipse “Walk with Light” is a unique sound to light night walk at Muskoka Heritage Place in Huntsville, Ontario. Enjoy thousands of interactive lights that respond to the sound of your voice! Visitors will follow a pat of light through the property and ‘travel’ through the four seasons.  The grand opening of Eclipse – Walk with Light will be held on November 11 and walking

Journey into Enchantment

Journey into Enchantment

Experience a magical Christmas and holiday season like never before! Take a 2km drive through a breathtaking display. See Santa and his reindeer, happy elves, and more. It will fill your heart with joy and wonder. And that’s not all! Drive through a tunnel of sparkling lights and enter a dreamy world where lights twinkle all around, making it a special experience you’ve never had

Stouffville Light up the Village

Light up the Village Join your Mayor and Council on Main Street in front of the clock tower for the annual tree lighting ceremony, featuring local vendors and holiday activations. The tree lighting ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Light up the Square

Light Up the Square 2023

Join the fun as we light the Christmas tree for the first time this season. There will be ice skating, live performances, and the Holiday Street Market will be offering tasty treats and artisanal goods all night long. The magic doesn’t stop there. Mississauga’s downtown transforms into a technicolour wonderland as six glowing art installations make their home at Celebration Square and Living Arts Centre

Winter Festivals Guide for Toronto Families

Winter Carnivals and Festivals for Families

It’s time for some ‘cool’ outdoor play! Get into the spirit at a winter festival, and be sure to plan for the holiday season ahead, as many events require advance tickets. This guide includes Holiday Lights festivals as well as Winter carnivals that are typically held in January/February each year (a great way to beat those winter blues!) with fun activities like dog sled racing,

Winterlit

Winterlit

The wooded trails at Mountsberg are always beautiful in the wintertime but now we have made them more magical than ever! The Winterlit Trail features a unique and stunning lighting experience with inspirational art installations along the trail. Also, the Illuminated Sugarbush Trail has soft overhead lighting to allow for a beautiful evening stroll through the sugarbush. This experience will include soundtracks from local musicians

Love & Peace Lantern Festival

Ancient techniques, Ingenious production “Love and Peace”Lantern Festival is a large-scale international outdoor light show composed of four main thematic elements. Our mission is to guide you through extraordinary scenes from ancient times to the present. Meanwhile, you can explore the wonders of thousands of universes and experience the world with unsolved secrets. Express love and peace from the bottom of your heart! Days: Friday, Saturday

illumi Mississauga

illumi by Cavalia

Illumi – A Dazzling World of Lights is Cavalia’s latest creation: a magical and captivating nocturnal journey created with thousands of monumental light sculptures.  An epic multimedia journey around the world – As darkness falls, illumi ignites the night with more than 20 million brilliant lights in 13 magical universes on a 600,000 square foot site, the equivalent of 10 football fields! Tree of lights –

Winter Light Festivals in Ontario

Brighten up the long dark days of winter by visiting a Festival of Lights! These magical events are an experience that kids and couples shouldn’t miss, and with more and more events being held each year it’s easy to find one (or two!) near you!

Terra Lumina

Terra Lumina 2022

Terra Lumina is the eleventh unique experience created in Moment Factory’s Lumina night walk series. After nightfall at the Toronto Zoo, you are invited to pursue an immersive experience along a 1.5 km walking path that travels into the future and back. Your journey begins when a portal carries you into the luminescent wonders of the year 2099, a time when humans and nature have

Fairway of Lights

Angus Glen Golf Club is excited to bring back our annual walking light show experience, Fairway of Lights. The illuminated 1 km walking path takes guests on a magical adventure on our North Course, beginning on Coyote Trail and circling back down the 18th path to the clubhouse. Spectacular decorations and interactive displays are expected to dazzle and enchant you and showcase the wonder of

Eclipse Walk with Light

Eclipse – Walk with Light

Eclipse “Walk with Light” is a unique sound to light night walk at Muskoka Heritage Place in Huntsville, Ontario. Enjoy thousands of interactive lights that respond to the sound of your voice! Visitors will follow a pat of light through the property and ‘travel’ through the four seasons.  The grand opening of Eclipse – Walk with Light will be held on November 11 and walking

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