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Toronto and Area Weekend Event Guide for Families | April 25-27, 2025

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Dinos Alive: An Immersive Experience

Go back millions of years to a land ruled by giants, an immersive experience that brings you face-to-face with dinosaurs that dominated the world for 140 million years. Fun for the whole family – get your tickets before they’re extinct!

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Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience

A multi-sensory experience with record crowds in Milan, Brussels and Los Angeles, designed to awaken the joy of imagination, play and wonder for children and adults of all ages. The event delivers dreamy experiences using a magical combination of optical illusions, lasers, bubbles, balloons and 360-degree projection technology.

Earth Day at Downsview Park
Apr 27, 2025 
to Apr 27, 2025
Downsview Park
Let’s celebrate our planet together at Downsview Park! We invite you to join us in celebrating our planet and the environment on April 27th, 2025, at the Play Zone at Downsview Park. This event is free to the public. This event will take place rain or shine! Bring your family ...
Community Clean-Up at Scarborough Museum
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Scarborough Museum
Meet at Scarborough Museum in Thomson Memorial Park to clean up the gardens and natural landscape around the museum! After the cleanup, enjoy a small youth-centered community and info-fair with local outreach organizations. Materials will be provided. Please note that children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by ...
Viktor Robot
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
The Royal Cinema
On Saturday, April 27th at 11:00 a.m. watch the animated family adventure film VIKTOR ROBOT, presented as part of the third annual Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival (TUFF), a non-profit film festival celebrating contemporary Ukrainian cinema on the world stage at the Royal Cinema, 608 College St, Toronto. Movie Synopsis: Set ...
Eco Day at Todmorden Mills
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Todmorden Mills
Spring is here in the Don Valley! Celebrate the Earth at Todmorden Mills and learn about local ecology and sustainable living. Enjoy the park grounds and speak to community organizations such as Let’s Hike TO, LEAF, Terra Elysium, Riverdale Farm and Todmorden Wildflower Preserve. Join in on papermaking crafts and ...
Spring Celebration at Ontario's Legislative Building
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Ontario Legislative Building
Join us and celebrate the vibrant spring season during a special event at Ontario’s Legislative Building at Queen’s Park, Toronto. Event date: Saturday, April 26, 2025 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This fun-filled day features a wide variety of free indoor and outdoor family-friendly activities perfect for all ages. ...
Earthfest London
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Downtown London Ontario
This Earth Day, celebrate and honour the Earth we call home through art, music, games and exploration. Bring your questions about living greener and healthier. Learn from experts on everything from e-bikes to green bins, and so much more. Connect with others in your community who are on the journey ...
BenTastic Fantastic Magic
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Wychwood Theatre
LIVE! at the Wychwood Theatre: Bentastic Fantastic Magic (April) 76 Wychwood Ave. Unit 176, Toronto, ON We all have a little magic inside of us! Join BenTastic as you and your family embark on a magic journey to become official magicians. Family-friendly magician, BenTastic, puts on an action-packed, interactive magic ...
Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Elmvale, Ontario
One of the largest one-day Maple Syrup Festival in Ontario! Come & take part, last Saturday of April! The Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival is a fundraising day that supports needs within the community. All proceeds from this one-day event are turned back to our schools, children’s music programs, library support, ...
Family Experiences at Kortright: Survival Skills
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Kortright Centre for Conservation
Learn the basics of survival in this hands-on program. Understand how to build a fire, make shelters, and more! TRCA is committed to creating an accessible experience for all participants. If you require an accessibility accommodation, please email info@kortright.org at least 7 days prior to the event.
Muskoka Maple Festival
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 26, 2025
Downtown Huntsville
The Muskoka Maple Festival is a family-friendly event on Main Street in downtown Huntsville, Ontario. The Muskoka Maple Festival will be April 26, 2025 in downtown Huntsville which will feature an all-day pancake breakfast, maple syrup producers, arts & crafts vendors, unique maple items and gifts, tasty treats, live music, ...
April Weekends at Scarborough Museum
Apr 26, 2025 
to Apr 27, 2025
Scarborough Museum
Join Scarborough Museum for family-friendly weekends in April! Enjoy warm drinks and snacks prepared on the museum’s historic stove, get creative with hands-on crafts, and learn more about sustainability at the museum’s story corner, featuring books for all ages that highlight stories of the environment and those that protect it. ...
Songs of the Seasons
Apr 25, 2025 
to Jun 21, 2025
Young People’s Theatre
Join Ms. Aria and Ms. Saira in this interactive musical concert inspired by the sounds of nature! Part play and part party – complete with puppets! – young ones are invited on a journey of wonder and discovery. Learn about the budding life of a small seed, and watch it ...
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
Apr 12, 2025 
to May 4, 2025
CAA Theatre
Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father Flippy is overjoyed that his kids will learn to unleash their creativity, but when the frogs’ constant bickering and outrageous imaginations send their comics comically off the ...
Earth Month at Evergreen Brick Works
Apr 5, 2025 
to Apr 27, 2025
Evergreen Brick Works
Join us this Earth Month for hands-on environmental education and action for all ages! This April you can: Connect with nature on guided trail walks, family-friendly education sessions, and a litter clean-up in the Don Valley. Dive into sustainable hobbies with workshops on plastic-free gardening, papermaking, painting with natural inks ...
Visit Little Canada
Apr 1, 2025 
to May 31, 2025
Little Canada
Embark on a thrilling journey through a spectacular miniature world showcasing famous Canadian sights like the CN Tower and Niagara Falls. Be amazed by the intricate details and moving vehicles that bring this attraction to life in downtown Toronto. Plan your visit Monday – Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ...
Arcadia Earth’s Launches New Room in Honour of Earth Month
Apr 1, 2025 
to Apr 30, 2025
Arcadia Earth Toronto at The Well
As Earth Month 2025 approaches, Arcadia Earth is unveiling a brand-new immersive room called Every Action Has a Reaction – Earth Month Room, running from April 1 to 30, that highlights how even the smallest daily habits—like what people search for online—can have a tremendous impact on the planet. Other ...
LEGO® F1® - themed ‘Build the Thrill Event’
Mar 6, 2025 
to Apr 27, 2025
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto
Get ready to race at this exclusive LEGO® F1® – themed ‘Build the Thrill Event’ only at LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Toronto from March 6 – April 27! Grab your pit pass and drivers briefing and choose your team. Get hands-on with LEGO® bricks to create a minifigure driver and build ...
ROM Immortal: Nature's Symphony
Mar 1, 2025 
to Jul 25, 2025
Royal Ontario Museum
Listen to nature’s symphony for it will shape our future. Step inside this cinematic odyssey, inspired by the vast natural history collections at ROM, and experience our planet through the eyes of a unique protagonist – a chimpanzee. Encounter breathtaking landscapes and diverse species that remind us that humanity is ...
Dinos Alive: An Immersive Experience
Feb 1, 2025 
to Apr 30, 2025
Downsview Airport Lands
Go back millions of years to a land ruled by giants! This immersive experience in Toronto brings you face-to-face with the fearsome and spectacular dinosaurs that dominated the animal world for 140 million years. From the turkey-sized Velociraptors to the mighty T-rex, interact with life-sized, moving animatronics of a large ...
Visit Ripley's Aquarium
Apr 1, 2025 
to Apr 30, 2025
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
Immerse yourself in a world of 20,000 aquatic animals and discover your own underwater adventure. With more than 5.7 million litres of water, North America’s longest underwater viewing tunnel! Families can get up close and personal with touch exhibits featuring scarlet cleaner shrimp and stingrays. This awe-inspiring attraction consists of ...
Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience
Feb 1, 2025 
to May 31, 2025
Downsview Airport Lands
Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience, offering tactile play and virtual reality, is making its Canadian debut in Toronto on August 8, 2024. The multisensory experience, which has drawn record crowds in Milan, Brussels and Los Angeles is designed to awaken the joy of imagination, play and wonder for children and ...
Dungeons & Dragons: The Immersive Experience
Apr 1, 2025 
to May 4, 2025
Square One Shopping Centre
Embark on a unique heroic fantasy quest in the world of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, where thrills and magic meet. After accepting an unexpected quest, face challenges and encounter iconic creatures in this meticulously crafted immersive experience. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: The Immersive Quest offers a groundbreaking fantasy experience, designed to be ...
Journey to OZ
Jan 8, 2025 
to May 2, 2025
The Distillery Historic District
Step into the enchanting world of Oz in a 60-minute, 360° animated musical that breathes new life into the beloved story. Walk the Yellow Brick Road alongside Dorothy, Toto, and friends as you encounter magical places, and discover your true Oz identity with a live encounter with the Wizard himself! ...
Space: A Journey to the Moon and Beyond
Jan 6, 2025 
to May 31, 2025
The Distillery Historic District
In an out-of-this-world immersive experience, take an extraordinary journey across the galaxy. Fly through a technicolor nebula, kick up dust on the moon, see Saturn’s rings up close, and weave through an asteroid belt. A giant leap into the unknown, SPACE will transport you to places you’ve only ever imagined. ...
Nature in Brilliant Colour
Dec 14, 2024 
to Aug 17, 2025
Royal Ontario Museum
Anywhere you look in nature, colour holds meaning. From the fiery reds of warning to the soothing blues of calm waters, Nature in Brilliant Colour will take you on a kaleidoscopic journey through the vibrant hues of our planet. Awaken your senses, and have your perception forever altered, as you ...
Treewalk Village Enchanted
Dec 12, 2024 
to Apr 6, 2025
TreeWalk Village Stouffville
As the night falls, the forest awakens. Join us for an unforgettable evening as you step into a dreamscape where every path is transformed by light and magic. When the sun sets on December 12th, Treewalk Village by Treetop Trekking will become a glowing, immersive adventure for junior explorers aged ...
KidSpark at Harbourfront Centre
Dec 4, 2024 
to May 4, 2025
Harbourfront Centre
Step inside KidSpark, everyone’s favourite learn-through-play experience for children ages 10 and under Visit us at Harbourfront Centre to enjoy one of the Science Centre’s most popular experiences—KidSpark. Discover the incredible world of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) through hands-on exhibits in three themed areas—Town & Country, The Health ...
Disney’s The Lion King
Nov 19, 2024 
to Apr 26, 2025
Princess of Wales Theatre
Experienced the phenomenon of Disney’s THE LION KING when Toronto’s best-loved musical makes its triumphant return to the Princess of Wales Theatre. Celebrating 26 landmark years on Broadway, The Lion King continues ascendant as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. Since its premiere on November 13, ...

UPCOMING EVENT

Songs of the Seasons

A Musical Adventure for Little Movers!

Get ready to move, groove, and grow with Songs of the Seasons! An interactive musical adventure inspired by the sounds of nature. Part play, part party – children and their caregivers are invited on a wondrous journey of a budding small seed. Tickets are $10 for children/seniors, $15 for adults. Babes in arms welcome.

Please note: Child’s Life makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of information presented in our guides. However, we highly 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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