Toronto Winter City Festival January 29 to February 11, 2010
Toronto’s Wintercity Festival is less than a week away, so don’t hibernate and miss out on the excitement. In addition to the free weekend WOW! series at Nathan Phillips Square, there are dozens of well-priced ticketed events to help you beat the winter blahs! Includes live theatre, dance, music and a Venetian carnival. The WinterCity Festival is produced by the City of Toronto.
Bunch Family Dance Party: True North Edition
The Guvernment, 132 Queens Quay East
Kids and parents can spend a feel-good afternoon shaking it on the dance floor side-by-side. Mix it up with dancing yetis and polar bears, while an indoor storm rages and DJ Fase spins hot tracks for cold weather.
January 30 / 2 – 5pm
Great for kids of all ages!
Tumbling into Light
DB Works – David Buchbinder, Producer
The Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Distillery District
A multimedia, multidisciplinary performance of sound, movement and light built around the new CD by Canadian World music mainstays the Flying Bulgars.
January 31 / 3 & 7:30 pm
Recommended for ages 12 +
Temples to Terabytes
Toronto Tabla Ensemble & LAL Live
Bread and Circus, Kensington Market
An intimate South Asian themed spectacle of music and dance connecting ancient India to modern Toronto. An open Q & A will follow each performance with the audience.
February 5 / 1 & 8pm
February 6 / 2 & 8pm
February 7/ 2 pm
Matinee performances are recommended for students and youth.
Evening performances are recommended for all ages.
Midwinter Night’s Dream
A Diaspora Dialogues Carnival
The Roof Salon at Park Hyatt
Come in from the cold to the fiery enchantment of a masked Venetian carnival with storytellers, poets and musical performers as they deliver one delicious surprise after another.
February 11 / 7 & 9 pm
February 12 / 7 & 9 pm
Recommended for ages 19+ adult audience
Don’t miss this series of special WinterCity Festival events. For complete details visit http://www.toronto.ca/wintercity
