Spring has sprung, and we are getting ready to get out and shake off our winter blues and cabin fever! Luckily, the Toronto spring cultural calendar provides us with lots of great children’s plays, musicals, concerts, dance performances, festivals, and more across the city.
Living in a city like Toronto means that you have access to world-class performing arts venues and companies. Taking advantage of all the great theatres and cultural events in the GTA is one of the best things about family life in Toronto. Go ahead and have some fun!
Be sure to check our online events listings, updated daily, to find out what’s coming up.
Theatre, Musicals, and Dance
There are plenty of stunning and entertaining spring events to delight children interested in dance, music, and theatre.
At Solar Stage Children’s Theatre you’ll find plays, musicals, music concerts, puppet shows, and more for kids ages 3–10. Highlights this spring season include musicals like Princesses Don’t Grow on Trees, a popular children’s fairytale, a time-travelling puppet-show, and more. And don’t miss out on their Best of Kids Fringe Fest!
Young People’s Theatre has thought-provoking performances for kids and youth, ages 3–18. The spring season features a riveting mystery, and a world-famous classic.
For all you fancy-fans, Lower Ossington Theatre has extended Fancy Nancy: The Musical until May 1.
Don’t miss the April 13th show at the Rose Theatre. See Sharon & Bram in Concert and surprise your kids by singing along to all the songs!
Performances on this season:
April:
Old Man and the River
Sharon & Bram in Concert
Hamlet… A Puppet Epic!
Anne of Green Gables
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Scarberia
The Wizard of Oz
Princesses Don’t Grow on Trees
Fancy Nancy: The Musical
Best of Kids Fringe Festival
Alice in Wonderland
May:
Charlotte’s Web
The Really Real Adventures of Scott Free & Will Do
Seussical the Musical
Anne of Green Gables
Riverdance
The Wizard of Oz
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Alice in Wonderland
June:
The Emperor’s New Clothes
The Little Mermaid
The Last Dinosaur
Hansel & Gretel
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Le Petit Prince by the National Ballet of Canada
Alice in Wonderland
The Hobbit by Canadian Children’s Opera Company
Pirates Don’t Babysit!
Music, Concerts, and Festivals
Music is a great way to experience culture and bond with your kids. Our top picks for kids from April through June are:
April:
Good Vibrations Concert
Storytelling Picnic – FREE
Alligator Pie – Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Spring Concert
Shen Yun Performing Arts
Toronto Storytelling Festival
TIFF Kids International Film Festival
Student Recitals and Concerts – The Royal Conservatory – FREE
May:
Peter and the Wolf – Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Student Recitals and Concerts – The Royal Conservatory – FREE
Wee Festival
HarbourKIDS Circus
June:
Field Trip Music and Arts Festival – FREE for 12 and under
DIVERSITYfest – FREE
Colour Me Spring – Young Voices Toronto Children’s Choir
Luminato Festival
Open Tuning – A Free Music Festival – FREE
Museums and Exhibits
Family Sundays at the Art Gallery of Ontario take place every Sunday from until the end of April, with interactive, innovative family activities. Always on at the AGO is the Kids’ Gallery, a special space with exhibitions for little eyes and hands.
A visit to the Royal Ontario Museum to see the dinosaur bones and to brave the Bat Cave is always fun. But the ROM also has hands-on galleries just for kids, Mom&Me sessions to include little ones, and sleepovers, too.
There’s always something on for kids at the Ontario Science Centre, like IMAX films, sleepovers, and planetarium shows, but currently you can travel back in time to learn all about prehistoric life at Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age or learn the science behind the circus at Circus! The Exhibition.
The new Children’s Discovery Centre is a play-based learning centre and museum for kids ages 6 and under. Encourage imaginative play and art through hands-on exhibits. The pilot project was extended until May 31, 2016.
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