WeeFestival has a feast of free musical and literary treats for you and your little ones each festival weekend!
Come early or linger longer with these special events presented to compliment our festival feature programming.
Special Events Details
- Festival Weekends: June 4 – 5 | 11 – 12, 2022
- Complimentary tickets available for all Special Events.
WeeConcerts
In partnership with Prologue Performing Arts
Featuring performances from:
Tribal Vision Dance (June 4 at 12h following The Friendship Star) at Native Earth’s AKI Studio
Mestre Sérgio Xocolate and Suzanne Roberts Smith (June 12 at 12h following Pop! Pop! and Tricoter (Bébé)) at Factory Theatre
Kuné – Canada’s Global Orchestra (June 12 @ 14h following HauNodi 河 নদী) at Native Earth’s AKI Studio
‘I Love You More’ by Barbara Reid & Emil Sher
Published by Scholastic
June 11 at 16h at Factory Theatre (Following Tricoter (Bébé) and Pop! Pop!)
I Love You More, written by Emil Sher and illustrated by Barbara Reid, is a gorgeous, playful story that opens up infinite possibilities for saying “I love you” that carry on long after closing the book. Barbara & Emil will share with the audience the stories’ affirming sentiment as well as some activities.
I Love You More is for 2.5+ year olds.
Baby Sound Garden
A research creation project hosted by WeeFestival
WeeFestival Artistic Associate and Award-winning director and theatre creator Leora Morris, in collaboration with a composer and designer, invite you and your baby into an immersive, sensory and musical environment.
Where do sounds come from? And where do sounds go? What do sounds feel like? We are inviting babies 0-12 months and their caregivers to come explore with us in our sound garden for the senses.
Performances from June 6 – 10.
I Am Baba
Anna Newell (Ireland)
I Am Baba is a magical adventure comprised of gorgeous live harmony singing and playful objects – jellyfish-like scarves dance and tiny lights fly in this intimate immersive performance which happens inside a specially designed tent that holds just 6 babies (0 – 12 months) – each with their adult guest.
Performances from June 6 – 10.
Lettres de la ville-peinture
Valise Théâtre (Québec)
Il était une fois un petit garçon à l’imagination débordante qui aimait inventer et dessiner des créatures étranges et fantastiques. Les murs de sa chambre commencent à se remplir de dessins et il décide alors de construire une grande ville en papier où tous ses amis pourront vivre!
Spectacles de la Journée pédagogique du 10 juin.
WeeStorytime at MOCA Toronto
In partnership with MOCA Toronto and with the cooperation of Groundwood Books
A series of engaging and interactive author events for children 2 – 7 years and their caregivers, featuring the books of acclaimed children’s authors.
Readings & Activities by:
Cybèle Young – Out the Window and Some Things I’ve Lost (June 4 at 11h)
Brittany Luby (Read by Sharon King) – This Is How I Know (June 4 at 12h15)
Patricia Storms – Sun Wishes and Moon Wishes (June 5 at 11h)
Nadia L. Hohn – The Malaika’s Series (June 5 at 12h15)
‘Amik’ by Sharon King
Published by Kegedonce Press
June 4 at 16h at Native Earth’s AKI Studio (Following The Friendship Star)
Writer, educator, and performer Sharon King is delighted to share with audiences for the first time, her new book Amik – a delightful picture book that tells the story of amik, the beaver, who works on his dam throughout the day while nature and the activities of other animals carry on around him. After the reading, Sharon will share some secrets on how her beautiful illustrations are created.
Amik is for 3 to 6 year olds.