There are not only major events happening in Toronto but outside the city as well. From outdoor art and craft shows to a buttertart bakeoff, here is a round-up of family-friendly adventures outside city limits:
9th Annual Barrie Waterfront Festival
- Date: May 25 -26, 2013
- Location: Centennial Park
- Price: Free admission
- Live outdoor music and busker festival includes midway with rides, face painting and street vendors
1st Annual Buttertart Festival – Midland, Ont.
- Date: June 15, 2013
- The buttertart that scores the highest will be declared “The Best Buttertart in Ontario” and recipient of a $500 cash price
- Includes community bake sale, artisan market and sidewalk sale
Art in the Park Windsor – Southwest Ontario
- Date: May 31 – June 2, 2013
- Location: Rotary Club of Windsor
- Celebrates 35 years as one of Ontario’s largest outdoor summer art and craft shows
- More than 250 artists and artisans will be displaying their items
Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival
- Date: May 30 – June 2, 2013
- Location: Alexandra Park
- Three days of free family entertainment
- Celebrate the art of blues and jazz music
- Date: June 15 – 16, 2013
- Location: Hamilton International Airport
- Experience an opportunity to see unique vintage aircrafts
Markham Village Music Festival
- Date: June 13 – 15, 2013
- Location: Historic Markham Village 2
- Arts and crafts by local artists
- Features amateur and professional local entertainers
- Date: June 22, 2013
- Location: Embro West Zorra Community Centre
- Price range: $12 fee to participate in Wiener Race, $3 to participate in Wiener Bob
- Over 700 dachshunds expected at the festival
- Fun games for dachshunds like yogurt licking contest, costume contest and the famous wiener races
