Canada Day fun in Pickering
PICKERING -- Kinsmen Park will be bustling with activities for people of all ages on Canada Day.
A free activity area from noon to 5 p.m. will offer free Canadian flags, energetic fun and floor ball at the tennis courts, among many other activities. The Free Family Stage will include The Birdman, showing off birds of prey and The Magic Family, with a fun take on magic.
A children's area will entertain kids with Canada Day crafts and games, clowns, carnival games and active fun for the whole family from noon to 5 p.m. At the same time, the youth area will offer volleyball, an inflatable dual-lane slide and obstacle course. Evening entertainment beginning at 7 p.m. will include 1986 Juno Award winning band Honeymoon Suite and recording artist Joe Fischer with songs of the 50s and 60s.
There will also be a softball tournament from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., followed by a softball challenge at 5 p.m.
A giant pyromusical fireworks show by David Whysall International will end off the festivities at dusk.
Refreshments and food will also be on site. Free parking will be available courtesy of the Ontario Power Generation at 777 or 889 Brock Road (south of Bayly Street). A shuttle will run from the parking lot and the Pickering GO Station throughout the entire event.
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