The 13th Fringe Festival is running from June 6 – 17, 2012 in downtown London. That’s right – 13 years showcasing comedy, dramas, musicals, dance, clowns, and magic shows from London and around the world. Lucky for you this year’s Fringe will feature 50 different theatre companies, 40 different visual artists, and will include a Nuit Blanche event on the closing weekend.
Twelve different downtown locations (all within easy walking distance)
Nuit Blanche: 9:00pm Saturday June 16 to 3:00am Sunday, June 17
From July 5-8, 2012, spread a blanket in Downtown
London’s beautiful Victoria Park and savor over 35
red-hot professional world music & jazz ensembles on
five performance stages, including the popular jazz pavilion and Le village québécois (showcasing la crème de la crème of Quebec talent). “Canada’s Premier Celebration of World Cultures” is your FREE-ADMISSION passport to nearly every region on earth – from the Americas to the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia–Pacific and beyond, with a special stop this summer in the land of “Suntropolis:Â Celebrating the New Sounds of Cuba and Brazil”.
In addition to immersing themselves in enchanting global music & dance, Sunfesters can eat and shop their way around the world through scrumptious international cuisine and a unique assortment of culturally diverse crafts and visual art offered by more than 275 exhibitors.
Join us for the 39th annual Home County Music & Art festival July 20 - 22, 2012 - a summer tradition for indie/roots music fans, renowned for its stellar musical line-up of exclusively Canadian musicians. Kathleen Edwards & Joel Plaskett headline the 2012 edition. Also featuring Quartette, Ian Thomas, Jim Bryson, Bahamas, and many more. Victoria Park in downtown London, Ontario, comes alive with evening main-stage concerts, three afternoon workshop stages and a children’s area. A menagerie of artisans, crafters and cooks will be in attendance to offer their wares. Home County is an ’admission by donation’ / ’pay what you can’ event. Experience this great Canadian gem of a festival, featuring unique, new music projects, including the premiere of a new work for Canadian banjo virtuoso Jayme
Stone, and solo orchestra, by jazz composer and Juno
winner Andrew Downing. Named in 2011 on CBC Radio 3’s
Go Outside and Play! Top Ten Canadian Music Festivals
list, and for the past three years, as a TOP 100 Festival &
Event by Festivals & Events Ontario, this is a summer
music festival not to be missed.
East Park is a unique multi faceted facility centred on an 18 hole executive golf course and waterpark with picturesque picnic areas. East Park combines various activities including go karts, batting cages, driving range, mini golf, indoor rock climbing, bumper cars, jungle gym and arcade games. East Park does not charge an entrance fee and parking is always free. East Park prides itself on having something for everyone and our goal is that people of all ages can play side by side.
East Park has many programs and packages to choose from ranging from golf tournaments, organizational picnics, team building programs, corporate challenge events, and kids' birthday parties. East Park hosts school groups, corporate groups, youth and community groups, as well as family events. East Park has two sister golf courses and offers unique golf memberships that include privileges at all three golf courses as well as East Park activities all at a low fee. Season's Passes, kids' summer camps, and special event days are also available.
Spend a day in the 19th century at Fanshawe Pioneer Village! The past comes alive through daily demonstrations of trades, farming practices, domestic chores and social pastimes by costumed interpreters. 14 feature events celebrate the unique history of this region during the 2012 season.
May 19, 2012: Opening Day
May 21, 2012: Queen Victoria’s Birthday Celebrations
June 2 – 3, 2012: Spring on the Farm
June 16 – 17, 2012: Community Appreciation Weekend
July 1, 2012: Dominion Day
July 10 - 13: Ages 9 - 12
August 7 - 10: Ages 9 - 12
July 17 - 20: Ages 6 - 8
August 14 - 17: Ages 6 - 8
July 24 - 27: Ages 6 - 8
August 21 - 24: Ages 6 - 8
It's the ultimate summer adventure – travel back in time! Become
apprentices to the Printer or Blacksmith, create Victorian crafts and
play games of the past. Celebrate the end of the week with a proper
19th century social.
July 8, 2012: Victorian Teddy Bear Picnic
July 10 - 12, 17 - 19, 2012: Summer Theatre: The Donnelly Sideshow
August 4 - 5, 2012: Fanshawe Frolic: Dance from 1812
August 18 - 19, 2012: Fanshawe Agricultural Fair
Positioned at the heart of the arts, cultural and educational community, the London Regional Children’s Museum has been providing positive, hands-on learning experiences to children and families since 1975. The Children’s Museum (the CM) has an amazing lineup of activities for a Block Buster Summer: for the first time ever, a new traveling exhibit every two weeks!
519 434-5726
21 Wharncliffe Road South
London, Ontario
July 9-13
Authentic NHL trophies, interactive games and the Legends of Hockey exhibit will take over the Children’s Museum.
July 18-27
This new exhibit will provide visitors the opportunity to get up close and personal with exotic snakes, reptiles, spiders and other amazing creatures.
August 6-11
From circus arts, filmmaking, culinary, visual and dramatic arts, young visitors
will experience each art form first-hand with daily workshops designed
to uncover hidden talents and get imaginations running.
August 20-24
One of the few Master Builders in North America will join us to do just that – build an enormous Star Wars Lego Character! Come and experience the Build, guess the character and how many pieces it will take.
Storybook Gardens is a unique family-centred park owned and operated by the City of London. Voted the Best Local Tourist Attraction in a 2012 London Free Press readers’ poll, Storybook Gardens is @ 20 acres located in the middle of beautiful Springbank Park. A cherished favourite family destination for over fifty years, Storybook is an enchanted storybook environment for young children, themed around storybooks, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes. During the spring and summer season, park features include several large themed play structures; an interactive spray pad; a large sand and water play area; six family-friendly amusement rides; a variety of farm animals; as well as daily entertainment including puppet shows, stage presentations, storytellers, music, and more. Costumed characters and mascots roam the park to delight park visitors. On site concessions are available. In the winter season the park features a beautiful outdoor 250 metre skating trail, that winds its way through the trees in the front half of the park.
Hours, admission rates, and dates of operation vary by season.
For more information please visit us at www.storybook.london.ca