Life with Kids

Special admission offer, Dora and friends and more!

Celebrate with Dora the Explorer and her Nickelodeon friends at the CN Tower with activities, prizes, giveaways, meet and greets, and more.  The party takes place Thursday, August 5, 2010 from 10am-3pm.  Take advantage of a special CN Tower admission offer*: one free child with a paying adult (offer applies to all ticket packages except CityPASS and Premier).

As part of the Downtown event programming this summer, the City of Burlington’s Special Events office together with the Burlington Downtown Business Association  will again be hosting The Driftwood Theatre Group’s performances of “Shakespeare By the Water, in Downtown Burlington”, as well as a performance at Lowville Park.

The Kite and Ice Cream Festival has been rescheduled to SUNDAY JULY 11TH

Kick off your summer at this free fun family event. Build your own kite or bring your own. Help us fill the sky with colour! Kite building materials will be provided while supplies last. Ice cream vendors and ice cream making demonstrations by Museums of Burlington.

Enjoy a Great Culinary Experience! Summer Programme presented by Wines of Ontario runs Monday July 19 to Monday August 2, 2010.Experience the eclectic styles and flavours of the world, as 23 of Burlington’s finest restaurants will be offering prix-fixe lunch and/or dinner options.

Get clicking on July 5! Focus is on your Oakville in Oakville Place Photo Contest. What does your Oakville look like through the lens of a camera? Oakville Place shopping centre is launching a ‘My Oakville’ photo contest, July 5, to find out just that and share this with the community.

July 16, 2010 - Celebrating 33 years of madness! This is Downtown Oakville’s largest retail event of the year! Midnight Madness draws a crowd of over 50,000 to enjoy a variety of community performers, bands and of course…great food! Experience live music on every block, strolling entertainers and the best buys in town.

This summer, the Canadian Cancer Society Burlington/Oakville Unit is inviting you to Get Carried Away For Cancer at our brand new event, Hope and the City.