Join us for the 18th Annual Telling Tales Festival!

Royal Botanical Gardens’ Hendrie Park

October 3rd and 4th | 9:30 am to 5 pm daily | Final entry 3:30 pm Time-ticketed; select an entry-window when you register. Please note: Entry times are not guaranteed due to Fire Code regulations. If someone you know hasn’t registered, we will have a Standby Line with very limited availability based on no-shows and park capacity. Entry from the Standby Line is not guaranteed.

We’re very excited to keep bringing you more books, authors, stories, and more.

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