Welcome to Telling Tales’ Main Stage! The festival’s Main Stage features our daily Festival Headliner book presentations at NOON, and a variety of high-energy musical and movement based performances geared to our youngest audience members. Bring a blanket for lawn seating and be ready to get up and dance!
On Sunday, this tent has ASL interpretation for the Headliner presentation thanks to Silent Voice and Undivided Productions.
The Main Stage is located in RBG’s Rose Garden, West of the central Rose Garden and near our Creativity Zone. Lawn seating is available, with limited tent coverage.
Directly following Headline book presentations, head to A Different Drummer Books, Official Children’s Bookseller (located East of the central Rose Garden) to buy your favourite featured book and then to the Autograph Tent to have it signed by the presenters!
These presentations are designed for family audiences and would be most enjoyed by kids in the pre-school and early grades—children from birth to age 8.
Presentations
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AMHamilton Children’s Choir, Esprimas, open Telling Tales 16th Annual Telling Tales Festival with fresh choral music that is inviting and […]
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11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Join Hamilton Public Library for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Get your body warmed up for a day of exploring the Festival with Goodbodyfeel! Join Robin Lacambra in this 40-minute […]
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12:00 PM - 12:40 PM
Share the nostalgia of Sharon, Lois, and Bram with the next generation! Join Festival Headliners Sharon and her daughter Randi […]
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12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Join Hamilton Public Library for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Join drag queen Hexe Noire for a 40-minute drag storytime on the Main Stage. A fantastic spectacle for your eyes, […]
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1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Join Hamilton Public Library for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Have you met My Friend Christopher? He can be your friend too when you visit the Main Stage for 60 […]
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3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Join Hamilton Public Library for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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3:20 PM - 4:20 PM
Join Josh Taylor from Defining Movement Dance on the Main Stage as he uses Hip-Hop dance to tell stories with […]
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Opening the Main Stage on Sunday, join Queen Pepper in a 60-minute musical feast for your ears! Is there anything […]
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11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Join Hamilton Public Library (HPL) for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Get your body warmed up for a day of exploring the Festival with GoodBodyFeel! Join this 40 minute all-ages playful […]
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12:00 PM - 12:40 AM
Canadian KidLit powerhouses Helaine Becker and Kevin Sylvester have teamed up to create Puffin and Penguin–a hilarious graphic novel following […]
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12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Join Hamilton Public Library (HPL) for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Have you met My Friend Christopher? He can be your friend too when you visit the Main Stage for 40 […]
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1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Join Hamilton Public Library (HPL) for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Join actor and storyteller, Michelle Gram Giesen for a 40-minute theatre workshop on the Main Stage. Story Drama Suite uses […]
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2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Hamilton Public Library (HPL) for a 20-minute drop-in storytime on the Main Stage!
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Learn all about the trombone with Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra’s (HPO) Principal Trombonist David Pell! Join David on the Main Stage […]
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