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September 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Hamilton Children’s Choir LIVE MUSIC Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Art Gallery of Burlington Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM The City of Hamilton Children’s and Community Services Division, EarlyONChild and Family Centres | HamiltonWentworth Catholic Child Care Centres Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Imagine in the Park presents: Drawing Workshop Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Hamilton Public Library Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM Dorothy Ellen Palmer – The Scooter Twins Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Lana Button – See You Later, Alligator! Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM Carol-Ann Hoyte – On the Spot Poetry Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Charlene Rocha – You Can Be an Activist Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Move Your Body with GOODBODYFEEL Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Sarabeth Holden – Sea Snooze Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM Sharon & Randi Present: Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 12:20 PM - 1:20 PM Navigating the Now Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 12:40 PM - 1:40 PM Jessica Rose – Let’s Get Creative Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Drag Storytime with Hexe Noire Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Monica Arnaldo – The Museum of Very Bad Smells Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Kate Jenks Landry – Beatrice and Barb Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Femmes du Feu | Flora & Fauna Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 1:40 PM - 2:40 PM Vikki VanSickle – The Lightning Circle Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Richard Scrimger – Your Story Matters Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM My Friend Christopher LIVE MUSIC Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Janie Hao – Mad At Dad Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:20 PM - 3:20 PM Story, Imagine, Play Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Nadia Alam – The Wishing Machine Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Braving the Page Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM Defining Movement Dance Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM Angela Misri – Today I Am Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM Hayley Lowe – The Pie Report Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM From Pages to Panels Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ September 22, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Hamilton Music Collective Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Hamilton Public Library Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Hamilton Music Collective Presents: Queen Pepper LIVE MUSIC Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM The City of Hamilton Children’s and Community Services Division, EarlyONChild and Family Centres | HamiltonWentworth Catholic Child Care Centres Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Dundas Valley School of Art Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Imagine in the Park Presents: Hula Hoop Workshop Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Centre francophone Hamilton présente: Mon nom est Kikelomo / I Am Cherished (en Francais / English) Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM Farah Qaiser – Khadija and the Elephant Toothpaste Experiment Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 10:40 AM - 11:40 AM Kristy Jackson – Mortified Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cheryl Isaacs in Conversation with Jen Ferguson Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Melanie Florence – Kaiah’s Garden Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone 11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Move your Body with GOODBODYFEEL Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 12:00 PM - 12:40 AM Helaine Becker and Kevin Sylvester – Puffin and Penguin Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sankofa’s Pen Presents: A Celebration of 10 Years of Black Canadian KidLit and YA Lit Creators Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 12:40 PM - 1:40 PM Christine D.U. Chung & Salwa Majoka – Viewfinder Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 12:40 PM - 1:40 PM Wali Shah – Call Me Al Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM My Friend Christopher LIVE MUSIC Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Wai Mei Wong – I Love Myself Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 1:20 PM - 2:20 AM Hamilton Verse Presents: Write Like the X-MEN Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM Arts For All presents Kinderfest featuring Femmes du Feu | Flora & Fauna Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Kinderfest | Open Air Theatre Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Danced Stories from South and Central Asia with Paromita Kar Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Melanie Florence – Kaiah’s Garden Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Sylv Chiang – Still My Tessa Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM Story Drama Suite with Michelle Gram Giesen Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Burlington Public Library: Puppet Show Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Creativity Zone Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Centre francophone Hamilton présente: Histoires fantastique (en Francais) Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Hamilton Public Library: Storytime Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM CCBC Presents: What Lurks Beneath Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM HPO Presents: David Pell, Get to Know the Trombone Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Main Stage (All Ages) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+ 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM It’s Powwow Time Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Read Together Tent (Ages 0-6) Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM Joel A. Sutherland – Haunted Vol. 1 Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12) Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM Andrea Curtis – Loop de Loop Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Early Reader Tent (Ages 6-8) Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM Unbound Stories Telling Tales Festival Royal Botanical Gardens Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+) Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+
