Event schedule

Collingwood Days takes place from July 16-30, 2021 with additional events throughout the month!

The safety and health of our festival collaborators and community members is of the utmost importance to the Collingwood Days Committee. For all public events, we will be following safety protocols, which will including social distancing, pre-registration at some sites, hand sanitation stations and the availability of masks. This year, we are also including an online event schedule of workshops and performances. We look forward to joining everyone in celebration this August.

Events calendar

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Dance in the Plaza: All Bodies Dance Project

Dance in the Plaza: All Bodies Dance Project
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A group of people maintain physical distance while they move outdoors
In this free dance class, we will be moving and improvising to live music outside the Collingwood Neighbourhood House Annex (3690 Vanness Ave) in the plaza! Through playful exercises, joyful activities, and creative explorations we will discover what each unique dancing body has to say. About the organizer All Bodies , ...
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Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park

Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A person is outside with their hands seen drawing on a notepad
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Dance in the Plaza: The Wild Moccasin Dancers

Dance in the Plaza: The Wild Moccasin Dancers
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A young woman stands on a stage with her arms stretched out while wearing regalia
PowWow Glow Workout In this free event, we begin with yoga outside the Collingwood Neighbourhood House Annex (3690 Vanness Ave) in the plaza. Yoga means union and this brings together our breath with movement. When our breath and movement are working together this facilitates for the release of tension we maybe carryin , ...
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Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park

Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A person is outside with their hands seen drawing on a notepad
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Shaggy Mane Ink Drawing Workshop

Shaggy Mane Ink Drawing Workshop
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Shaggy Mane Ink Drawing and Lettering We will learn how to make ink from shaggy mane mushrooms and use the ink made from specimens collected around the neighbourhood to create drawings and calligraphy. FREE Friday, July 16, 10:30 a.m. to noon at Gaston Park Must register , ...

Opening Celebration: Celebrating Pride and Community Art

Opening Celebration: Celebrating Pride and Community Art
7:00 pm
Join us Friday July 16! 7:00 p.m. Celebrations kick-off with unveiling of community art project  Collingwood Neighbourhood House, 5288 Joyce Street Welcome by Jennifer Gray-Grant, Collingwood Neighbourhood House Unveiling of community art project Blessing by Musqueam Elder Jewel Thomas Comments about community art proj , ...
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Dance in the Plaza: Kiruthika

Dance in the Plaza: Kiruthika
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us at the CNH Annex for a free dance class with Kiruthika! bharata natyam is one of the classical dance styles of India. This dance form presents the body in space through dynamic movements, shapes, rhythmic footwork and facial expressions.  Participants will learn basic positions, introductory (advaus) movements, , ...
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Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park

Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A person is outside with their hands seen drawing on a notepad
As part of Collingwood Days, we are hosting sketching sessions in the park! Please bring your own sketchbook and supplies if you have them. Sketching kits will be available. All sessions 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Free to join.  Wednesday, July 21: Sketching with artist Yoko Tomita at Il Giardino Beaconsfield park (3215 Sl , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...

Dance in the plaza: VanCubanitas

Dance in the plaza: VanCubanitas
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us for a free workshop featuring Cuban salsa in the plaza at the CNH Annex! Hola, my name is Nao – Cuban salsa dancer, CanFitPro / Zumba certified Fitness Instructor. Our goal is to create a small community of brilliant women to share knowledge of Cuban culture and the joy of dance. After many sports I final , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...

Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park

Make Your Mark! Sketch in the Park
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A person is outside with their hands seen drawing on a notepad
As part of Collingwood Days, we are hosting sketching sessions in the park! Please bring your own sketchbook and supplies if you have them. Sketching kits will be available. All sessions 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Free to join.  Wednesday, July 21: Sketching with artist Yoko Tomita at Il Giardino Beaconsfield park (3215 Sl , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...

Mushroom Block Printing Workshop

Mushroom Block Printing Workshop
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mushroom Block Printing We will create hand-carved stamps for block printing, inspired by local fungi. All supplies are provided. FREE Friday, July 30, 10:00 a.m. to noon at Gaston Park Must register , ...

Closing celebrations: Entertainment and market

Closing celebrations: Entertainment and market
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Celebration – Friday, July 30 Entertainment, Music, and Marketplace Gaston Park (3470 Crowley Drive & Euclid) 6:30 pm Entertainment and Marketplace 9:30 pm Movie Night in the park: Grease  , ...

Movie Night: Greece

Movie Night: Greece
9:30 pm
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Gaston Park. Movie 9:30 pm  The Annual Summer Movie Nights presented by the Collingwood Community Policing Centre are back! Everyone is invited! Come down with blankets, lawn chairs and some movie snacks.  There will be activities to enjoy and the movie will start at sunset. For more information, call the Collingwood P , ...
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Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl

Collingwood BIA presents – 2021 Boba Crawl
Celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! July 23 – August 6, 2021 A two week pop-up celebrating Kingsway’s best bubble tea! Enter the boba crawl contest for your chance to win prizes. How to enter the contest: Step 1: Order your boba tea from any participating boba shop. Step 2: Take a picture of your order , ...

Dance in the Plaza

Dance in the Plaza
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A young woman stands on a stage with her arms stretched out while wearing regalia
Join us Saturdays in July for dance lessons at the Annex Plaza. Meet up with friends and learn new dance steps! From 7 p.m. to 8/8:30 p.m. FREE July 17: Classical Indian Dance with Kiruthika Rathanaswami July 24: VanCubinitas with Nao July 30: Hip Hop and Street Style with Jason Bempong , ...
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