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 Free Performances and Activities


            June 3 - 5 | Thurs & Fri: 9am - 3pm | Sat: 10:30am - 7:30pm

Get ready to have a creative, play filled time!

If you have been to the Festival you know we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate in a wonderful range of FREE on-site activities, and a diverse array of programs.

These are just a few of the FREE activities.

 

Check out just some of the fun happening on our Community Spirit Stage 

 

This performance stage features a wide array of high-enery music, theatre and dance.
You'll sing, laugh, and play the day away.

COMMUNITY SPIRIT STAGE
FREE PERFORMANCES, all day entertainment

 
Thursday, June 3
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Friday, June 4
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Saturday, June 5
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Further special performances on Saturday arranged by the Arts Council of Surrey 

 

Free

Nature Adventures brought to you by Surrey Nature Matters 
Get in touch with your wild side and enter the world of nature! Explore a day in the life of some of your wildlife neighbours in this interactive adventure.  Use your imagination to create your animal identity, and then follow the path to see what life is like for Surrey's wildlife.

 

Wrist Band

My Home, My History 
Create a picture about your history and decorate the walls of a tent.  Come back on Saturday and see the rich variety of cultures in our community represented on the tent walls.

 

Wrist Band

Clay Arts brought to you by Port Metro Vancouver 
Every year the skills, imaginations and dreams of children are engaged to sculpt, mold and play as they create the phantasmagorical Fraser River.  Children develop small motor skills and imaginations as they shape the flora, fauna, critters and ships that inhabit this river.

 

Wrist Band

Mehndi Station
Treat yourself to the beauty of traditional henna art.   You won't recognize yourself!

 

Free

Storytelling Tent - brought to you by Surrey Public Library
Stories take you to new places so be ready to share and participate in stories from around the world with our animated tellers.  Let our tales inspire your imagination!

 

Wrist Band

Celebration Arts
Our festival squad of arts-fairies will work with students to create travelling crafts and a personalized keepsake from the festival.

 

Wrist Band

World Rhythm and Movement - brought to you by Safeway 
Dance and drum your way to musical destinations around the world!

 

Wrist Band

Big Top Circus Fun 
Explore the wonderful world of Circus Arts! Learn how to keep all of your balls in the air at our juggling station, look at the world from a pair of stilts, and more!

 

Free

Surrey Fire Service brought to you by the Surrey Fire Department
Firefighters to the rescue! Come meet Surrey's brave and skilled firefighters at this educational and interactive tent where safety comes first!

 

Free

People to People Playworkers
Engage in fun, physical and imaginative free-play exploring pioneering activities such as the building of railways, homesteading and more, all incorporating recycled materials.

 

 

Face-painting
Add colour to the Festival and your own personal canvas with or without a Wrist Band!

Wrist Band
Be transformed at the Face-Paint Stations by a trained face-painter!.

OR..

Free
Do it yourself at our self-serve station!

 

Free

 

PlayZone brought to you by Surrey Community Leisure Services
Created specially for the younger fans of the Surrey Children's Festival, the PlayZone creates age appropriate activities for pre-school aged children where imagination and play never end!  Come play, dance, roll, and generally have a great time!

 

Free

 

Procession
Saturday only at 12:30!  Bring your Hat, bring your Wand, bring your Family...celebrate your community with music and dance as you frolic throughout the site.

Ticketed Performances