JUNE
Summer Launch Weekend as part of Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts & Creativity
Fri. June 8 to Sun. June 10, 2007.
Fort York National Historic Site kicks-off its summer programming season with FREE admission to three special events that celebrate the birthplace of modern Toronto in unique and creative ways. Please call ahead to confirm individual event running times. 416-392-6907
Fri. June 8, 2007 – Afternoon to evening
The fort is proud to host Booked! as part of Harbourfront Centre’s Carnivalissima celebration. Select authors will be on-site to share their work through select readings and discussion. Don’t miss this chance to have unparalleled access to some of the newest and best writers on the scene. Booked! is presented in partnership with Harbourfront Centre Literary Department. FREE.
Sat. June 9 to Sun. June 10, 2007
[murmur] Fort York – Join us for the launch of this unique audio documentary archive project that captures and records the essence of some of Toronto’s special places and makes them available to visitors at their leisure using cell phone technology. FREE.
Fri. June 8 and Sat. June 9 – Evenings
FORT YORK : The Play – A Crate Production
Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look and see selected scene performances of Dora-nominated Crate Production’s newest endeavour FORT YORK: The Play, a site-based creative presentation that animates Fort York on the eve of the Battle of York fought on April 27, 1813. FREE.
Friends of Fort York, Annual Georgian Mess Dinner
Thurs. June 14, 2007
To purchase tickets, go to www.fortyork.ca or contact the Friends at Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide St. E., P.O. Box 183, Toronto, ON, M5A 1N1
Ontario Model Soldier Society
Sat. June 16, 2007, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
45th Annual Show and Competition. This is the largest model soldier show in Canada. See www.omss.ca for further details.
Free with regular admission.
JULY
Canada Day
Sun. July 1st 2007, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tours, kids’ drill, military music.
Regular admission rates apply
Fort York Ongoing Summer Programming
Daily throughout July, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thrill to the booming of the cannon, the firing of muskets, the vibrant colours of the uniformed guard and the lively music of fife and drum. These are the sights and sounds of Fort York this summer. Visitors will enjoy hourly demonstrations of military music, drill, musketry and artillery performed by students representing the Canadian Fencible Regiment that was garrisoned at the fort at the end of the War of 1812. Highlights include the cannon firing at 12:30 p.m. and the music of the Fort York Drums (a fife & drum corps) in the afternoons.
Regular admission rates apply
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