Merry Christmas Markham! This week due to the big event of Christmas Day and Boxing Day, the list we have for you is a fairly short one. For ongoing events please feel free to peruse our previous blogs which outline holiday light festivals and ongoing events which you can still visit! Scroll down to find out What’s On in Markham – Dec 22nd – 28th!
Have a very merry Christmas everyone and we will see you here next week!
Winter Carnival – Markham Fairgrounds Dec 23rd – Jan 8th
Winter Carnival is an unforgettable experience for the whole family. It is both an indoor and outdoor event featuring Ice Sculptures, Mechanical Rides, Bouncy Castles, Games, Magicians, DJs, Food, Shopping, Animatronic Dinosaurs, and much more. If you’re looking for amazing things to do near Toronto with family or friends this holiday season, we have you covered.
Located at the Markham Fairgrounds (10801 McCowan Rd) this unique event is sure to wow both children and adults alike. Don’t miss our live shows running daily and our incredible ice sculptures along with our roarrrring dinosaurs. This event is an immersive unique experience that you cannot miss!
For more details click here. Price: from $15
1 Day Christmas Ceramic Ornament Workshop – Aureole Studios – Dec 24th
This family-friendly and beginner-friendly activity is perfect for everyone. If you’ve never tried ceramics, this is the perfect chance to start your collection.
This workshop is a great activity for the whole family—kids can help you paint and decorate your ornament, and then they can go home with a keepsake from their own creation!
Details
● You will leave this workshop having completed 2-3 unique holiday-themed ceramic ornaments
● This workshop is beginner friendly and suitable for all sorts of creative designs and shapes. You will be creating, decorating, and colouring your ornaments all in 1 Class.
● You will be able to pick up your ornaments in 2 weeks’ time!
Class Duration: 2hs
Age: 4 years old and up.
Fee includes professional guidance from our instructors, use of tools, kiln firing, and glazing THREE of your pieces.
For more details click here. Price: from $65
Cinderella – Whitby Centennial Building Theatre – Dec 26th – 31st
Cinderella live onstage at the Whitby Centennial Building Theatre (also known as the Whitby Courthouse Theatre. Fun for the entire family with lots of singing, dancing, and laugh-out-loud comedy. This classic story that transcends the test of time. Come and see the magic of live theatre!
For more details click here. Price: from $18
WinterFest – Canada’s Wonderland – until Dec 31st
WinterFest offers a new season of holiday fun at Canada’s Wonderland where guests will be treated to an immersive holiday experience taking place on select dates beginning November 18.
This event features ice-skating on Snow Flake Lake, more than a dozen live shows and holiday entertainment, millions of spectacular lights, and hundreds of beautiful Christmas trees throughout the park, including two 50-foot Christmas trees on International Street.
Join us at this one-of-a-kind holiday event in the Toronto area and make special memories while enjoying the season safely. Bring your family and friends and explore the larger-than-life themed areas, enjoy festive food, shop seasonal merchandise and so much more.
Highlights:
With more than 40 attractions through eight themed areas, WinterFest has something for guests of all ages. Highlights this year include:
- Tinker’s Toy Factory: This indoor show at Canterbury Theatre is back after a two-year hiatus, with music, acrobatics and an entertaining story about elf hijinks in Santa’s Workshop.
- Lazy Bear Lodge: The park’s new, rustic lodge-style restaurant is open and decked out for the holidays! Warm yourself at one of the many fire pits at Lazy Bear Lodge and enjoy a festive meal hot off the wood-fired grill such as smoked turkey, ham or roast beef with a savory side and biscuit.
- WinterFest rides: Guests can enjoy 23 rides, including the children’s rides in Charlie Brown’s Christmas Town, and others like Thunder Run, Klockwerks and – new this year – Psyclone and Sledge Hammer.
- Ice Skating on Snow Flake Lake: Glide down the ice on the shimmering, frozen lake in front of the iconic Wonder Mountain and surrounded by beautifully lit trees and holiday light projections. Advance online reservations required.
- Nightly tree-lighting ceremony: Don’t miss this song-and-dance spectacular on International Street where we light our two 50-foot-tall Christmas trees decorated with thousands of lights and ornaments.
- Cool Yule Christmas: This high-energy, fun-filled show covers all your favourite Christmas pop songs. You won’t be able to resist singing along.
- Jack Frost’s Igloo Village: Guests can rent their own cozy, private igloo for the evening with concierge food and beverage service!
- A PEANUTS™ Guide to Christmas: Join Charlie Brown and the gang in this enjoyable sing-along celebrating the most wonderful time of the year!
- And so much more! Including stunning photo ops, our Midway Merriment characters, select family rides, Cookie Decorating with Mrs. Claus and photos with St. Nick.
For more details click here. Price from: $29.99
Snow Tubing – Lakeridge Ski Resort – from Dec 24th
The famous ski hill located in Uxbridge will be open for snow tubing starting December 24th! Those who are young and young at heart can discover the joy of spinning and sliding down the steep snow-laden hill rising above Oak Ridge Moraine. Snow tubing is an upgraded version of tobogganing where you slide down a designated path down the hill on an inflated round tube. You can ride solo, tie your group’s tubes together or race your friends.
Unlike many other Ontario resorts with snow tubing where you have to carry tubes up the hill, Lakeridge has a “lift” that pulls you up to the starting location.
You must be at least 42 inches or 107 cm in height.
For more details click here. Price: $35 for 2 hours per person
Brew HaHa – Old Flame Brewing Co – Newmarket – Dec 22nd
RyGuy Comedy presents Brew HAHA, York Region’s FAVOURITE comedy show! This is a monthly must-see event, and hands down one of the most entertaining things to do in Newmarket, Ontario!
Brew HAHA is a beautiful marriage of delicious craft beer and hilarious comedy! Featuring headliner AL VAL (Just For Laughs, CBC, CraveTV, Second City, and more!)
Each ticket includes a 12oz beer (19+) or soft drink, courtesy of Old Flame Brewing Co.
For more details click here. Price: $20 in advance $25 on the door.