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Friday in the Gardens

Event Info

Help us kick start Spring at Spring Into Summer presented by Utilities Kingston on Saturday, May 18 from 1 - 9:30 p.m. at Lake Ontario Park. 

Something for everyone - fireworks, stage shows, community corridor, food trucks, bouncy castles and so much more!


Daytime Activities, 1 - 6 p.m.


Inflatables

  • 24' Rock Climbing Wall
  • Safari Obstacle Course
  • Mega Slide
  • Multi-Activity Toddler Zone
  • Funhouse Maze
  • Radical Rush Obstacle Course

Fun for All

  • Two Playgrounds to explore
  • Face painting & Glitter Tattoos
  • Kendall the Magician: Wandering the Park from 2 - 4 p.m.
  • The Kingston Frontenacs: Stop by their interactive booth for a fun game or two
  • IAMS for Life Caravan
  • Splash Pad

Community Corridor: See who and what is happening around Kingston!

  • Blooms Skill Centre: Learn about the Skills Centre and purchase both fresh and prepared food for lunch.

  • Canadian Cancer Society: Register for Kingston's Relay for Life

  • Girl Guides: Support your local Guides with delicious cookies and bracelets for sale

  • Not So Amateur Amateurs: Discover Summer theatre camps and enjoy a sweet-treat of cotton-candy and popcorn, for purchase. 

  • Tallack Martial Arts: Karate, kung-fu, and jiu-jutsu, Tallack Martial Arts has the program for you and your entire family


Food Vendors


Day-Stage Entertainment

  • 2:30 p.m. - Fire10 Entertainment: Caribbean Drumming Circle and Limbo Dancing
  • 3:30 p.m. - Tallack Martial Arts: Lion Dance and Demonstration Team
  • 4:30 p.m. - Ruthy's Reading Room Presents: Story and a Craft
  • 5:30 p.m. - Fire10 Entertainment: Caribbean Dancing and Fire Eating/ Breathing

Evening Activities, 6 - 9:30 p.m.


Main-Stage 

6 p.m. - Spectrum Voices
7 p.m. - HoozHear?
8 - 9:30 p.m. - Nice On


Fireworks Finale! - 9:30 p.m.


  • ATM on-site

  • Utilities Kingston Water Buggy on site so don't forget your water bottles!

  • OSKAR Unit

  • First Aid

  • Information Tent

  • Only Accessible Parking On-site, why not take Kingston Transit to get to Lake Ontario Park for the day?