Harbourfront Centre

The 4-hectare Harbourfront Centre puts on a kaleidoscopic variety of performing arts events at the York Quay Centre; many are kid-focused, some are free. Performances sometimes take place on the covered outdoor concert stage by the lake. Also outside are a lakeside ice-skating rink where you can slice up the winter ice, and the ramshackle Artists’ Gardens – seasonally rotating raised planter beds constructed by local artists in the spirit of ‘guerilla gardening.’ Parking costs $12 to $15. Don’t miss the free galleries, including the Photo Passage and the functioning Craft Studio.