Telling Tales Festival - October 2026

Telling Tales is a free family festival dedicated to inspiring a love of reading. Connect with Canada's leading children's authors, illustrators, storytellers and musicians.

2 DAYS - 5 STAGES - 50+ AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS

Join us Saturday October 4 and Sunday October 5 at Royal Botanical Gardens - Hendrie Park, Burlington, Ontario.

FREE FAMILY FUN for everyone from tots to teens. Over 100 of Canada’s leading children’s authors, illustrators, storytellers, and musicians live and in-person!

Plus meet literary characters, explore the gardens, workshops, theatre, and activities, contests, and more.

For more information visit https://tellingtales.org/

Telling Tales is building a community of readers, writers and storytellers within Canada’s diverse communities. English, French, and Indigenous authors, artists, musicians, and poets engage even the most reluctant reader.

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• Hours of Operation: 9:45 AM - 5 PM
• Wheelchair Accessible: ✓ Yes