KIDS/FAMILY

25th Annual Cedar Cottage Carnival

Enjoy carnival games, Silent Auction, Garage Sale, bingo, plant sale, Cookie Hunt and more. • Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House, 4065 Victoria Dr. • May 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • facebook. com/events/131716120700877

Day Out With Thomas: The Friendship Tour 2017

Enjoy a 20-minute train ride, photos with Thomas at the station and meet Sir Topham Hatt. Also features a bouncy castle, a magician and musical performances, a model railway display and much more. • West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish • May 27-28 • $24/$28,wcra.org

Eco-Logical Show! L’école-logique! with CréaSon

CréaSon unites all ages in an ‘environmusical’ party. Accompany the musicians and jam with them on recycled instruments. This performance is in English and French. • May 27: ArtStarts Gallery, 808 Richards St. | May 28: River Market at Westminster Quay, 810 Quayside Dr., New West • 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. • Free, artstarts.com

Hyack International Parade

B.C.’s largest family-oriented parade features more than 120 entries from. See impressive floats, marching bands, mascots and performance artists. • New West • May 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • newwestcity.ca/calendar-of-events/events/4273.php

Buggy Friends

Get up close with the tiny critters that help our garden grow, take a nature walk and explore the garden with magnifying glasses. Ages 5-8 • Historic Stewart Farm, Surrey • May 28, 11 a.m.-noon • Free, registration required, surrey.ca/heritage

Salmonberry Days Community Fair

This old fashioned community fair mark the culmination of Dunbar’s month-long Salmonberry Days Festival. Enjoy a barbecue, activities, carnival games and live entertainment. • Dunbar Community Centre • May 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • facebook.com/events/117156782192320

VSO Classical Kids: Tchaikovsky Discovers America

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and conductor William Rowson tell the story of the great composer’s arrival in New York for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891. • Orpheum Theatre • May 28, 2 p.m. • 604-876-3434, vancouversymphony.ca