What’s on July 10 – 16

Not-to-be-missed highlights for the first week

July 10

10:00 a.m. Zero Gravity Circus: An open-air, traditional Big Top show with jugglers, contortionists, trapeze and tightrope artists, daredevil aerial acrobatics, face painting and magic 2:00 p.m. Celebrate the final stop on the Pan Am Torch Relay. Pow wow drum group Ohnia:kara will greet the Torch with Aboriginal song and dance followed by a concert from Rebel Coast 5:00 p.m. Downchild Blues Band concert 7:00 p.m. Watch the Pan Am Games opening ceremonies on the big screen

July 11

12:00 p.m. Master Sammy Cheng’s Lion Dance traditional Chinese dance and Kung-Fu demonstrations 1:30 p.m. Nagata Shachu Japanese Taiko Drumming 4:00 p.m. Watch incredible fly boarding shows every Saturday at the Zone 7:00 p.m. Villains and Vixens: Light classical music and comedy with singing scoundrels and spicy sopranos from the worlds of classical art song, Broadway, cabaret and grand opera 8:30 p.m. Mounties concert: Spend an evening with the Mounties — an indie rock supergroup featuring singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, Steve Bays of Hot Hot

Heat and Ryan Dahle of Limblifter

July 12

11:30 a.m. Bento Miso’s Bit Bazaar: Oneof-a-kind, limited edition and handmade/DIY items — pins, zines, boxed video games, card decks, art prints, comics, T-shirts and toys from your favourite independent game makers 1:00 p.m. RITMO Flamenco dance performance 6:00 p.m. Divine Heritage Artistry Bollywood dance performance 8:30 p.m. Hannah Georgas concert

July 13

5:30 p.m. Forty One: Interactive dance experience and music from the 41 Pan Am countries 6:00 p.m. Red Sky: Family friendly, world Indigenous performance in dance,

theatre, and music 8:00 p.m. Moist Theatre: Improv comedy 8:30 p.m. Cowboy Junkies & Hollerado concerts

July 14

10:00 a.m. Georgina Island First Nation Drum Circle 12:00 p.m. Newmarket Jazz Festival: Performance and interactive workshop 3:30 p.m. Chad Solomon: Children’s puppet show 8:30 p.m. k-os concert

July 15

12:00 p.m. Six Nations celebration of “Challenge and Triumph” sculpture honouring Tom Longboat 2:00 p.m. Next Generation Leahy: Family entertainment featuring fiddle, cello, French accordion, singing, piano, and French-Canadian stepdancing 4:00 p.m. Ontario Fresh Weekly Market: Farmers, wineries, food and craft artisans 8:30 p.m. Fefe Dobson concert

July 16

12:30 p.m. Ballet Jörgen’s production of “The Velveteen Rabbit” — second performance at 3:30 p.m. Starting at 2:00 p.m. Salsa at OCZ, presented by Telelatino Network Inc. (TLN) and Toronto Salsa Festival — 8hr celebration of music and dance featuring Banda Bellason Sounds, The Imbayakunas, Conjunto Lacalu 7:00 p.m. Singing Out: Toronto’s LGBTQ community chorus