Telling Tales Festival 2025
Event description
Join us for the 17th Annual Telling Tales Festival!
Royal Botanical Gardens’ Hendrie Park
October 4th and 5th | 9:45 am to 5 pm daily | Final entry 3:45 pm
Time-ticketed; select an entry-window when you register.
2 DAYS OF FREE FAMILY FUN, for all ages–because great tales never grow old!
Meet Canada’s leading children’s authors, illustrators, storytellers, and musicians.
Internationally acclaimed Festival Headliners take the Main Stage at 12:15 pm daily. Our Saturday headliner is Tanya Tagaq (author of I Would Give you My Tail and Inuk Throat Singer). Our Sunday headliner is Matthew Forsythe (author/illustrator of Aggie and the Ghost and character designer for Adventure Time).
Explore the gardens, creative workshops, dance, literary characters, live open-air theatre, and so much more…
2 Days | 5 Tents | 70+ Author, Illustrator, and Storytelling Presentations
Free shuttle bus service from downtown Hamilton.
Time Ticketing
9:45 to 10:45 am, 10:45 to 11:45 am, 11:45 am to 12:45 pm, 12:45 to 1:45 pm, 1:45 to 2:45 pm, 2:45 to 3:45 pm (final entry 3:45 pm)
When planning your visit, please note that you may arrive at any time within your entry-window (indicated on your ticket) and stay as long as you like.
Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity
