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COMMUNITY
MAY
Celebration Square
26 Movie Nights Grab a blanket and join your friends and neighbours at Celebration Square, the City’s biggest outdoor theatre. From nostalgic throwbacks to blockbuster hits, this year’s Movie Nights line-up includes Dinosaurs, Wizards and Superheroes. Movie Nights are free and accessible. All featured films offer closedcaptioning and are displayed on both Celebration Square digital screens. See website for movie lineups. 8 pm Thursdays, May 26 to Aug 30. mississauga.ca/arts-and-culture/ locations/celebration-square/ MAY 28
Streetsville United Garage Sale
Find household items, children’s toys, jewelry, linen, plants, furniture, sporting goods… or come for the BBQ, featuring hot dogs and peameal on a bun. Cash and masks preferred but not mandatory. 9 am to 2:30 pm. Streetsville United Church, lower level 274 Queen St. S. streetsvilleunited.ca
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CELEBRATION SQUARE MOVIE NIGHTS
JUNE
Orchestral Fireworks: A 50th
4 Anniversary Celebration of MSO Expect a bombastic concert to conclude a milestone season! Highlights include the finale from Respighi's Pines of Rome, Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks, and Haydn's Fire Symphony. Living Arts Centre livingartscentre.ca
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50th Annual Streetsville Founders Bread and Honey Street Festival
JUNE
Since 1973, this iconic festival has been held every year on the first weekend in June! This year’s day-long Bread and Honey Street Festival will feature great vendors, food trucks, free kid’s activities, a kiddie train, music in the square, merchant participation with promotions, a beer tent, art show and sale, and more, all along a portion of Queen Street South (which will be closed to traffic). breadandhoneyfestival.ca JUNE
Hazel McCallion
5 Walk for Health Join our remarkable former Mayor Hazel McCallion for a 2 km or 5 km community fundraising walk to celebrate health care workers and support Trillium Health Partners. The family-friendly event (the first annual!) will start with the walk and end with a barbeque lunch, inflatable bouncers, balloon animals, colouring contests, music and more! Proceeds will help build Canada’s largest hospital, the future home of The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital. 8 am to noon. Port Credit Memorial Park 40 Lakeshore Rd. E. secure.trilliumgiving.ca
JUNE 17-18
Mississauga Creative Craft Beer Festival
This celebration, a long-awaited nod to those who have mastered the quenching of thirst, will feature 15+ craft breweries and cideries, delicious food offerings and live music by local talent. Set against the unique backdrop of the Small Arms Inspection Building, a restored heritage treasure, this event promises to be a memorable, thirstquenching experience for craft beer lovers everywhere. Bring the Dad in your life for an early Father’s Day surprise! Choose from 3 individual sessions and hurry! Tickets ($30) are limited. CreativeHub 1352 at Small Arms Inspection Building 1352 Lakeshore Road East creativehub1352.ca/craftbeerfest
JUNE National 21 Indigenous
Peoples Day Celebrations
Enjoy a line-up of delicious Indigenous food vendors, browse through the artisan market, then head to the main stage for an exciting concert of Indigenous artists featuring headline performance by Logan Staats. In collaboration with Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.6 to 10 pm. mississauga.ca/arts-and-culture
JUNE
Clarkson
25 Village Live A memorable community summer gathering is planned, featuring local businesses, musicians, artisans, kids’ activities and more! Detailed info will be available closer to the date. Noon to 4 pm. clarksonbia.com JUNE
Mississauga
25 Vegfest 2022 The ultimate familyfriendly vegan experience, the third Mississauga Vegfest 2022 features all that veg-life has to offer, showcasing the GTHA’s finest veg-based food, drink, clothing and accessories, personal care products and causes. Admission is free. 10 am to 6 pm. Port Credit Memorial Arena 40 Stavebank Rd. mississaugavegfest.ca
JULY
Canada Day
1 Celebrations This patriotic evening celebration offers a stellar lineup of tribute bands (including The Hip Experience), plus the Memorial Park Kids Zone, with crafts and games (and karaoke!), then kaboom… fireworks at nightfall. 5 to 10:30 pm. Streetsville Village Square (Queen St. S. and Main St.)
JULY
Canada Day Parade and
1 Entertainment at Memorial Park The only Canada Day parade in the GTA! Parade participants include colourful, cultural marching bands, performance groups, youth, community groups and Mississauga businesses. Live music stages set up throughout Port Credit and Memorial Park include local music school students and musicians, all focusing their performances on Canadian musicians and songwriters. This highly anticipated, first-class red and white celebration attracts thousands of citizens and visitors to the Village of Port Credit to enjoy civic pride. Parade starts at 11 am. Fireworks at nightfall. paintthetownred.ca