Farfalle (Butterflies)   (Italy)

Join one of Italy’s most innovative theatre companies on a magnificent journey through a butterfly's life cycle. “Told” by two graceful dancers, the luminous, brilliantly lit stage becomes a glowing garden that responds from every direction to their movements. Sun glints on your face and you hear the butterfly wings beat as audience members are invited to touch and experience this wondrous garden for themselves.  Tickets & info

46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes   (Australia)

Wherever C!RCA has taken its heart-stopping show, audiences have flocked to see the impossible happen. Watch and be amazed as intrepid acrobats battle the clock, and marvel at the astounding ways they bend, fly, juggle and balance. Set to upbeat music and featuring jaw-droppingly multi-skilled performers, this is fast, furious fun!  Tickets & info

Step Afrika!    (USA)

With its kicks, stomps, claps and chants, the percussive dance known as stepping is linked to African and modern dance traditions. This high-energy, interactive performance explores the rhythm, physicality and history of stepping. You’ll be wanting to step up a storm in no time!   Tickets & info

PHYSICAL MUSIC    (USA)

Combining stunning musical invention with astonishing physicality, performers Leah Mann and Ela Lamblin create sublime music through their large scale, hand-built sound sculptures. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Lelavision perform on the Lunatone, an aerial apparatus where the performers hang upside down as they play slit-tube chimes, or the Longwave, a 25-foot-long, wave-shaped harp. A hit with children and adults alike.   Tickets & info

A full day of fun at the Kids' Fest!

• All show tickets include free access to the 5 Festival Interactive Zones
• Don't have a show ticket? No worries!  Activity wristbands/site passes for the Interactive Zones can be purchased separately for $5 on site.

TICKETS

There are plenty more shows to choose from for the whole family at the Vancouver International Children's Festival

May 30-June 5, 2011 on Granville Island.

Visit childrensfestival.ca for full info

LOTS OF FREE PARKING OFF-ISLAND!
Free parking is available all week under the Burrard Bridge. Enter
at the foot of Fir Street at West 1st Avenue. Parking will also be
available Saturday & Sunday behind the Seaforth Armoury on
Burrard Street. Thank you to the Squamish Nation and the
Seaforth Armoury for their generous support.  See MAP