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I don’t know how to express this, but the first week of school is such a bitter sweet feeling. “Oh boy, they are finally back to school!” & “oh my, I can’t believe summer is over”. 🍂

This week's scoop has a whole day of free sensory friendly films in Hamilton, the 157th Six Nations Fall Fair, and a free Sunday of kids activities in Oakville. Plus the pumpkin patches open at the bottom.

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📍 Hamilton The Westdale, 1014 King St W · SAT Sep 26 · from 10 AM · 💰 Free

Four films, every one sensory friendly and open captioned. How to Train Your Dragon screens at 1 PM with descriptive audio. The festival covers the ticket price. → Details

📍 Ohsweken Six Nations Fairgrounds, 1738 Fourth Line · FRI Sep 11 · from 10 AM · 💰 $5-$10, under 6 free

The Friday of the 157th fair is Kids Day, with pottery, a birds of prey show and hands-on science alongside the livestock barns. Parking is free, and the fair runs through SUN Sep 13. Note: the midway is the loud end, the barns are the quiet one. → Details

Exclusive offers for our community. See full list on our perks page

Sat Sep 12 and Sun Sep 13

📍 Hamilton Gage Park, 1000 Main St E · SAT Sep 12 · 10 AM to 1 PM · 💰 Free

Third year of it. Garden activities, nature exploration and food. Free parking. → Register

📍 Oakville Old Oakville, south of Lakeshore between Navy and Allan · SAT Sep 12 · 12 to 3 PM · 💰 Free

70 artists across 35 front gardens. Painting, letterpress demos and a stamp hunt. Walk it at your own pace. Rain date SUN Sep 13. → Details

📍 Burlington 1900 Appleby Line, Unit 5 · SAT Sep 12 · 6:30 to 8 PM · 💰 $35 per person, $50 for two

Parent and child build a fossil dig box and take it home. Ages 9 and up can attend on their own. → Details

📍 Oakville Westwood Park, corner of Kerr and Bond · SUN Sep 13 · gates 10:50 AM, starts 11 AM · 💰 Free

The Sunday of Kerrfest is its own free kids day. Hands on Exotics, an alpaca, free face painting, a dance party and character meet and greets. Note: it sits inside a music festival, and Sunday is the calmest of its three days. → Details

📍 Oakville Fowley Park, 95 Fowley Dr · SAT Sep 19 · 11 AM to 7 PM · 💰 Free

Live performances, food trucks, games and cultural booths. It runs eight hours. The first hours are the quieter half. → Details

📍 Oakville Bronte Creek Provincial Park · SUN Sep 20 · from 9 AM · 💰 $18 per car, free on foot or by bike

Hundreds of cars parked on the grass in a provincial park. Awards at 2 PM. → Details

And on the horizon:

The patches are open. Getaway ideas for the first pumpkin weekends.

📍 Milton 7256 Bell School Line · daily 9 AM to 5 PM · 💰 $9 weekdays, $12 weekends, under 2 free

Harvest festival activities run weekends 10 AM to 4 PM. Wagon rides, a corn trail, a puppet show and the Boo Barn. Weekdays are cheaper and much quieter. → Details

📍 Caledon Downey's Farm · from SAT Sep 19, daily 9:30 AM to 5 PM · 💰 $19.99 weekdays, $25.99 weekends, under 2 free

An eight acre corn maze and about 40 attractions. Worth knowing: on weekdays they run no live entertainment, shows or inflatables, so it is a much quieter farm at the lower price. → Details

📍 Milton 9365 10 Side Rd · weekdays 10 AM to 3:30 PM, weekends 10 AM to 4:30 PM · 💰 $$

Pick your own pumpkins and apples. Jack o' lantern, pie, miniature, white, green and grey varieties in the field. → Details

These run every week, see the full list on our sensory hours page.

🏊 Sensory Swim: SAT 4 to 5 PM @ Tansley Woods CC, Burlington | SUN 3:45 to 4:45 PM @ Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, Oakville | SAT 3 PM @ Milton Leisure Centre ($0-$3.40)

Oakville Trafalgar CC runs THU 2 to 3 PM, weekly.

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Stella

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