Festival of Trees™ ticket sales

DON'T MISS OUT on Canada's largest literary event for young people!

With the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading®

programs currently running in Ontario schools, many students are already anticipating the culminating event, 
  Festival of Trees™

 TORONTO

The Festival of Trees™ which will be held over two days in May at Toronto's Harbourfront will host over 8000 young readers.  This wonderful opportunity celebrates our children's love of reading with numerous workshops with authors and illustrators; music performances; buskers; activity tents for crafts, etc.; games for prizes; educational displays; book purchases at S & B's festival tent; author signings; and, of course, the announcement of the winners.

The two days' awards are separated, as follows:

May 15, 2012 : Blue Spruce, Red Maple and White Pine

May16, 2012:  Silver Birch
As events are often sold out, early purchase of tickets is recommended.

For Registered Forest Members:

Tickets go on sale Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. at Harbourfront Box Office or by phone at 416.973.4000 (press 1 )

 

For the Public:

Tickets will go on sale in February.

The Festival which was originally only held in Toronto will present inaugural events in Ottawa and Thunder Bay this year.

OTTAWA

Ottawa's first Festival of Trees will be held on May 17, 2012 at Carleton University

One thousand tickets for the Silver Birch and Red Maple ceremonies are available for $10 directly from the Ontario Library Association

THUNDER BAY

Similarly, Thunder Bay's first Festival of Trees will take place on May 18, 2012 at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition.  One thousand tickets, available on a first-come-first-serve basis, are available directly from the Ontario Library Association

Further details about the Festival of Trees can be found at the OLA Festival web site