City Square is excited to host Kids Market Day on Saturday, January 13^th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm! Come check it out & show your support for these amazing entrepreneurs!

Young Entrepreneur Learning Labs is an after-school enrichment program designed to engage children aged 7-15 in entrepreneurial thinking and foster their natural, enterprising spirit.

In the Young Entrepreneur Learning Labs entrepreneurship programs, KidPreneurs learn vital business skills while starting their own micro-businesses in a fun and experiential way. The program concludes with a Market Day, where kids sell their products to friends, family and the public.

Further information can be found on their website: www.yelearninglabs.com/

HO HO HO! Santa will be landing at City Square on December 9th, come join us and make some magical family memories with a Charlotte Diamond Concert and Photos with Santa:

11am-12noon: Join Charlotte Diamond and Matt Diamond for a family Holiday Concert! They will be singing their famous classics – I am a Pizza, Feliz Navidad, Petit Papa Noel and many more! The live concert includes a meet n’ greet with signing session and Gingerbread Men cookies for kids! Free event. Drop-in on a first come, first serve basis.

12:30pm-2:30pm: Make magical family memories with Santa Photos – family portraits with Santa & Cotton Candy for kids. By donation, families will get a professional photo session with Santa (minimum charitable donation of $5 with all proceeds going to the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation). By donation, drop-in event.

JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN HUNT!  Enjoy Trick-or-Treating, cookie decorating, face painting, a Magic Show and Enter for a chance to win the Grand Prize a Nintendo Switch with Legends of Zelda game.

Date: Saturday October 28th, 2017 from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

We will be providing fun and FREE activities for children (up to 14 years of age) to enjoy, including:

• Trick-or-Treating at participating retailers (peanut free options are available while quantities last).
• Prize station for all completed Halloween Hunt maps – Maps have to be picked up at our food court from 12-12:30 pm (or while quantities last). Fully completed maps must be returned by 2:30 pm to receive your Halloween reward and ticket to Enter for a chance to win one of several runner-up prizes. The Trick-or Treat draw takes place at 2:45 pm or after the end of the last Magician Show.*
• Magic Shows will be taking place at the following three (3) times: 12:30 pm; 1:15 pm & 2:00 pm.
• Face Painting from 12:00 pm-2:45 pm courtesy of Blanche Macdonald.
• Professional Family Portraits from 12:00 pm-2:45pm by Sombilon Photography. **
• Cookie decorating from 12-2:45pm: by donation. All proceeds going to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Minimum donation of $2 per cookie.

*You must be present to claim your prize. Participants must be under the age of 14 to qualify for prizes and must be accompanied by an Adult. One entry per person. A big thank you to our generous tenants!

** You will receive a studio session and two (2) digital high resolution images. Don’t miss this chance to beautifully capture some awesome Halloween memories. Bring in your costumes!

*PLEASE NOTE:  Our family events have been more successful each year.  We encourage everyone to come early to enjoy all the free activities. Quantities being offered for this event are limited and allocated on a first come first serve basis while quantities last. Drop-in event.

Hippity Hoppity Easter is on its way! Join our annual Easter Egg Hunt for children and families! Rain or Shine. Free admission.

We will be providing fun activities for children of all ages to enjoy:

• Easter Egg Hunt*(at participating retailers) / Prize station for all completed Easter Egg Hunt maps! Maps have to be picked up at our food court from 12-12:30 pm or until we run out of maps. Visit the participating retailers to get Easter treats and your map hole punched. Completed maps have to be returned by 2:15pm to get your reward plus enter to win one of our cool prizes donated by City Square retailers! The Grand Prize is a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1″ 16GB Android 6.0 Tablet Bundle($450 value!). Draw takes place on stage at 2:30 pm or after the end of the last Magic Show. You must be present to pick up your prize! Participants must be 12 years old or younger to qualify for prizes and be accompanied by an adult. One entry per person. 

• Magic Shows at 12:30pm, 1:15pm and 2:00pm

• Face Painting from 12-2:45pm with Blanche Macdonald makeup artists

• Giggle Booth from 12-3pm, free photo to take home! Don’t miss this chance to beautifully capture family memories!

• Easter Bunny Mascot

• Cotton Candy Spun* from 12-3pm, by donation. Fundraising for Canuck Place Children’s Hospicewith a chance to win $50 in Starbucks gift cards!Choose your own natural flavor and get it freshly spun just for you. Organic Cotton Candy sugar: yellow, white and pink ; Non-organic sugar: blue and purple. Minimum donation of $3 per cotton candy and get a raffle ticket for a chance to win the fundraising prize ($50 in Starbucks gift cards)! All proceeds going to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Fundraiser draw on stage at 2:30 pm or after the end of the last Magic Show. You must be present to pick up your prize! Participants must be 12 years old or younger to qualify for prizes and be accompanied by an adult.

* PLEASE NOTE: Our family events are more successful year after year and we always encourage everyone to come early to enjoy all the free activities 🙂 Quantities being offered for this event are limited and allocated on a first come first serve basis while quantities last. Drop-in event.

Real Bunny Meet and Greet from 12-3pm, by donation. All proceeds going to Rabbitats, a local rabbit rescue association.

Date/Time

Date(s) – 08/04/2017
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Community Piano at Public’s Disposal

All year-round

Everyone is welcome to stop by and play the white piano that is set up at the food court. Children have to be accompanied by an adult.