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Image featuring yellow & black text, photograph & illustration against a salmon pink background. Top: Summer in the Park. To the left: August 22nd-24th, 2025. Free Admission. Featuring performances by Kibra, Replay Storytelling, The Grand Salto Theatre, Tribal Vision Dance, Irmão (Martin Gomes & Matheus Coelho). Little Avenue Memorial Park. 22 Little Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M9N 1K6. To the right: Photo of the stone gate entrance with Little Avenue Memorial Park sign in an arch between the two pillars, with three illustrated pine trees against a big yellow sun in the background, the roots of the central tree reaching into the ground below.
Image featuring yellow & black text, photograph & illustration against a salmon pink background. Top: Crossroads Theatre, with the Romano D'Andrea Foundation, presents: Summer in the Park. To the left: August 22nd-24th, 2025. Free Admission. Featuring performances by Kibra, Replay Storytelling, The Grand Salto Theatre, Tribal Vision Dance, Irmão (Martin Gomes & Matheus Coelho). Little Avenue Memorial Park. 22 Little Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M9N 1K6. crossroadstheatre.org To the right: Photo of the stone gate entrance with Little Avenue Memorial Park sign in an arch between the two pillars, with three illustrated pine trees against a big yellow sun in the background, the roots of the central tree reaching into the ground below.

A joyful three-day festival A joyful three-day festival

of free, all-ages entertainment & community in the park.

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Summer in the Park

From Friday, August 22 to Sunday, August 24, 2025 – Crossroads Theatre presents Summer in the Park at Weston’s Little Avenue Memorial Park. It’s free, family-friendly, and packed with live music, dance, circus, spoken word, community parties and more.

Exploring the theme of Resilience through performance & community

This year’s lineup includes R&B singer Kibra, Tribal Vision Dance, Replay Storytelling, The Grand Salto Theatre and spoken word from Irmão (Martin Gomes & Matheus Coelho). Guests can also enjoy workshops, a community meal, a closing Party in the Park and more! All programming is presented with a Relaxed Environment Approach,* with additional on-site accessibility measures.

For programming details, please see the schedule below.

A woman with long tightly curled black hair, dressed in white, stands in profile in a garden, her face turned toward us.

(Photo credits: Kibra. Photo by Vita Cooper.)

“Summer in the Park is our joyful offering to engage audiences of all ages and backgrounds, exploring the theme of Resilience through theatre, storytelling, music, dance, poetry, and by gathering as a community. At Crossroads Theatre, access is central to everything that we do, and the entire festival is created to invite discovery and play. We invite all folks from the Weston neighbourhood and beyond to join us this August for our second-annual summer program.”

– Michelle Urbano, Artistic Director, Crossroads Theatre

Two performers sit on black chairs in a room with a hardwood floor. The man on the left has short curly dark hair, wears glasses and is playing an acoustic guitar, the black soft shell guitar case on the floor beside him. The man on the right has braided black hair, set on top of his head, and sits behind a black music stand, a microphone on a stand and a water bottle on the floor beside him.

(Photo credits: Irmão.)

Crossroads Theatre acknowledges The Romano D’Andrea Foundation as a returning supporter of Summer in the Park, and the Foundation’s new three-year commitment to ensure that professional, community-rooted theatre remains viable and thriving in Weston.

Summer in the Park is also sponsored by Toronto Pearson and the Weston Village Community Association. Crossroads Theatre acknowledges generous support from its funders: the Toronto Arts Council, the City of Toronto, the Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario, the Government of Canada and the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association.

About Crossroads Theatre

Crossroads Theatre (formerly Shakespeare in Action) was formed over 30 years ago with a vision to introduce young audiences to Shakespeare through professional theatre and education. Today, Crossroads Theatre has matured into an award-winning, community-engaged theatre company that produces relevant and accessible theatre and education for the Weston community, and offers growth opportunities for early-career theatremakers. Read more about them here.

A woman dressed in a fluffy white ballet costume with a red bow around her neck, white hat with red bow, yellow tights and red running shoes leaps with arms raised in front of a concrete and glass building, a column decorated in yellow, light blue and purple behind her.

(Photo credits: The Adventures of the Little Rooster by The Grand Salto Theatre.)

 

Event details

Presented by: Crossroads Theatre 

Type of event: performance festival

Featured performers: Kibra, Tribal Vision Dance, Replay Storytelling, The Grand Salto Theatre & Irmão (Martin Gomes & Matheus Coelho)

Dates & times: The festival runs Friday, August 22 – Sunday, August 24, 2025.

Schedule:

  • Friday, August 22 (6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET)
    • 6:00 – 7:30 PM ET: The Summer in the Park Opening Night Celebration, a lively and fun summertime evening of music, and a community meal, in partnership with the Creative Commons Collective.
    • 7:30 – 8:30 PM: Rooted in Weston, hosted by Replay Storytelling. Developed through a series of workshops facilitated by Paul Aflalo and Chantal Lim of Replay, members of the community share true stories based on their own lived experience.
  • Saturday, August 23 (1:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET)
    • 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET: A show and workshop from Tribal Vision Dance. Have fun, be active and learn about the history and meanings of First Nations social dances.
    • 3:30 – 4:30 PM ET: Weston’s Bright Futures, led by Weston artist Najla Nubyanluv. A group of IBPOC young women and non-binary youth share an original performance celebrating identity and self-empowerment.
    • 6:00 – 7:15 PM ET: Replay Storytelling presents Stories of Resilience, featuring a cast of Toronto’s best storytellers.
    • 7:45 – 8:05 PM ET: Spoken Word and music with Irmão (Martin Gomes & Matheus Coelho).
    • 8:15 – 9:00 PM ET: Toronto-based R&B and Soul artist Kibra takes the stage with her seamless blend of smooth, soulful melodies and captivating vocals.
  • Sunday, August 24 (1:00 – 4:00 PM ET)
    • 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET: The Adventures of the Little Rooster by The Grand Salto Theatre. Dazzle and delight at this retelling of this beloved Hungarian folktale performed with music, dance, circus and cabbage!
    • 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET: Close the festival with Crossroads Theatre and Party in the Park, in partnership with the Weston Village Community Association, with food, games, music and fun!

Duration: Each performance/event runs approx. 1 – 2 hours. Please see the schedule above for individual running times.

Cost: Free

Location: Little Avenue Memorial Park, 22 Little Avenue, York, ON, M9N 1K6

Contact details: Crossroads Theatre, 34 John St., Unit B, Toronto, ON, M9N 0B2, Canada; (365) 275-5115, info@crossroadstheatre.org, crossroadstheatre.org

 

Content warning: Family-/child-friendly.

Accessibility: All programming is presented with a Relaxed Environment Approach, with additional on-site accessibility measures.

* Relaxed performance environments are designed to be welcoming for audience members who are neurodiverse or have sensory sensitivities. They also allow audience members to get up and move around, and enter and exit the space as they wish.