Like most two-year-olds, the second version of Montréal’s KidCon is extremely lively, really discovering its ft and – with a reside hand from Thomas the Tank Engine, Ravings Rabbids, Sesame Road and Star Wars characters, and beloved Montréal sports activities mascot Youppi! – one thing you actually need to control.
Operating for a fun-fueled two days, October 22-23 from 10 a.m. to five p.m., at Stade Uniprix (house to the annual Rogers Cup professional tennis event) this yr’s instalment of KidCon is providing an much more head-spinning array of leisure for teenagers aged Three-12. And their mother and father, in fact. Fashionable toys, tv exhibits, video video games, films, books, comics, know-how, sports activities, meals and extra are all represented underneath one roof, unfold out over 75,00zero sq. ft of flooring area.
“Stay” is the place it’s at this yr, starting with one of the beloved, generations-spanning youngsters’s characters, Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas and pals will take the primary stage at various occasions for exhibits in each French and English. As nicely, singing, dancing and surprises are all in retailer when award-winning French-language TV present Caillou celebrates its 25th anniversary with a reside efficiency on October 22 (please go here for present schedules).
However not all of the star-studded motion might be happening onstage. Kiddos ought to hold their eyes peeled for walk-around appearances by the likes of Sesame Road heroes Cookie Monster, Elmo and Abby Cadabby (these life-size characters are literally from the present). Additionally available can be massively well-liked recreation and TV present characters Raving Rabbids, courtesy of Montréal’s all-new Centre d’amusement Les Lapins Crétins, and life-sized kitty cats Chase and Marcus from PAW Patrol. And to not be missed, in fact, is a hug from legendary Montreal Canadiens mascot Youppi! (on October 23 solely).
The Video Recreation Zone was an enormous hit final yr, and know-how is once more entrance and centre at KidCon with an entire new immersive VR part this yr. Youngsters will have the ability to paint the sky and even battle alongside R2D2, lightsaber in hand (it must be famous that stormtroopers and different Star Wars characters may even be there within the flesh, because it have been). And people who like their actuality actual, hit the Radio-Managed Toys Zone and take a shot at piloting drones, in addition to vans, automobiles and different RC automobiles.
#KidConMTL is in full swing!Additionally new this yr are skateboard demos and firsthand actions courtesy of SPIN Skatepark and Skateboards for Hope. KidCon may have its personal half-pipe the place the specialists shall be doing their factor and the place youngsters and kidults alike are invited to drop in. Talking of dropping in, the enormous, labyrinthine inflatables (with slides and extra) are again once more this yr, and there are even a couple of that the grownups can get their bounce on in as properly.
As a result of it’s a “Con,” there may also be an entire host of authors, illustrators and others available for assembly and greeting, and an enormous vary of hands-on actions. Chief amongst these are the Mad Science workshops (discover ways to create fog and snow, and concerning the science behind slime and cotton sweet – after which make your personal), the Studying Retreat and Crafts Station, a jewelry workshop and far more. And, for the parents, all the newest video games and toys might be on show for anybody anxious to get a head begin on their Christmas lists.
Each one-day and two-day passes can be found, as are household passes (youngsters two and beneath are admitted free of charge). For ticket information, please go here.
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