Name: Spring Into Summer: The Wilderness, The Sugar Pills, KaKaow, Dupel, Tyffanie Morgan @ Lake Ontario Park - May 17, 2025
Start: 2025-05-17T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-17T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Lake Ontario Park

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Spring Into Summer: The Wilderness, The Sugar Pills, KaKaow, Dupel, Tyffanie Morgan

Free live music, food, fireworks and fun. Presented by Utilities Kingston.

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Sat. May 17th 2025 + Add to Calendar

Lake Ontario Park (All Ages)

1:00pm - 10:00pm

Free

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The Wilderness

from Kingston Ontario

Available for Shows/Gigs

The Sugar Pills

from Kingston Ontario

Available for Shows/Gigs

KaKaow

from Kingston Ontario

Available for Shows/Gigs

Jean Jacques Dupel

from Kingston Ontario

Tyffanie Morgan

Drag from Kingston Ontario

Available for Shows/Gigs

Presented by:

City of Kingston

Utilities Kingston

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Get ready to kick off summer in style with Spring Into Summer presented by Utilities Kingston!

The Wilderness is bringing the heat with an epic free concert in the park with special guests The Sugar Pills, KaKaow + Dupel, and drag performances by Tyffanie Morgan.

The fun doesn't stop there! Grab tasty bites from food trucks, enjoy a drink in the Daft Brewing Beer Garden, shop unique finds at the vendor market, and catch some serious street talent in Buskers Corner.

Jump into action in our Kids Zone with a 30-foot rock climbing wall, wild inflatables, and face painting. And when the sun sets, the sky will light up with an unforgettable fireworks show!

Admission is free so grab your crew and get ready to make this an experience you won't forget! It all happens Saturday May 17 at Lake Ontario Park, from 1 p.m. until dark!

GETTING HERE

Due to high traffic volumes, we recommend and encourage the use of active transportation to get to Lake Ontario Park, which is accessible to walk and cycle via the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail. Lake Ontario Park is accessible via Kingston Transit. Visit the KT Trip Planner to plan your route.
The Lake Ontario Park parking lot will be closed to the general public from 9am on May 17 until the end of the event. Limited accessible parking will be available. Paid parking is available at Saint Lawrence College across from Lake Ontario Park.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

Lake Ontario Park is a fully accessible space, but please note some activations take place in grassy areas of the park. Accessible restrooms are available and portable restrooms are non-gendered. A Sensory Space for folks experiencing sensory overstimulation will be available adjacent to the Bloom Skills booth across from the Food Truck area. Water bowls will be available for guide dogs at the Special Events Office information booth. If you have any specific accessibility needs, please email [email protected]

This is a rain of shine event.

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Daytime activities from 1 to 6 p.m.

Kids zone

24' Rock Climbing Wall
Inflatables
Multi-Activity Toddler Zone
Fun for All
Two playgrounds to explore
Face painting (by donation)
Splash pad

Buskers Corner

Caribbean drumming and fire dancing with Chris Fire10 Entertainment
Yo-Yo Dave
Panache Eh
Sensory Space in partnership with Bloom Skills

Evening activities from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

Concert in the Park

The Wilderness
The Sugar Pills
KaKaow + Dupel
Drag Performances by Tyffanie Morgan!
Fireworks finale at 9:30 p.m.

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Food trucks (1 to 9:30 p.m.)
Vendor market (1 to 8 p.m.)
Daft Brewery Beer Garden (4 to 9:30 p.m.)
Licensed / all ages
To purchase alcoholic beverages, you will need to present a government-issued photo ID
No outside alcohol is allowed

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Lake Ontario Park

920 King St West

Open / Operational

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