It is hard to find a weekend in the spring or summer without a celebration. One well-attended community celebration is Illuminaries, held on a summer evening at Trout Lake. It features stilt walkers, floating pyrotechnics and a moving procession of light created by hundreds of candle-lit lanterns. During the months of preparation, the Public Dreams Society organizes events and lantern building workshops for artists, children, and local residents. This makes the Illuminaries an event at which the community is not only the audience, but also the players, designers, and stage hands.
Many neighbourhoods have local festivals.
Kits Days, with its famous Soap Box Car Derby, Cedar Cottage Community Carnival, and the Clinton Park Festival all provide excellent opportunities for neighbours to get together to celebrate their neighbourhood. Grandview, where festivals seem to be second nature, has spawned a community orchestra that injects life into all kinds of public events.