Kingsville's 57th Migration Festival runs Oct. 16 to 18

Kingsville's 57th Migration Festival runs Oct. 16 to 18: Friday kick-off at Grovedale, a walking parade at Lakeside Park Saturday at 10 a.m., and a pancake breakfast, car show and art show and sale Sunday at the Jack Miner sanctuary and Grovedale.

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Kingsville's 57th annual Migration Festival runs Friday, Oct. 16 to Sunday, Oct. 18. The Town of Kingsville and the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary are hosting events that the Town says celebrate migration, heritage, nature conservation and Jack Miner.

Friday, Oct. 16

The Great Migration Kick-Off is at the Grovedale Arts and Culture Centre, 103 Park St., with doors at 6 p.m. It includes a concert and a pulled pork dinner. Tickets are $20 per person, including HST, and must be reserved in advance through the Town.

Saturday, Oct. 17

The festival parade has been reimagined as a walking parade at Lakeside Park, starting at 10 a.m. Family activities follow from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., including pumpkin carving, birds of prey demonstrations, train rides and a scavenger hunt. The Migration Market runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the Lakeside Park Pavilion, 315 Queen St.

At the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 332 Road 3 W., guided tours, children's activities, a straw maze, a trout fishing pond and vendors run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 18

The sanctuary's pancake breakfast runs from 8 a.m. to noon, with entry by $5 donation. A classic car show runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and sanctuary activities continue until 3 p.m. The Great Migration Paint Out art show and sale is at Grovedale from 1 to 5 p.m., with awards at 4 p.m.

Questions about sanctuary events can go to 519-733-4034.