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FAMILY: The Harbourfront Centre offers a packed itinerary for the long weekend, including HarbourKIDS: IMPACT! The event celebrates the ways in which kids can make an impact on the world around them, and the unmissable highlight is the Toronto International Circus Festival. Co-produced by Zero Gravity Circus, the festival showcases exciting feats for adults and kids alike, involving world-class acrobatics, blazing fire-eaters, daredevil stunts, stilt-walkers, jugglers, and more. The main show, SIRIUS FUN: The Impact! Big Top!, takes place this afternoon at the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Stage. Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), events from 11 a.m.–5 p.m., FREE.

You never know who you may see. Appearing at the Harbourfront today is a myriad of local and international talent from the Toronto International Circus Festival, brought to you by Zero Gravity Circus and Harbourfront Center. Acts ranging from new vaudeville to contortionists to acrobats are complemented by hands-on activities for kids. (And it's all free—but today's the last day to take it all in.)

The circuses of today feature less slapstick and more spectacle (think: Cirque), taking audiences from peanut-strewn mall parking lots to cushy Vegas theatres. But this weekend’s Toronto International Circus Festival, which kicks off Harbourfront Centre’s annual roster of awesome summer fun, is the best of both worlds: accessible (it’s free) and theatrical.