Events
Sunday Afternoon Concerts
During the summer, you can bring a lawn chair and enjoy free open-air concerts - Sunday afternoons at the Gazebo. Next summer's concert schedule will be announced in May 2010.
Peterborough Children's Water Festival
The Peterborough Children's Water Festival (PCWF) is a community event held at the Riverview Park and Zoo. Through interactive activity centres students in grades 2 to 5 learn the importance of our most valuable resource - water. Indirectly, teachers, adults and high school volunteers are also exposed to messages of water protection and conservation for future generations and environmental health.
The festival revolves around a variety of stimulating and fun activities supported by the expertise of educators, water quality and quantity specialists, community volunteers, conservation groups, industry and government.
2009 marked the 8th annual PCWF. This year 998 students from the City and County of Peterborough attended the festival. Over 160 high school and adult volunteers worked at 35 water themed activity centres.
Since its inception, over 12,000 students and 2,950 teachers and parent helpers have attended the festival. The 9th annual festival will take place May 27 and 28, 2010.
The festival is organized and overseen by a dedicated Steering Committee that has adopted the "Children's Water Festival" model of fostering awareness of our youth. It educates others about the importance of water and the need to ensure high quality water resources for future generations and the health of our environment.
Meet The Keeper
During the summer, Monday to Friday at 1 pm, you can meet Zoo staff with their animals.
This program helps to educate visitors on the animals and allows them to ask any questions they may have.
Revised:2009-09-15| Revised by: Peterborough Utilities Group Login