Access Measures
- Sensory-Friendly hour from 11 AM to 12 PM
- An Audio Described tour with describer JJ Hunt from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- A podcast primer episode to prepare folks for the experience of the Festival
- Sighted Guides available throughout the day to offer described tours of the market, support attendees with way finding, support attendees as personal guides throughout the described tour and guide attendees to and from drop off and pick up points, upon request.
- ASL interpreters accompanying all of our Deaf vendors, interpreting all entertainment, and available throughout the Festival to greet and support community members as needed
- A personal care attendant from Whimble will be available throughout the Festival to any guests who require assistance with activities of daily living, such as washroom breaks, eating/drinking, or gear changes. Please contact Whimble directly ([email protected]) if you have any specific questions regarding your needs
- A Quiet Space stocked with fidget toys, earplugs, and more
- The Disability Holiday Festival is an indoor/outdoor event. All Festival attendees heading inside the Barns will be asked to wear a mask. As the Barns are a public space with folks living and working in the building, we will unfortunately not be able to enforce masking for those who are not there specifically for this event. Air purifiers from Safe Air Collective will be on throughout the space and free KN95 masks will be available at all Barn entrances
Vendors
A curated selection of 30 disabled small artists will be selling their products inside the barns!
| 1handwonders |
Baby Globe |
Bug and Sloth Bits and Bobs |
Calida Creates |
CATHARSIS + CATHEXIS |
| Fruity Frog Creations |
Grey Jade Herbals |
Hear Glam |
Joanna Miedzik |
Kat’s K9 Creations |
| Knots and Clay |
Lynn Bremner |
Mango Lillie |
MaoQi Canada Ltd |
Modern Métis Designs |
| Neon Birch Works |
OOOsnazzy |
Orange |
Rad Habits |
Sacha & Sierra |
| Seymour's Print Shop |
Sick Stories |
Solaire Sprout |
SolutionsGear |
Stitched by Ali |
| The Pink Pooch |
Threaded Thrifts |
TigOwl Creations |
Treasurebox Jewellery |
Undivided Productions |
Indoor Activities
Here are all of the things that will be available inside the Barns at the Holiday Festival. Come in and get cozy!
Food Vendors
We will be having Do Good Donuts and Lil E Coffee to sell their delicious snacks and coffee inside the barns, near the east entrance! They will be to the east of the raffle table. We will also have some food trucks outside, more info to come.
Musicians
There will be live musicians at the east end of the barns playing some beautiful background music! The music will only be instrumental, to avoid an overwhelming space.
Elsa & Anna in English & ASL